Business & Leadership Strategy Digest #1
Featuring great business strategy advice from Stephen Spencer + Associates, Zoho, HeadOn PR, XIST2 and Whitley Stimpson.
Stephen Spencer + Associates launches new workshop helping businesses to get...
Customer experience experts Stephen Spencer + Associates (SS+A) have created a new workshop to help businesses rapidly develop and launch innovative ways of using The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to excite their customers and attract new ones.
Is your business ‘Plan B’ ready?
‘Plan B’ measures have been discussed and delayed for a number of weeks already, but recent reports indicate that Boris Johnson may ‘trigger Plan B in days’.
How to craft stand out media content
It’s noisy out there. There are now millions of pieces of content going out through various media channels from traditional media through to digital and social media. It is easy for content to go un-noticed throughout the masses.
Why Is My Website Not Appearing On Google?
When you type something into the Google search bar to try and find your website on the SERP (Search Engine Results Page), you’re not actually searching for your website. You’re searching for a page of your website that you want to appear.
HMRC collects £100bn more in 2021/22 than previous year
Recent data from HMRC shows the tax authority collected £392 billion in taxes between April and October 2021, £99.8bn more than the same period in 2020.
Small business confidence loses steam
The Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) measurement of business confidence has slipped by 2.2 points between Q2 and Q3 2021, falling to 16.4, the second consecutive quarterly fall of the small business index (SBI).
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