On Saturday I popped into Truro for lunch at the Colours Café. While I was there, I decided to explore the parts I didn’t know; there are lots of small streets and alleyways in Truro. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) currently has a campaign #MyHiddenGems highlighting small businesses that people may not have heardContinue reading “Hidden gems”
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By their deeds shall ye know them
The Government recently published a list of employers who have been found to have not being paying the minimum wage. There were 191 employers on that list, which was round 17 of National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, there were similar numbers in previous rounds. There are quite a few household names on those lists; whenContinue reading “By their deeds shall ye know them”
BE QUICK AND WAIT
About six months ago I posted about poor communication losing sales, the post was titled, ‘Don’t waste your money on marketing! if you are going to sabotage what you do’ and the moral of the story was, communicate with your customers and they will stay with you, ignore them and they will leave. This postContinue reading “BE QUICK AND WAIT”
Carpe Diem
Whenever I see ‘Carpe Diem’ I cannot help but think of a fancy dish on a restaurant menu in the fish section. That is the strange way my mind works. It is of course Latin and often translated as ‘seize the day’; it is more than that it is an entreaty for someone to makeContinue reading “Carpe Diem”
What can you learn from a Cornish hedge?
When I was out running the other day, I saw a man taking a break from creating a Cornish Hedge, which is a stone structure despite the name. He had completed about half of it and there was a big jumble of stones in front of where the rest of the hedge would go. IContinue reading “What can you learn from a Cornish hedge?”
Business lessons from running
A brief introduction then I get to the business bit. A few weeks ago, I volunteered as support crew on the Endurancelife Classic Quarter, a race that takes runners from Lizard Point to Land’s End. So, from the most southerly point of the UK mainland to the most westerly; one quarter of the compass henceContinue reading “Business lessons from running”
Feedback the oxygen of success
Below is a copy of a blog post I wrote a few years ago about running. The principles about the benefits of getting feedback, particularly from someone outside of the situation, apply to businesses. If you are a sole trader, you may want to get the view of a mentor or business consultant. I wasContinue reading “Feedback the oxygen of success”
Yes you can
Minimum Viable Product Every weekday morning at 7.00am I pop across to South Africa (thanks to the wonders of Zoom and the internet) to take part in Wisdoms123 Chats. These last for about 30 to 40 minutes and are conversations about business, sometimes life, topics. Great training for the mind. It’s interesting that sports peopleContinue reading “Yes you can”
Make time
When I say make time, I don’t mean manufacture the currency of the Grim Reaper, that isn’t possible. We all get 86,400 seconds each day, no more, no less, and there is no carrying over unused seconds to the next day. Life is not a mobile phone contract where unused minutes or data can be takenContinue reading “Make time”
You don’t need to read business blogs.
The title might seem to be shooting myself in the foot; however, I believe honesty is important. If you keep reading you will find that reading blogs can be a good thing. Reading business blogs is good for business, unfortunately it is not always your business that benefits and if you follow advice without thinkingContinue reading “You don’t need to read business blogs.”
