Running Own Business

So let me set the scene so please bear with me for the first part of this article as it is important. I left school at 16 to start working in a bank and as far as I was concerned at 16 years of age, my education was over. I was on to another chapter […]

Since I set up my Advertising Agency in 1987, I have been networking with other small business owners for most of that time, and one thing that has always amazed me is the reluctance of many small business owners to ask for help. Most networking meetings have an abundance of people who can help small

As a small business owner of nearly 33 years, we have to learn we cant be all things to all people and we have to stop pulling ourselves in all directions. As well as being very damaging to our businesses, it is also very damaging to our health and those relationships we value. We are

One thing as small businesses we cannot afford is negative feedback or damage to our reputation, as sometimes it can be irreversible and in some circumstances force us to close the business down. Reputation is everything. This is why as business owners we have to be honest, reliable and trustworthy. We have to do what

For those of us in business for ourselves and fortunate enough to be one of the 4.5 million small businesses in the UK, we understand the power of communication, and without it and without doing it properly, most of us would not be in business. When I started my business in 1987, there were very

Most small businesses will have heard of networking and a great number will either attend events as part of their marketing activity or may have done so at some time during their business life. Let me speak with you as someone who has been in business for 31 years and have taken a business from

I was speaking to a good friend and business colleague recently, and we were talking about the highs and lows of being in business and we all have them. We just hope there are more highs than lows and if you are running your business in the right way, there will be more highs –

This is probably not a difficult one to answer as back then there were no mobile phones or internet or emails and not even landlines. Troops would be given a note with instructions from the King or Troop commander then they would get on their horse and ride out to where the troops were. They

Whilst I was setting up my new business – Lionheart Management – a number of people said I should have a template to work to and should focus on sales and marketing, which has been my experience for the last 30 years whilst running my Advertising Agency. I firmly believe that there should be a

Having run my own business for 30 years and taking it through from conception to selling it and having gone through 3 recessions including the one that hit most business in 2008/9, let me tell you that working on your business is to some degree as important if not more important than working in it.