Yorkshire Cyber Security Event
A couple of weeks ago I was wondering whether I had done the right thing – help to organise and run a cyber security event at the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre. Last year I became acquainted with someone I soon …
Category: Small Businesses
3 networking events in 28 hours (part 3)
(Missed the previous posts? click part 1 or part 2 to read them) The third networking event I attended this week – well actually I helped to organise it too – was the Kirklees fsb branch’s networking event on Tuesday …
3 networking events in 28 hours (part 2)
(missed part 1? read it here) The following morning my alarm started singing at 5.30am, I closed my eyes for another minute or so to wake up slowly and when I opened my eyes again it was 6am and I …
3 networking events in 28 hours (part 1)
This week I have attended 3 networking events, each of them completely different, and so I thought I would write a collection of blogs to let you know about them. I have been attending networking events since before I set …
We become the people we have coffee with
The motivational speaker at the #fsbconf was Molly Harvey and her presentation told us to be accountable, pay attention, and take small steps every day. In order to be accountable she advised us to believe in ourselves when no one …
Last day at #fsbconf
When we got to the SECC for the last day of #fsbconf the exhibitor hall was extremely quiet and one would have been within reason to assume it was because of all the fun that was had at the Ceilidh …
On the second day of conference …..
On the second day of conference my Chairman said to me … ouch me feet are hurting, but what a fantastic informative time. Actually I think that was more me saying that than him! Today the main arena was open …
Difficulties in Progressing
A big obstacle I have found in supporting small businesses relates to the information they already hold. A lot of it is in their mind and if there are any physical records, they are in email systems or written on …