Marketing can be damaging to a company: After speaking to a company recently I wanted to share our discussion as ‘what not to do’ when developing your marketing strategy: I wont name the company in question for obvious reasons, no-one is born with the knowledge to get everything right first time (me included) and were…
Brighter Directions is a growing company with a range of services from staff training solutions to event management and strategic marketing solutions who have developed a range of solutions over the years to help and support businesses from across the UK and internationally. We are happy to welcome a new addition to the team, Debbie…
There is still time for you to take advantage of your entitlement for strategic development and training for your company with the Leaders First program. Brighter Directions are approved suppliers which means that you can access our services and also take advantage of the funding to use towards the cost with £500 fixed funding and…
Patents can be vital for businesses that have products or services they would need to protect and can cost from £230 and £280 to process the application. Intellectual Property lets people own the work you create and Patents specifically protect the features and processes that make things work. This lets inventors profit from their inventions.…
Brighter Directions are ecstatic to be delivering social media training on behalf of Business Link in a series of workshops across Derbyshire this summer. Working in conjunction with local company TBAT Innovation and Business Link we are helping businesses across the region come to grips with using social media applications like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn…
Business Link have been a valuable asset to my clients over the years, helping to develop smaller businesses with a variety of resources, not only that, doing it for free. In the last year (2009/10), EMB Ltd, the organisation responsible for delivering the regional Business Link service has enabled over 80,000 businesses to receive the…
Businesses are being asked by Government how they want to redress the balance between the citizen and the state as part of a public consultation launched by the Deputy Prime Minister. Your Freedom is an opportunity for anyone to suggest ideas on restoring liberties that have been lost, repealing unnecessary laws and removing excessive regulation…
Due to a recent increase on spam and frauding emails coming through I wanted to notify of a fairly recent scam that has come to light which could potentially affect many businesses and owners credit ratings: A business friend of ours was recently sent a new credit card through the post for business banking. While…
The Right Funds for You is a business seminar held on 12th August from 4pm – 7pm at Pride Park in Derby. Are you an SME based in the East Midlands? Are you looking to fulfil your high growth potential by securing investment? If so, this friendly, informal event is for you. The seminar is…
Another fellow Twitter friend @StarPS has kindly offered to write a guest blog offering you her top ten tips to recruitment: Top Ten Tips When Recruiting a New Team Member 1. A CV is not a legally binding document!Anyone can write a CV for anyone else. A CV can be tweaked, elaborated and downright fibbed…