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Business Chat
As well as the opportunity to network virtually with like-minded professionals, this section engages with local business leaders, to share knowledge and personal experiences.
5 minutes with...
- Articles coming soon
Interview with...
- Bridget McIntyre MBE, Dream On
- Callum Coombes, Safepoint
- Craig Taylor, Natures Menu
- David Dodds, Sackers
- Del Sharman, Pound Gates
- Emily Groves, Indigo Swan
- Ilka Gansera-Lévêque, IGL Racing
- John Jackaman, Infusions Group
- Juliette John, Juliette John Aesthetic, Laser, Skin, Wellness Clinic
- Martin Hayward-Smith, film maker and director
Podcast with...
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Business Practice
The way we do things and how we behave have a big impact on the growth and success of our business. This section gives you guidance on running your business properly.
Business Continuity Planning
Case studies
COVID-19
- Coronavirus: Let’s Look at the Positives…
- Covid-19 Has Changed the Way We Work Forever
- COVID19 & Cashflow: Dealing with Lenders, HMRC & Creditors
- Finding and Delivering the Pathway Through Covid-19
- Free Online Support for Construction Workers
- Furlough: The new F word
- Guidance for Suffolk's Community Groups
- Keeping Confident through Difficult Times
- MENTA: Our services during the ongoing COVID-19 situation
- Money Skills for Kids while School is Out
- Navigating Your Business Through Coronavirus
- Suffolk Freight forwarders keep things Moving
- Surviving Isolation: A 9 Step Guide
- The Changing Face of PR in a Crisis...
- Working from Home: The New Normal
Governance and Culture
Growth and Expansion
- 5 Steps to Expand Your Business Globally
- A Digital Hub for Storytelling
- Are we all looking for the next opportunity?
- Driving Game Changing Business Growth
- Growing Your Business: Is Growth On Your Agenda?
- Opportunities to Invest in Local Businesses
- Payable R&D tax credits for SMEs
- So, You Have A Big Idea, What Next?
Planning and Strategy
Procedures and Regulations
Sustainability and Environment
Facilities & Systems
This section advices on how you can keep on top of the overheads, whilst making sure you have the necessary infrastructure to increase sales and business performance.
Insurance and Risk
Office and Property
Support Services
Technology and Utilities
Transport and Logistics
Finance
If your business is profitable, then all is well. This area gives tips on a range of subjects from cashflow management to forensic accounting and all points in between.
Business Accounts
Business Turnaround
Company Management
Disposals and Acquisitions
Funding and Grants
Legal
Ignorance is not an excuse you can use in business, so this section helps to give you some pointers on the legal implications and responsibilities you need to be aware of.
Directors' Responsibilities
Employment and HR
GDPR and Online
Intellectual Property
Terms and Structure
Lifestyle
This section is about helping you live your life as happily and healthily as possible. After all, fulfilling a dream or realising an ambition is a main driver for why we do what we do.
Charity and Community
Health and Wellbeing
- Big C: In Good Company
- Business Image: A New You With HIFU
- Business Psychology: Sleep Your Way To Better Health
- Director’s Toolbox: Getting Your Workforce Moving
- Identifying Stress and Anxiety in the Workplace
- Managing Cancer in the Workplace
- Managing the Stress
- Physical Wellbeing: Room To Grow
- Should You Be Delegating Your Health and Fitness?
- Supporting Employee’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: What We’ve Learned
Planning for Your Future
Sport and Leisure
Work Life Balance
Marketing and Networking
A common link for all businesses is sales, business development and reputation. This section gives guidance around all aspects of marketing from branding and websites to learning to love selling.
Event Calendar
- Articles coming soon
Offline Marketing
- Articles coming soon
Online Marketing
PR and Branding
Sales and BD
People
Leaders need to be skilled in the recruitment, induction, retention and development of their teams. This section helps with managing people and getting them to perform at their very best.
Employer Responsibilities
Leadership and Management
- Are we all looking for the next opportunity?
- Capability and Competency: Are You Ready?
- Developing the Capability to run your Business Properly
- How to Manage More Confidently
- IoD Director of the Year Awards 2019
- Managing Employee Conflict
- Resilience: Developing Mental Toughness
- Retaining Entrepreneurial Spirit Through Uncertain Times
Skills and Recruitment
- Do You Have the Right Team, With the Right Ability?
- Driving Game Changing Business Growth
- Entrepreneurship And HR
- How Can Responsible Recruitment Improve Your Business?
- How do you Successfully Recruit at a Senior Level?
- How to Negotiate Successfully
- Responsible Recruiting
- The right culture provides the opportunity to grow
- Winning the race for today’s top talent
Stakeholder Relationships
The Workplace