Culture

By Kevin Ward, Conatus Financing Solutions & Conatus Bookkeeping
Although I have come across many people who scoff at talk of how important it is to have a genuinely positive culture within a business, I believe it is vital.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021

By David Scrivener, Ensors Chartered Accountants
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began last March, we have seen a surge in employee share schemes of various sorts, many being recognised for their creativity and innovation.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021

By Clare Friel, Friel

Friel was founded back in 2018. When the company I worked for went into administration, I found myself in no man’s land. Even though at the time I felt like my world was falling apart, in fact everything was falling into place.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021

With the effects on trade of the continuing and varying levels of disruption brought on by lockdowns, the last 12 months have been incredibly challenging for SMEs across the region. As well as that, there has been the physical and psychological impact on all of us as individuals, as we try to cope in this new COVID oriented world.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

By Pat Lewis, Source One Consulting
Since day one at Source One Consulting, recession proofing our business has been seen as a core competency to ensure that we are not only sustainable during an economic downturn, but every day.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021

By Phil Budd, Business Growth
Coaching can be perceived as fluffy and non-substantial, but in a year that has brought challenges of all shapes and sizes, many businesses are seeing it as far from that.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021

By Julian Campbell, University of East Anglia
A Senior Leaders Apprenticeship – funded by an employer’s Apprenticeship Levy, or an Executive MBA programme could be the next positive step you could take in developing your career.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

By Charlotte Bate, MAD-HR
While you could be forgiven for thinking that the pandemic will have caused intangible assets like culture to be something of an invisible ‘victim’ in the busy-ness and unpredictability of recent months, there’s actually some evidence to suggest it’s got better.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021

By Jackie McKellar, Consultant, Yarmouth Stores turnaround
One of the impacts of the global pandemic is the growing focus on the UK and local businesses and the role they play in the community and their cultural integration.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

By James Crosby, Cory Brothers

Augmented and fed down from the top, Cory Brothers already had an exceptional culture throughout the group. Yet since the start of the pandemic it has improved further, and in many different directions.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021

Like many people Norfolk businessman Brian Bush didn’t understand much about diabetes until he was unexpectedly diagnosed with type 1 in July 2016.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

By Mark Hinds, Charles Stanley Wealth Managers
The pandemic has caused a great deal of uncertainty for investors. In the UK, over half of FTSE 100 dividends are accounted for by ten companies and finding an income amongst all the dividend cuts and cancellations has been challenging.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

By Sam Greenhalgh, Birketts LLP
Creating the right culture is crucial to the success of any organisation that considers its staff as its most important asset. Yet, what is ‘culture’ and how can you create the right culture for your organisation?

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

By Ben Goode, LSI Architects
It’s not unusual to be facing challenges or uncertainty in our industry, but I don’t think anybody would have believed in our lifetimes we’d be facing the extraordinary circumstances we’ve lived through over the past year.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

On World Cancer Day, 4th February, Norfolk based businesses, organisations and individuals joined together virtually for a cuppa and a chat and to raise funds for Big C who support local people affected by cancer.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

The New Anglia LEP’s Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Recovery Restart Plan complements plans being developed at county and district levels and feeds into the Government’s national recovery plan to combat the economic effect of COVID-19.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring 2021

By Wendy Smith, P Paralympian and Performance Coach
Motivation is like the holy grail that everyone seeks yet no one really knows where to find it. Yet, before we go searching, perhaps we should start by working out what motivation is.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Spring 2021