EUROPEAN TRADE WEEK

25th May – 1st June European Week is an initiative to support SME businesses with upto date information and encourage entrepreneurship across the EU. Events are organised across the 27 countries for businesses to share their experiences abd develop their core knowledge and skills For more information please visit http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/entrepreneurship/sme-week/about/index.en.htm

MARKETING IS A WASTE OF TIME

Far too many companies are taking the ‘easy option’ by following trends in marketing and many are still not even measuring the impact and success of said campaigns. Ask yourself this question: If you don’t know what response your receiving from all your marketing efforts, how do you determine what time is best spent doing…

GUEST POST – PRINCE2 TRAINING

How to ensure PRINCE2 Practitioner training goes swimmingly Heather Buckley is a photographer and the co-founder and director of Silicon Beach Training; this Brighton-based training company offers a range of IT and Business training courses, including PRINCE2 Training in Brighton and Birmingham. There’s no doubt that the PRINCE2 Practitioner exam is hard work. But with…

MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Starts: Friday 13th August, 2010, 10:00am – 4:00pmEvent Type: Training/SeminarLocation: Derbyshire & NottinghamPrice: £299 + VAT This exclusive management training session is an intense development program designed to enhance key management skills Written and developed through OCR Accredited Management Development this intense course is ideal for anyone in a management position who would like to…

LOW CARBON VEHICLES

Low Carbon vehicles can now be found on a UK wide directory service which locates a range of companies across the country that are involved in low carbon automotive sector. The directory provides information on the capabilities and range of advanced materials, engine information, design, simulations, research, manufacturing and the aftercare market Access your free…

WE THANK YOU….ALOT!

Could you pass us a potential client/ referral? If so, we give a whopping 10% introduction fee!! After years of working with our clients and receiving many recommendations and from this referrals, we appreciate the importance of saying ‘thanks’ Which is why last year we introduced a system for referral ‘thank yous’ we now offer…

MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA WORK!

Brighter Directions have been delivering social media workshops throughout the East Midlands since the beginging of the year which businesses have found very interesting and useful. Due to our current training commitments, the last workshop will run on the 28th May for advanced users (details are below) but fear not – were still avialable for…

FINES RISE FOR COLD CALLS

Business News: Companies across the UK that cause nuisance and distress to consumers through silent and abandoned calls will face a new maximum fine of £2 million up from £50,000. Silent calls to consumers are generated through the use of automated calling systems and in some cases the system dials more numbers than they have…