Drop Dead Date
January 23rd, 2008The drop dead date is the absolute deadline by which a task must be completed.
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Another year…another website!
January 11th, 2008In spite of the excellent feedback we received from the ‘Kids Saving Lives’ campaign I spoke about in my last blog that we piloted at my son’s school last year, we’ve had to temporarily put that project on hold. However, we’re hoping to relaunch as early as next month when we should have enough time to devote to it.
China - A Chilling Tale!
January 3rd, 2008And so to the final part of my trilogy “Peter” a tale of chilling deception and disappointment in China.
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Onboarding
December 21st, 2007Onboarding is the term commonly used to describe the process of interviewing, hiring and successfully integrating new employees into an organisation.
Core Competencies
December 19th, 2007A company’s core competency is its core activity.
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Future Proofing
December 19th, 2007Future proofing is the anticipation of future events in business.
Mission Statement
December 13th, 2007Walt Disney’s ‘to make people happy’ is an example of a mission statement.
‘Tis the season…
December 4th, 2007Things have been busy thanks to the amount of pre-Christmas balls and parties and I’ve also got a new pool of customers that came about from a show I did at Driffield Rugby Club.
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Patent Prolongment
November 23rd, 2007Not much has been happening recently as both my business partner, Luke and I are now back at university and are still waiting for the patent to come through! We’ll hopefully have finished our uni work by Christmas though and will get a good start at developing things in the New Year.
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Cultural Differences need not be a cultural divide!
November 16th, 2007And now for today’s blog…
A good story never goes away… and just to prove it here is the 2nd part of my trilogy about China. If you remember the first part of my tale was about Tony and his attempts to have cushions manufactured in China. Book two concerns a character called Vance who has already built up a successful UK based retail business importing kitchen units, appliances, worktops and tiles from China.
