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Do you Make New Year Resolutions?

New Year Resolutions are a very old idea indeed. In fact, they go all the way back to 153 BC and a mythical Roman King, Janus. This king had two faces and because he could look forwards and backwards at … Continue reading

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How to Improve Fluency in your Spoken English

This question came up in our discussion group on LinkedIn this week. And the answer basically is practice, practice and more practice.

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How To Take Notes

It is assumed that most people know how to make notes. But note taking is a skill that you need to learn if you’re going to make notes that are to be of any use to you. These skills can … Continue reading

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Advantages and Disadvantages of a Family Business

In the UK family businesses employ around 9.5 million people – that’s more than all the FTSE 100 companies combined. Family businesses also account for 31% of GDP and 15% of UK’s total tax revenue (source: the UK Family Business … Continue reading

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SMART in Business

You may have come across a goal setting tool known as SMART that helps with planning and execution of projects. For those who haven’t come across this before here is a quick explanation. Continue reading

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To Blog or Not to Blog

Now that can be a tricky question to answer. Why? I hear you ask. Well, blogs use up your valuable time. So, if all you do is mess about telling people what you had for lunch or what shoes you are going to buy next then it’s probably not worth you spending time writing it. Continue reading

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Business Training Courses – Training for All Areas of Life

An interesting question came up on our LinkedIn discussions this week: is business for every one?
One group member commented that you need training to be in business. Hear! Hear! As a training provider of course I agree. Continue reading

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English is a Living Language and is Changing All the Time!

This week saw the new Collins Scrabble dictionary published with 3000 new words being added to the existing quarter of a million. Continue reading

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Basic Accounting Concepts – Depreciation

Last week I talked about fixed and current assets so this week I’ll look at why it’s important for a company to distinguish between the two. Continue reading

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Basic Accounting Concepts – What is an Asset?

Many people when starting out in business or are new to management are often unfamiliar with accounts and terms used in accountancy. Continue reading

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