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HAIRSPRAY

Wednesday 14th May 2014

“IF LIFE WERE EVERYTHING IT SHOULD BE, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE ‘HAIRSPRAY.” HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL AT THE HAZLITT THEATRE MAIDSTONE GDS Productions will bring the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Hairspray to life 7th-11th October. Hairspray tells the story of overweight Baltimore girl, Tracy Turnblad. She’s never been part of the “in” crowd until winning…

Traineeships – Where Do We Go Now?!

Friday 9th May 2014

It’s a famous set of lyrics in the song “Sweet Child o’ Mine” but now young people everywhere will be asking themselves this very question. Where do we go after we finish our exams? Well there are a few different options. Employment and University are clearly the most well known options but have…

Apprenticeships

Friday 2nd May 2014

Keeping It In The Family The following is written by Amy Williamson, the Social Media Apprentice for SET. The story I’m sharing with you today is a hugely personal one. When going through my Grandparent’s paperwork the last thing I expected to find was an employment contract for my Great Grandfather’s own Apprenticeship…

Channel Radio & Bowie Connection

Tuesday 22nd April 2014

In 1965 Phil Lancaster answered an advert for a drummer in an up and coming band. Responding to the advert, Phil was invited to meet a singer in a café in Denmark Street, London. Over a coffee he immediately gelled and was invited to join Davie Jones & The Lower…

Is that really spam?

Wednesday 12th February 2014

ICANN sets new verification rules from the beginning of 2014 ICANN, the internet’s governing body, introduced new rules for anyone owning or registering a top level domain (gTLDs). This effects domain names ending with .com, .net, .org, .biz and .name. Domain owners will now be required to verify their details when: Registering a new domain…

Lessons in Leadership

Monday 11th November 2013

Lessons in Leadership It isn’t often that I give leadership advice – having only been in management for 6 years it is an area which I usually feel I am not sufficiently qualified in to impart anything useful – however, for the benefit of those people who are new to a managerial role or…

How to Prepare Your Business Forecast

Monday 14th October 2013

Just about every SME’s that I meet doesn’t have a business forecast, some have a cash flow forecast but that’s about it. At least those with a cash flow forecast will be able to track cash and that’s important. But how do you manage a growing business without a forecast? In my experience with…

The Manston Debate

Wednesday 2nd October 2013

Don’t Tell Boris But Manston Says It’s No Alternative to Airport Island I am now officially a “Supporter” of Manston Airport, having added my name to the many fans on www.whynotmanston.org. Sadly, it doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll be flying from there any time soon. To be clear, I love everything about the airport –…

Stop Multitasking – Keep your Focus

Monday 30th September 2013

n the world of so much going on, and multitasking expected, it is easy to forget that focus is key. It is no good trying to get that important project underway if your email is pinging, the phone ringing, and other distractions are around. It is not just the time spent on the other distraction,…

Internet Radio growing rapidly

Thursday 22nd August 2013

According to the Daily Telegraph Internet Radio is the new growth phenomenon in media entertainment. An increasing number of people are abandoning their old radios and listening to radio stations on the internet 16.9 million adults in Britain now say that they have listened to the radio via the web, according to the latest survey from Radio Joint…

You are NOT Richard Branson

Thursday 25th July 2013

As entrepreneurial small business owners we get bombarded with messages about what we should and shouldn’t be doing with our businesses, what we should be striving for, and gurus and celebrity entrepreneurs we should emulate. This is something that I care passionately about, and I care about it because it’s rubbish. Yes, you read that…

Taxi for Samson the Parrot !

Wednesday 19th June 2013

PET SERVICE You know you grab a taxi if you need emergency treatment and have to get to hospital? You do? So what happens if your pet is suffering from similar problems and needs medical help quickly? How many of you bundle the animal up in a blanket, put it in the back of the…

The Gerald Ratner Interview

Thursday 6th June 2013

Gerald Ratner was the unlikely inspirational speaker at the Kent B2B Show in Ashford this week. The multi-millionaire, who built one of Britain’s most successful jewelry chains in the 1980s, lost everything when he confessed his gems were “cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but probably wouldn’t last as long.” In an interview with Kent Business…

Is your business ready for the explosion in mobile search?

Friday 26th April 2013

Is your business ready for the explosion in mobile search? By Ian Bowen-Morris, Chief Marketing Officer, Telnames The explosion in mobile search means today’s small businesses need a mobile-ready website that gets indexed in search engines and displays perfectly on smartphones. If you’re not online with a mobile friendly website that’s easy to navigate and…

My Twitter Profile Is Not (Yet) Me

Wednesday 3rd April 2013

My Twitter Profile Is Not (Yet) Me A thought provoking blog from Ecce Media’s web developer Marc: If the larger social networks like Facebook and Twitter are to retain their value, both to their users and investors they need to do more than update how we read on their sites they need to develop how…