by Chief coffee maker | 26 Jun 2022 | General
I’m writing this as we approach the end of June and begin to think about the next quarter. And this next quarter is always a bit tricky. Certainly if you have school age children. Because you have the dreaded school holidays to contend with (or maybe you look...
by Chief coffee maker | 17 Apr 2022 | General
When you first start out in business it is very exciting. A chance to build the business of your dreams. To help others. To be there for your children. To make some money. To wake up every morning excited to get working. But there comes a point, for so many...
by Chief coffee maker | 31 Mar 2020 | General
The last couple of weeks have been challenging – trying to work with children (and the husband) at home whilst the unknown of the Coronavirus looms over us. The “juggle” is one many of us working mums are familiar with, but this time it is...
by Chief coffee maker | 31 Aug 2019 | General
Do you need more sales? Sales is the life blood of any business. We all like to think (or is it just us?) that customers will find us by magic, or by “word of mouth”, but sometimes you need to give sales a helping hand. We are building a business for the...
by Chief coffee maker | 17 Mar 2019 | General
I was listening to Graham Norton interviewing Kevin Clifton the other day on his radio show. Kevin mentioned that he applied 3 times to be on Strictly as a professional dancer before he was accepted. The first time he was going through a “grungy” phase...
by Chief coffee maker | 18 Feb 2019 | General
Last week I was fortunate to be invited to Birmingham to spend the day with Theo Paphitis (ok it wasn’t just me, there were a few other businesses there too). Theo spoke about the importance of small businesses to the economy and the strength of the community of...
