It’s been a bad week for some retail businesses. Profits at John Lewis were down 77% compared to last year. Fashion chain, New Look will be closing 60 of their 593 stores and Toys R Us went into administration as did Maplin Electronics.

Every New Year brings with it a degree of ‘mixed bag-ness’, don’t you agree? A few highs, a few lows, and the inevitable middle of the road moments that are done, dusted and forgotten about before we know it.

Could Stress Be the Biggest Contributor to Absenteeism in the Events Business?

The owners of small businesses often wonder what they can do quickly to make their sales and marketing more effective. Usually this is because they have a problem with revenue growth or with attracting clients that will pay profitable rates.

It has been said many times that there is a simple method for getting ahead in business. The path to success, in other words to get what you want, is to give other people what they desire or need.

If you think about it for a moment, there is a big difference between the two descriptions and the distinction can have huge implications for a business, including yours.

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