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The Online Business Embassy

The Online Business Embassy

Here’s an idea; The UK should open an Online Business Embassy as soon as possible. Here’s what it should have; 1) A regular showcases of British companies looking to go global. 2) A warm welcome for international business visitors including an embassy concierge service making introductions. 3) Plenty of opportunities to connect British companies with …

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Changes

Changes

Remember restaurants? Here’s a tip. Instead of asking the waiting staff “what do you recommend?”, try asking “what do you recommend, for someone who eats everything and is fairly hungry”. I guarantee the answers will be better. Too often, the simple “what do you recommend?” gets the answer “it depends what you like” or “it …

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Questions and Answers

Questions and Answers

As I boarded the train at Paddington, I suspected that I would be leaving London for some time. After four days of chairing two events, I put brochures, scripts and business cards into my backpack, and headed for home. That evening, I said over dinner that I thought that we should prepare for six months …

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Seeing The World Again

Seeing The World Again

“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” Eden Phillpotts Perhaps that is one of the things that has been happening over the past few months. A sharpening of wits. A heightening of the senses. If so, then we now have an opportunity to do much more than …

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The Reframery

The Reframery

Note To Self. The framing shop in the shire is closed. Now is the time to think differently. Now is the time to start a “reframery”. As Aragorn (played by Viggo Mortensen) in the Lord of the Rings says, “there is always hope”. Or, to quote another great Dane, “there is nothing either good or …

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