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What shark diving taught me about business

26 July 202126 July 2021 Advice, Columns, Entrepreneurs Rune Sovndahl 0 Comments

I wholeheartedly believe that business and shark diving are essentially the same thing. Both are exciting. Both have their fair share of risk. Both require you to be on your A-game all of the time.

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3 common mistakes people make when preparing for appointments

13 November 2013 Columns, Entrepreneurs, Marketing, Opinion Andy Preston 0 Comments

Preparation is one of the keys to sales success, especially for face-to-face appointments. It should be one of the main focuses when it comes to winning new business, however, more often than not, I find that lots of people are still doing the wrong sort of preparation!

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Selling Social Media Services? Read this First!

28 October 20136 October 2018 Opinion Andy Preston 0 Comments

The other day I had an email through from “Katie” who attempted to sell me her company’s Social Media services via LinkedIn. I thought I’d share this experience with you as it serves as a useful example to dissect her approach, and examine the lessons you can learn from it, in order to improve your own sales approaches and increase your sales.

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Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has suggested the government is considering cutting the 5% rate of VAT on household energy bills, as ministers prepare measures to tackle the deepening cost-of-living crisis ahead of next month’s Budget.

Ed Miliband signals potential VAT cut on energy bills as affordability pressures grow

Ed Miliband hints VAT on energy bills could be cut in November’s Budget as the government faces mounting pressure to act on the cost-of-living crisis.

Government unveils new ‘V-level’ qualifications to replace BTecs and simplify post-16 education

Innovate UK unveils £1m Agentic AI Prize to accelerate breakthroughs in manufacturing, health and creative sectors

Profit warnings surge as weak consumer confidence hits UK-listed firms ahead of Budget

Osborne warns Reform UK ‘not fiscally fit to run the economy’

Non-dom exodus ‘far worse than forecast’, new report warns Chancellor ahead of Budget

Government targets 400,000 new green energy jobs in major national skills drive

Sir David Attenborough, 99, becomes oldest daytime Emmy winner

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