How to write offline newsletters that get read
Business Writing Tips by Suzan St Maur PROBLEM: I want to launch, improve or contribute to a print newsletter. How can I make it as effective as possible? SOLUTION: Make sure your content is relevant and is genuinely useful for the reader. Print newsletters have a sad habit of falling prey to the same self-indulgent [...]
The diabolical mess that is business start up funding
Have you thought of starting up a business in the recession? Got some ideas, done some research and now want to start your business? Well don’t start it in the UK, we are clearly not equipped to deal people wanting to start a business. As some of you may know, I worked on the New [...]
GuestBlog: It doesn’t apply to me!
This is a comment I often hear when I’m talking to small businesses about social and environmental responsibility. There seems to be a misconception that unless you are a big company with premises and employing lots of people, none of this “responsible” stuff applies. And yet, these very same people often have very strong personal [...]
Guestblog: How I started my business
It all began in October 2006 when my children were aged 13 and 4. I was teaching IT and Business Studies in a secondary school, hating the paperwork but loving the student interaction, hating the lack of freedom but loving the ability to shape young people’s lives. I had accepted a part-time position, teaching just [...]
