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Disaster Recovery
By Lisa Kendrick on 22nd Feb 2010Whether its flooding or the recent Arctic conditions, the weather seems to be having more and more of an effect on businesses (as well as our lives in general). During December and January’s snow and ice, 1 in 5 workers failed to get to work, an estimated £600 million a day was being lost, and 2000-3000 companies were predicted to fail.
Charity pays off!
By Lisa Kendrick on 9th Nov 2009Sometime around Easter this year, I got a phone call out of the blue from Pam Thornes at The Laura Crane Trust (a Huddersfield-based charity that supports young people with cancer and funds research into the cancers that affect them) asking for my thoughts on a ‘Calendar Girls-style’ naked calendar.
Recruitment in the Recession
By Lisa Kendrick on 1st Sep 2009I’m currently looking for staff and have just interviewed a new graduate (who was on a report on Look North about graduates struggling to find jobs in the recession, and had just the sort of skills and degree I was looking for!)
Could You Be An Award-Winning Company?
By Lisa Kendrick on 25th Jun 2009We were recently given the Emerging Business Award at the 42Under42 Entrepreneur Awards.
5 Top Tips For Staying Afloat in a Recession
By Lisa Kendrick on 15th Apr 2009We’ve just had a FREE Business Link Financial Health Check which allows you to have up to £2000 worth of an accountant’s time to assess how your business is doing financially and create a report and action plan...