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Development
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 Developing Products
Development and diversification can be key to your business success. Here we see how one toy manufacturer develops new products and how that benefits his business.
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 Grow Your Business
How can you grow your business? Colin Crooks of Green Works describes how he grew his business through innovation, franchising and putting the right finance in place.
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 Product Lifecycle
Sales Director Samantha Fernando explains how an understanding of the product lifecycle has helped when developing new products.
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 Prototype Your Product
Using prototypes to win clients, plus tips from experts on using "minimum viable products" to test the market.
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 Strategic Narrative
Developing a strong strategic narrative delivers results - "Everyone understanding where we are going and why we want to get there, meant energy levels grew and we discovered productivity just shot up."
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 Turning a Business Around
Steve Wrieden from The Base Room Company explains the methods he used to achieve success from a business that had failed.
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 User-Centred Design
Sunita Yeomans, Design Manager at Argos, talks about how Argos use customer research and user-centred design in their business, and how it has changed the way the business works.
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Employees
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 Build Relationships
It's important to manage and build strong and productive relationships. Tim Miller, Director of Standard Chartered Bank, says "It is the managers that bring alive the corporation's strategy and the business plan - through them we derive the level of engagement"
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 Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR can be a great way to motivate staff and engage with your local community. A business tells how through their practices and role within community, they aim to support local causes, foundations, charities, schools, initiatives and less fortunate people.
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 Employee Engagement
Business leaders give their views on why they think employee engagement is vital for organisations at all levels and across all sectors.
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 Employee Voices
Hear one business describe how it ensures employees at all levels have a voice in the organisation. "We seek participation from everyone and we're keen that everyone understands the part they need to play in the business.
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 Keeping Promises
Hillingdon Council talks about how it has built trust and commitment amongst employees by making sure it as an organisation does what it says it will do, everyday.
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 Safety for Lone Workers
"Here's how we ensured the safety of a lone worker" - As an employer, it's your duty to ensure the safety of your workers while they're doing their jobs. Here one company, a revenue recovery agency, discuss how they make sure their lone workers are safe.
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 Workplace Disputes
Knowing how to deal with issues arrising in the workplace is key to keeping your employees happy and your business running smoothly. Hear how one business in Norwich uses mediation techniques to resolve workplace issues.
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Finance
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 Attract Investors
Preparing to Attract Investors - Attracting investors and securing finance to start or grow your business can be tricky. Here's some simple guidance on how you can attract investors for your business.
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 Finance Options
Find out about what finance options are available to your business - whether you're just starting up or planning to grow.
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 Managing Business Finances
Will King, founder and CEO of King of Shaves, and Steve Wrieden, MD of the Hornbeam Group, talk about how they manage money in a growing business and a business in difficulty.
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 Pitch to Investors
Knowing how to pitch to potential investors can be key to financing the growth of your business, or even securing funding to start a new business. Find out some key skills for presenting to investors.
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 Taking Out a Loan
Loans and grants are possible sources of finance for your business. Here an eyeglasses company explains how they financed their growth.
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 Tax - Record Keeping
A small business owner explains how she keeps records essential to her business so that it runs efficiently and saves money.
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 Tax - Start Up Diaries
Episode one of a diary following three start-up businesses with a focus of how they deal with tax issues.
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 Tax Bill Help
"Here's how a business advisor helped me with my tax bill." - Find out how Will Duff, who set-up a driving school, manages his taxes by using an accountant and keeping tabs on his tax records.
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Job Hunting
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 Body Language Tips
If you want to be a good job-hunter, you've got to nail your interviews. Watch body language expert Geoff Beattie tell us how.
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 Coping with Knockbacks
When you’re job-hunting, its easy to get your confidence knocked. Big Brother psychologist Geoff Beattie talks us out of it.
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 Finding a Career in Fashion
It's tough to get your job-hunting right first time. Fashion guru Caryn Franklyn talks us through how she got it right second time.
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 Standing Out from the Crowd
Sometimes job-hunting is about being bold. Apprentice and business star Saira Khan talks about how to make your own luck!
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Marketing
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 Creating a Brand
Simon Woodroffe, the man behind the YO! Company brand, talks about the importance of developing your brand, branding, logos and the impact of market research.
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 Networking
Sian Sutherland of Mamo Mio explains her methods and top tips to help make the best of meeting new people and create lasting business relationships.
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 Profitable Exports
"Here's how I kept my business profitable by exporting products abroad" - Toy production business, RC2 have expanded their business through exporting into Europe and introducing new products.
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 Protecting Ideas
Colin Reeves explains how he went about registering his company trade mark and the protection and benefits that a trade mark offers his business.
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Start-Up
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 Choosing Premises
Getting the right premises, in the right location, is vital for most businesses. See how one business, a daily food delivery service, chose its location based on transport connections and proximity to materials and its target market.
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 Starting a Successful Business
King of Shaves is a toiletries company started by entrepreneur Will King in 1993, which now has its products stocked in approximately 33,000 stores worldwide. Here, founder and CEO Will King talks about how he created King of Shaves and how he secured funding to grow the business.
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 Starting in a Slump
How I started a Business During an Economic Downturn - Startups can find it hard in times of recession. Here one business, which started in the last recession, describes how they survived through the economic downturn.
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Waste/Environment
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 Farm Smart and Efficient
See how one arable farmer has introduced ways to make his farm more efficient and profitable, saving on inputs like fertiliser and fuel costs, and reducing the carbon footprint on his farm.
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 Farming Carbon Emissions Reduction
See how one cattle farmer uses the CLA's CALM carbon calculator to measure the amount of carbon being produced and locked up, and how he reduced the carbon footprint of his farm.
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 Farming Energy
Hear how one farmer uses renewable energy to cut down his carbon emissions and to increase his profits.
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 How to Reduce Waste
Reducing the environmental impact of a business is a great, green way to save money. Here, James Gerard talks us through how his organic farm shop has reduced its business waste.
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 Make Savings on Waste
Could your business start waste reduction or recycling programmes to keep business waste to a minimum and save money? Steve Cousins explains how Yorkshire Window Company Ltd has reduced the amount of waste it produces.
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 Resource Efficiency
"Here's how our retail business cut costs by using resources efficiently" - sustainable development managers Ian Barnes and Andrew Jenkins from Boots UK Ltd talk about how they have reduced waste and used resources more efficiently to help boost profitability.
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 Waste Management
Staff from DENSO Manufacturing UK Ltd describe how the business has implemented practices to ensure that their waste is managed more effectively.
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Web and IT
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 Cloud Computing
The Severn Partnership is a firm of chartered land surveyors which has been in business for over 25 years. Director Nick Blenkarn talks about how cloud computing is used by the Severn Partnership, and how it has helped to improve their business.
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