CALLING ALL BUSINESS OWNERS –Do you have kids over the age of 18? Would you like your kids to learn the ropes of the family business? Are you keen to kick-start their career? If so, you could be part of an exciting new Channel 4 project. Two Four Broadcast are currently piloting a new series…
ANY BUSINESSES WANT TO BE A GUINEA PIG? To get a bespoke Marketing Strategy written and developed with tangible sales opportunities and market suggestions for growth in a full collated report for 90% less than the normal cost!! For you just £150 + vat RRP over £1,500 for a full strategy by Brighter Directions. Our…
By Brighter Directions Sales Executive Emma: Being a sales executive for an excellent marketing firm you have to keep your skills and knowledge fresh. This month I attended an in-depth sales training course which helped me to do exactly that! Attending training outside of the normal office environment helped me to think outside the…
In Business Development and particularly Commercial Marketing, the three words are used to connect and pull together the business development plan, although most times for small-medium businesses the phrases and words are often misunderstood.. This blog post hopes to dispel some of the misconceptions of the words and explain jargon-free what they actually mean…. These…
The Apprentice Learner survey is a new report showing that Britains apprenticeships are getting promoted internally through the companies initially offered training through and taking on more responsibility within the workplace.Key findings include: 8 out of 10 believe their apprenticeships has improved job ability 9 out of 10 apprentice (89%) rising to 92% were satisfied…
By Sahara – Marketing Executive for Brighter Directions – How do you do!? As a total amatuer to the Marketing industry Ive been lucky enough to be given the opportunity by our lovely MD Claire to be trained up by a true expert (I’m not just saying this, I actually believe it to be true) with over…
By Brighter Directions Sales Executive, Emma: I can now say I have survived my first solo networking event and, can honestly say I loved it! The networking event in question was a ladies only membership group I was kindly invited to by a business contact, so happily booked myself on with anticipation to the run…
New funding has recently been announced for small rural, farming and tourism businesses with projects that will create local jobs. Businesses can apply for the funding pot if based within Bolsover and North East Derbyshire areas with up to £150,000 available in the pot its likely that its a limited period. Because of the areas…
Brighter Directions are pleased to announce we are now able to offer website build development for small businesses and start-up firms in addition to our other specialist services. We have recruited a fantatsic new apprentice Thien, who is our Creative Developer, working with the college on a new project to develop the core skills witihin…
HMRC has produced some record keeping phone applications in an attempt to help small businesses with guidance on how to go about running a business day to day and keeping accurate records when dealing with the revenue offices. Go to www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/mobile-apps/record-keeping.htm