Tag Archives: professional

Staying in touch with our clients and customers

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Jon Stow

  One way and another, this past year or so my family and I have seen a lot of doctors and nurses. On the whole we have been dealt with very well, but sometimes we have had to take the … Continue reading →

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Should we buy really cheap services?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Jon Stow

  In the course of our business we are receive all sorts of offers. We get mail-shots through our letter boxes, we get emails and we receive telephone calls. Many of the offers sound very tempting, but do we know … Continue reading →

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Promoting your start-up business – Part 6 – Making business friends

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Jon Stow

  Most start-up businesses start with one person – you. You might have one or two part-time staff or subcontractors. However there is a danger of feeling rather lonely. After all, you have to make all the decisions, and while … Continue reading →

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Sales and marketing and the butcher’s apostrophe

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Jon Stow

It is always dangerous to write about grammar, spelling and punctuation. We all make the occasional mistake. In writing a blog post like this we’re all allowed the odd contraction (see?) to be more conversational than we might be in … Continue reading →

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Amateur emails addresses and unbusinesslike appearance

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Jon Stow

Starting in business we are eager to get our telephone number found and to have all lines of communication open. After all, what we need is customers, and if no one can contact us we will not get any. Right … Continue reading →

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Alliances and team players

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Jon Stow

Photo by LordNikon   I am a great believer in getting out and talking to other people in business. I go to networking meetings, I go to seminars and I am a member of several business groups where we may … Continue reading →

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False economies and part-timers

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Jon Stow

Following on from my last piece, at Christmas those with jobs may well be off work for a week or so, and students are home for the holidays. They may have some time on their hands and be thinking about … Continue reading →

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Why we need to assess the risk in our business assignments and projects

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Jon Stow

In my last piece I talked about the danger of adapting business agreements and contracts when we do not have the specialist knowledge as lawyers, or indeed as (in my case) a tax practitioner. I suspect that those who are … Continue reading →

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Why we SHOULD reinvent the wheel – business agreements and contracts

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Jon Stow

One of the most irritating cliches I hear is “I don’t want to reinvent the wheel”. It is a favourite refrain amongst many well-meaning business owners and business advisers who will typically ask for a template for a sale agreement, partnership agreement, shareholders’ agreement or some such thing. Continue reading →

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