Business Coaching & Mentoring

Working with many SME businesses we are somewhat taken aback by some owners who feel that they have no need to invest in business support services, which would assist in the development of their businesses, whether it be revenue and margin growth, product selection, staff development or even cost management - how much are SME's prepared to investigate and invest in developing their businesses with, say, a three fold increase in marginn attainment?

Value from your Chamber of Commerce

Very interested to guage the view on whether you feel that the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce gives you good value for money. If you are not a member, what stopped you joining and if you are a member what do you actually gain from membership? We are members and we also have joined the FSB and a number of local business clubs and just thought about value for money. No other agenda than this simple question.

Is Networking just a business for a few?

With so many new network 'clubs' springing up across the country/world - are they bringing benefit to those companies paying a fee as well as for the event? In fact , are there too many network 'clubs' around that some companies fail to see that there are spending too much time networking face to face when they could be working more effectively within social networks such as Twitter, Blogs and traditional telemarketing activites as well as getting clients to their e-commerce sites?