Doncaster Based Cleaning Firm wins Top UK Business Award

A Doncaster commercial cleaning company, that dramatically increased its market share by putting a focus on customer service, has earned itself a prestigious UK industry award.

David Hyner's video clips on presentation skills

Academy Speaker, David Hyner, has produced 10 x 3-5min video clips on presentation skills. Links detailed below.

Become An Inspirational Business Communicator - by Communication Speaker, Michael Dodd

Sir Richard Branson and Steve Jobs have it. Many other business leaders - whose names we can't recall - don't have it. It's the ability to communicate clearly, effectively and inspirationally. It can make the difference between a positive image and a negative one. It can make the difference between success and failure.

ACE42 Member Develops Low temperature and lean volume cleaning system (LOWTEV)

Peter Guttridge, an ACE 42 member since 2007, runs a family engineering company in Spalding, Lincs. Peter's company, Guttridge Ltd, is the leading UK manufacturer of Bulk Powder Handling machinery, they manufacture conveyors and elevators used in most food, animal feed, chemical, biomass and other industries. "In 2007 we decided to make efforts to develop some new intellectual property value in the business, after all one of our main product ranges was invented by Archimedes, so there's not a lot of opportunity to think of anything new or novel there!", says Peter.

Warren House Wins Double in Recent Awards

Share our News: Warren House is delighted to announce that we recently won The Time and Leisure Food Award for 'Best Front of House' and we have also been nominated for The South London Business Awards, 'Best Medium Sized Business.'

The Four Basics of Business - any business, by Roger Harrop

The more I travel world and meet and work with companies large and small the more convinced I am that the credit crunch and it's consequences over the last two or three three years has been a good thing for business. It has forced organizations out of complacency and highlighted the need to get back to the basics of business – for everybody, no matter your size or sector.

Is your business terminal or just in need of ICU? - by Jo Haigh

This year, as I predicted, there will be more business failures than last year (which was a record year and not in a good way!) As with any disease, early diagnosis is always beneficial even if only to make the surviving period less traumatic.

Do you need an FD? - by Jo Haigh

It's a very pertinent question as your business grows, or maybe even when it's shrinking! To attach the need for an FD purely to turnover or profit is not a robust guide and my experience tells me it's better to think in terms of staff numbers, and the management of such, to gauge whether the time is right to make an appointment.

Oxfordshire mentoring group announces 'Member of the Year'

At the December meeting hosted by member Rachel Goddard, the EB16 contingent voted for its Member of the Year 2010 and actually managed to produce a tie, having taken the votes from Gothenburg from where absent member Bob James phoned in his votes in to me!

Book of the Month: The Presentation Coach by Graham Davies

Graham Davies is one of the few professional speakers that I would queue to see.