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Christmas Trifle

Christmas Trifle.

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Presidential Visit For Coughton Walk

Presidential Visit For Coughton Walk

To be honest I wasn’t paying too much attention to the email invitations from my walk boss, Bill Baldwin.  A packed diary; two new grandchildren and a mother newly diagnosed with dementia were, I have to admit, dominating my thoughts at the time.  However my wife and I accepted his invitation to a walk today and duly turned up at The Throckmorton Arms, Coughton – boots in the boot and e=water in…

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How Resilient Is Your Business?

How Resilient Is Your Business?http://wp.me/pXyDv-eM @mgbabusiness

  Is your organisation Resilient? Can you and your staff routinely adapt and keep providing “Business as Usual” for your customers even in times of crisis, or when a major unexpected disruption arises.

You can find out how to become more resilient now, just by answering a few questions about your business using this FREE Business Resilience Reporting toolkit.

All of your answers are kept…

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the Trend of Re-Shoring British Manufacturing http://bit.ly/1nuwQ7W #highgrowth

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So You Going Networking eh?

So you’ve made your choice about which networking groups you want to be part of and you’re attending on a regular basis – so now what? Well, how about some key pointers about what you should be doing to get the most out of the event? Go Prepared – It might…

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Top tips: How SMEs can grow their business in 2014 | GrowthAccelerator

  Have a read of the latest blog from GrowthAccelerator

Top tips: How SMEs can grow their business in 2014 | GrowthAccelerator.

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You Must Be Mad Joining a Networking Group Do the poll

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With Thanks To the DVLR and Doctor

With Thanks To the DVLR and Doctor #dementia #alz

I couple of days ago I blogged about my confused mother and the problems we have endured trying to convince her that she should not be driving it any more.  It was seemingly impossible to convince her that her dementia makes her simply dangerous.

However,…

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New Take on The Fitness Regime

New Take on The Fitness Regime #alcester #warwickshire #walking

Now I quite like walking.  Given half-decent weather I’m quite happy to don the boots and set off into the countryside. Indeed as can be seen from my blog on the topic I do help out looking after a piece of The Millennium Way, snaking as it does across…

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Can I Go To Bed Now Dear?

Can I Go To Bed Now Dear? #dementia

I popped around to see mum between appointments today. She was fine: well dressed and cioffed; cheerful and lucid; not a sign of her ragged but beloved cardigan. She made coffee and we chatted about her sister; the Land Army and her plans for her beloved…

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The Saga Of the Car Ban Continues

The Saga Of the Car Ban Continues #dementia #alz

We hadn’t seen my mother since she had lunch with us on Sunday. Pretty good too.  My brother and his partner had driven down for the day on Saturday and bought her lunch.  So she had had a lovely weekend.

Today however, things were not so good.  We found…

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What They Don't Tell You About Starting a Business

Congratulations on becoming self employed! This is an exciting time however there are a few key points to remember to make the process go as smoothly as possible:-

Tax & National Insurance

If you were previously an employee you didn’t have to worry about…

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GrowthAccelerator Congratulate Their Coaches

GrowthAccelerator Congratulate Their Coaches for 10,000 clients #highgrowth @growth_acc

Heather Regan, Growth Coach and Mentoring Exec, Grant Thornton has thanked GrowthAccelerator for their hard work in successfully delivering the programme to over 10,000 businesses. “It’s a milestone”, she said.  ”And one that wouldn’t have been possible…

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Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday @SmallBizSatUK #highgrowth @growthaccel

I am grateful to Emma Heath at GrowthAccelerator for the article below about Small Business Saturday.

Small Business Saturday started in the US in 2010 and since then it has become an established commercial holiday;  in 2012 it generated $5.5 (£3.5)…

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Luke Warm NAO Report on Local Growth

A report has been published by the National Audit Office (NAO) that looks into the funding and structures for local economic growth. The report highlighted that it is not yet possible to evaluate whether Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), Enterprise…

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How GrowthMapper Helps Build Business

#highgrowth How GrowthMapper Helps Build Business

GROWTHmapper has been developed to help high growth businesses achieve their ambitions. It consolidates over 20 years’ experience of nurturing successful high growth businesses.Delivered by GrowthAccelerator’steam of trained and accredited Growth Managers…

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Rising Confidence Causing Staff To Move On

Rising confirdence among the workforce is causing an increase in the number of workers quitting their jobs for better positions, concludes a survey by Robert Half which discloses that more and more workers are seeking to boost their career progression by…

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