Managing Your Online Reputation – An Entrepreneurs Guide

10 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology By Simon Wadsworth. Online reputation management is vital to your success in today’s ultra-connected world. When I launched online reputation management agency Igniyte back in 2009, the writing was on the wall. And over the years, the importance of maintaining a curated and careful professional and personal online […]
How to overcome your fears of returning to life after lockdown

7 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology Do you have post-lockdown nerves? It’s totally normal to feel a certain amount of nerves or anxiety when faced with the return to ‘normality’. Just as it took us some time to find ways of coping during lockdown, we should also expect that it may take a while […]
How to Inspire Positivity & Profitability During Difficult Times

5 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology “In the midst of every crisis lies opportunity.” —Albert Einstein Life puts us all through unplanned change. However, sometimes the unthinkable can occur. The COVID-19 pandemic is a sound example of this. Many of us thought a pandemic could happen, however, many of us never thought it would happen. Unfortunately, rapid unplanned […]
How entrepreneurs can use storytelling to make a message stick

15 February 2020|Business Growth, Launching a business, Marketing, PR, Promotion, Pitching Skills By Rebecca Pepper, Toastmasters International Entrepreneurs wanting their key messages to be remembered can learn useful lessons from my granddad. When I was a small child my granddad told me a drama-filled story culminating in moments of breath-taking excitement as he wrestled a […]
Many UK workers won’t be returning to work in an office again

30 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts Almost one fifth of UK workers do not intend to return to the office again post pandemic, largely due to ongoing concerns around infection control As employees across the UK are to set to embark on their return to the workplace following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, new research […]
The business of beating back pain before it beats your business

30 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology By Michael Furlong, Clinic Director, Balance Health Centre, Liverpool. You have a brilliant idea that will propel your new business into a lucrative new market … but the pen you need to write that idea down has fallen on the floor and you can’t bend down to pick it […]
How businesses can support employee’s digital health

30 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology By Jonny Pelter. If you have any friends or colleagues who are doctors, you’ll know they get pestered with ad hoc questions from family and friends whenever a medical ailment crops up….“My knee hurts, what wrong with it?” or “Tom has a cough, what do I give him?” Having […]
How to Achieve an Equal Future in a Post-Covid-19 World

25 June 2021|Crisis Management, Eco & Ethics, Latest Posts Over the past year, as nearly every human and organisation was faced with extreme adversity and uncertainty, Preferred Hotels & Resorts approached the conversation surrounding diversity and gender equality head on, through an incredibly spirited dialogue with a diverse, global group of associates. The brand launched […]
What it’s really like to launch a rebrand during a pandemic

25 June 2021|Brand Story, Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Launching a business Gary Knight, CEO of audio social network, WOLF, shares his experiences and the lessons learned during the last year. When British audio social network app, WOLF (The World’s Online Festival) launched its rebrand last year, the business had no idea what was about to happen. Just […]
Business strategy during COVID-19 and the need to pivot

4 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts Ercan Demiralay, Partner at Wellers, explains the shift in mindset required by founders to pave the way through financial uncertainty. During times of financial uncertainty, it may seem strange to talk about business strategy. Instead, you may be thinking about battening down the hatches and hoping to weather the storm, […]