Visibility – Credibility – Profitability: How to Promote and Build Your Business with Strategic Marketing and Public Relations       Thursday 1st June 2017 09:00 -11:00 Sci-Tech Daresbury       Growing a business needs more than an innovative product or service. To maximise its success, it needs strategic marketing and public relations (PR) […]

I went to visit Sylvie Morton the other week, Business Development Manager at The Base in Warrington and was thrilled to hear the plans for the Stadium Quarter, a plot of land opposite Warrington Central station where I parked.

I was talking to Les Prichard, patent attorney with Culverstons Intellectual Property, the other day.  This probably isn’t the question.  The question is probably, how well prepared are you to file a patent?

I was having a chat with Mark Pemberton at The Heath in Runcorn the other day.  Mark’s business, Global MSDS Ltd, won the Chemicals North West “Product Services Supplier to the Chemical Industry” Award in March this year.

I met up with Karen Davies and Fiona Davidson of Dav-idea Workshops, in Cheadle the other day. We were talking about innovation in business. Karen and Fiona consult, mentor and train businesses in the management of innovation.

Creativity is not just about art, and innovation is not just for science and technology businesses. Every business can and should be creative and innovate. Karen and Fiona reminded me of the Darwin quote “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that […]

I’ve known about the Fab Lab in Ellesmere Port for some time now but never visited it.  I was reminded about the Lab by a client who went there to build a prototype of his invention.  Dr. David Armson, Fab Lab Manager, gave an inspiring talk at the Halton Science and Manufacturing Sector Network in […]

With Dave Paton from Business Angels Finance International LLP who match businesses to equity and debt funding.   I seem to have talked a lot about money this month.  

  With Richard Knew from Knew Productions, a national award winning video production company based near Chester.   I am a real fan of video as a marketing communications tool.  I was talking to Richard about it the other day.

  There’s a line of dialogue in Black Adder III (Episode 4 Sense & Senility) where Black Adder is looking for a new job. The line goes “…there’s a fellow called George Stephenson…has invented a moving kettle…wants someone to help with the marketing….”