by Robert Kemp, MD, Chicane Connect, a Suffolk based communications provider.
The rise in remote working and flexible working will remain long after the pandemic has gone. And so it should. We’re not a nation of babies that need constant mothering. We’re a nation of adults, entrepreneurs and knowledgeable experts.
By Elizabeth Pearce, EJ Pearce
“You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else strategy is useless”
(Charles de Gaulle)
All too often we set up plans that for a number of reasons fall by the wayside over time – we are all too familiar with the list of tasks to do as we head to our place of work in the morning , only to find that the day takes over and the list forgotten. This leaves us personally dissatisfied and the business no further forward.
By Kevin Ward, Conatus Financing Solutions
It’s difficult when times are tough and the Covid-19 crisis has brought a lot of uncertainty to businesses. Our natural reaction in difficult times is to plough on and assume everything will be okay but the pandemic is unprecedented in affecting everyone and has left many people considering their options for moving forward.
Published in Suffolk Director Magazine, Construction, 2018
…and not just any old crisis!
By Rachael Jackson MCIPR, travel PR and crisis communications specialist
In these turbulent and seemingly apocalyptic times, when nothing is normal and life has been turned on its head, there has never been a greater need to be ‘human’. Valuing life, loving laughter, being kind: in how we interact with each other, whether via a screen, through the newfound wonders of Zoom and Houseparty, over the ‘phone or through a window…at a safe two-metre distance, of course!
According to the British International Freight Association (BIFA), the crisis caused by Covid-19 is delivering greater understanding of the key role of freight forwarders to the authorities and the wider audience that rely on the commodities being delivered through international supply chains.
By James Potter, Managing Director, Superstructures
Only a month ago, if you had asked anyone what furlough meant, the response would probably have been a blank and quizzical look. Not so today, furlough has now become the new F word, or for some, the dreaded F word!
As a result of a new collaboration between UK’s Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and leading construction software firm Construction Industry Solutions (COINS), and with an aim to help offer support and wellbeing during these worrying times, a series of free online lunchtime ‘Wellbeing workshops’ have been announced for people working, in any capacity, in construction.
Whether it is saving or spending, learning to budget or opening a bank account, money is part and parcel of everyday life and managing money is an essential life skill.
Suffolk businesswoman, Helen Driver, is passionate that the next generation is ready to face their financial futures with confidence and has created a brand-new online platform to help.
Multi-award winning Suffolk business owner, Laura Morrison, has taken the bull by the horns during lockdown and has moved Your Telemarketing to new, larger premises, still in Bury St Edmunds.
A Suffolk business has raised £9,000 for the NHS in just 48 hours.
Cosy Aromas, a candle and soy wax melt company based in Ipswich, created a limited edition ‘Life is Beautiful’ scent with the aim of raising vital funds for the NHS throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
A leading law firm is offering East of England businesses in the grips of a pandemic fallout a £250,000 lifeline.
Norfolk and Waveney cancer charity, Big C, has been awarded crucial funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to support the charity’s emergency response helping cancer patients and their families during the Covid-19 pandemic.
An exciting new business funding matching tool looking to revolutionise access to finance for businesses in the East of England is released today (10 June) by Suffolk Chamber of Commerce.
A Sudbury-based print and design firm is the first to benefit from a new fund set up to support Norfolk and Suffolk companies to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Norfolk and Waveney cancer charity, Big C, has announced the launch of virtual support group meetings for men, women and young people, to further bolster the package of support on offer to those affected by cancer in our community during the pandemic.
Hopkins Homes makes donations to support Suffolk victim support groups impacted by the coronavirus outbreak
Six community causes in Suffolk that support victims of domestic abuse and vulnerable children will each receive £4,500 from Hopkins Homes’ charitable fund.
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