If you want to come up with new ideas for products or services, or train your brain to scan for business opportunities, you need to ask the right questions - and give yourself the space and time to answer them. Here are eight ‘areas’ for you that’ll generate new product and service related ideas. [...]
In these challenging economic times, keeping your existing customers is a sure strategy to ride the waves of instability. That’s easier said than done - but here are eight key principles to follow. Dissatisfaction is the first step to losing business Ensure that any client dissatisfaction is detected and dealt with as soon as [...]
Two unique leadership communications specialists are making their debuts at this year’s Learning Technologies event, in London. The Forum Partnership helps its clients develop effective communication skills - by creating co-ordinated, immersive, team-based educational experiences. This can involve combining actors, video, live streaming, coaching, feedback, challenging case material and realistic scenarios in an award-winning [...]
Customers of The E-Learning Centre website can now develop their sales, sales planning and negotiation skills via four courses produced by the Virtual Coach. This UK-based organisation, founded by the award winning salesman and internationally acclaimed coach, Alan McCarthy, of RDC, is providing access via the E-Learning Centre website to its courses on [...]
LogiXML, a pioneer of web-based business intelligence (BI), has announced that its UK based European business unit has exceeded 100 per cent year-over-year sales growth for the last three years and has tripled its headcount with plans to continue its aggressive hiring in second half of 2012. Additionally, LogiXML has expanded its Partner Program in [...]
A recent survey of 760 business owners – conducted by DIY website builder WebEden.co.uk - has found that UK start-up businesses are now carrying out tasks themselves rather than outsourcing these to a professional. When asked for the main reason they chose the DIY option, over 50% of respondents answered that the key factor was [...]
On 1st July 2011 the UK Bribery Act comes into effect – creating a new raft of criminal offences. Under the new act, corporate failure to prevent bribery on the part of any employee - including third party agents - will be punishable by significant fines and, potentially, jail sentences for directors and others. [...]
Two – no doubt of many – recent examples of the business world helping young people to develop valuable life skills include: Ben Turner, National Sales Manager for the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (ISMM), is helping unemployed young people in Bedfordshire improve their chances of getting jobs in sales and marketing. Ben [...]
