DRIVE your Business Growth

So today was the launch of the Gorvins Business Academy – aimed at providing training for small businesses in all areas that they may need help in. The first in the series was Recruitment – by yours truly! I talked about the 5 main problem areas that other hiring managers have and how our copyright […]

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Keeping positive in tough economic times

I am sure that you, like me, have had days, or weeks or even months or years in your business that have felt tough. Whatever the state of the economy there are always ups and downs in business and some things are more challenging than others. Whether it’s losing a client, or a member of […]

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Good News – says the Guardian – Manufacturing has had a storming start to 2012

The purchasing managers survey indicates that life got better for UK manufacturers at the start of 2012 after a pretty dismal end to 2011. Not only does the survey show output rising at the fastest rate for 10 months but also orders grew for the first time in seven months. This suggests that there is […]

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Can the Power of Positive Thinking Affect the Economy? Why not ? The Opposite is Certainly True…

So – the press is still focusing on the doom and gloom and seems hell bent on driving us ruthlessly towards a double dip recession for the pleasure of having bad news to write about. I have therefore decided that my comments will focus solely on the good news and there is a lot of […]

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LinkedIn – critical mass achieved

Question of the day…. Are you on LinkedIN? Statistically you are way more likely to respond positively to that than you would have been 12 months ago. LinkedIn has seen growth of 65 % increasing from 48 million members to 79 million in the year to March 2011 (now at over 100 million). In roughly […]

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