Essex issue articles
The Power of Nature
By Karen Dixon, Essex Wildlife Trust
Many of you will have appreciated the benefits that nature has to offer, none more so than in the last few months.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
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Does your business planning include a legacy strategy?
By Carole Burman, MAD-HR
What is your company’s approach to succession planning? Do you have a strategy? It’s such an important topic for companies of all sizes, and it’s never too early to start planning.
Published in Essex Director Magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
Essex issue articles
Managing the stress of running a business
For most, stress is unavoidable when it comes to running a business, and as the boss, your life is a maelstrom of activity that sometimes can be very difficult to navigate. So, how can you avoid ‘burnout’ and the detrimental effects to your mental and physical health and well-being?
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
Essex issue articles
Entrepreneurs: are they born or bred?
The definition of an entrepreneur is ‘a person who makes money by starting new businesses’. However, this doesn’t seem to encompass the distinguishing characteristics that separate a person who owns a business, from someone we think of as entrepreneurial.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
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Searching for the ‘oldest family firms in Essex’
Family firms are the backbone of the UK economy, and Essex is no exception. To shine a light on the county’s family- owned businesses and celebrate their contribution to the economy and wider community, Rickard Luckin has teamed up with Family Business United to find the oldest family firms across Essex.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
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Lead interview: Robert Rendall
Director, Boxford Group
Our lead interview in the LEGACY issue of Essex Director business magazine is Robert Rendall.
Published in Summer 2022
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Secure children’s futures with the IT Full Circle movement
By Mike Tarbard, Every Child Online
Businesses across Essex are adopting an IT Full Circle philosophy and donating their surplus PCs and laptops to Essex-based asset management charity Every Child Online.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
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Improving your sales and business development activity
By Brian Wilcock, UK Director Magazines
It’s strange that some people don’t like the words ‘sales’ or ‘selling’ and use ‘business development’ instead. But, essentially, they are the same and whether you are an owner, partner or MD, you have a part to play.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
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Quickfire with Sarah McKee-Harris
Founder and Director of Kingswood Group
Living in Colchester, Sarah fell into the world of recruitment not long after graduating with a Marketing Management degree back in 2005. Her team of qualified specialists work on a remote/hybrid basis following the pandemic and they meet regularly for team and company wide meetings.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
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Spotlight on Aaron Desmond
Founder of Networking Essex
I have been self-employed for more than 30 years working alongside retail, wholesale, import, logistics and mentoring businesses in various sectors. But nothing has matched the enjoyment I get from Networking Essex.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
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When your career becomes a lifestyle, not just a job
By Ross Cracknell, Evolve Business Solutions (EA)
After leaving school in 2006, I joined Digital Copier Systems (Eastern) selling and maintaining photocopiers and printers and I have not looked back since.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Summer|Autumn 2022
Essex issue articles
What are the responsibilities of a director?
You start a business because you are good at something and if all goes to plan, the organisation grows, and before you know it, you are sitting around a board table with colleagues running a much larger entity. Yet, being a director brings with it several responsibilities of which not all directors are aware.
Published in Essex Director magazine, Spring | Summer 2022