‘INSPIRING BUSINESS’ Archives
GREENING A BUSINESS
INTERVIEW: MARK HANDS Greening your business may be the “right” thing to do but will it actually deliver any tangible benefits to the business and its bottom line? Mark Hands is manager of The Doubletree by Hilton Cadbury House Hotel in Yatton and they have embarked on an extensive programme of environmental improvements. So what have the [...]
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION
INTERVIEW: MARC P SUMMERS Everyone talks about driving visitors to your website, the importance of traffic and search engine optimisation ... but how important is it really? Marc P Summers is from Monkey Design House and is author of “How To Get More Visitors To Your Website”
SELLING MADE LESS DEMANDING
INTERVIEW: JOSHUA GILBERTSON For many people selling seems like so much hard work. But according to Joshua Gilbertson from Sandler London City there are ways to make the process far less demanding.
NETWORKING FOR BETTER BUSINESS
INTERVIEW: MARTIN DAVIES If networking is all about building relationship – what does that mean in relation to the actions we need to take when we’re networking? Martin Davies is Director of NRG Business Networks.
INVESTING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY
INTERVIEW: PAUL WHEELER The Government has announced feed in tariffs for commercial and domestic properties that use renewable energy supplies. So what does this actually mean to you and I? Paul Wheeler is chairman of MAP Environmental.
ETHICAL MARKETING
INTERVIEW: CHRIS ARNOLD Chris Arnold is author of the book “ethical marketing and the new consumer” but since marketing can be seen as the lifeblood of the consumer society, surely “ethical marketing” is a bit of an oxymoron?
KIOSKIOSK, ECO RETAILING
INTERVIEW: WAYNE HEMMINGWAY Kioskiosk is an innovative idea from designer Wayne Hemmingway as part of his role as a London Leader in Sustainability.
GREEN DESIGN
INTERVIEW: ROB HOLDWAY How can designers play a role in helping us all be a bit more environmentally friendly? Rob Holdway is director of design agency Giraffe.
SUSTAINABLE HARDWOOD
INTERVIEW: CHRISTIAN JEBSEN Hard woods are a popular building and interiors material, they are strong, long lasting and beautiful – and also highly unsustainable. However a new processed wood called kebony could hold the answer – it has many of the advantages of hard woods and yet is also sustainable. Christian Jebsen is the CEO of Kebony. [...]
USING OUR INTUITION
INTERVIEW: SARAH ALEXANDER Could intuition be the key to success? Sarah Alexander from The Way Ahead believes it is. She works with business owners and entrepreneurs helping them access their intuition in order to build their business.
