News & Views

The latest information regarding Steer Your Business activities as well as small business articles of interest.

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Tips To Scale Up Your Business and Workforce At The Same Time !!!!! 

Scaling up your business isn’t about steady growth over time. It’s about having a clear strategy for quickly expanding the business to achieve full-scale hypergrowth.  Most startups grow organically, adding customers here and there and gradually expanding over time. Scaling up aims to accelerate this process, pushing your growth to move beyond that slow, organic […]

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Our ambition is to create a fairer future by providing a clear picture of the UK company landscape.  

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Could a 4-day week be a good fit for your team? 

I often say that your team is your most important asset and keeping them motivated and happy is essential to your success.  I am going to first blow my own team’s trumpet. In September, we won the NatWest South East Business Award for Customer Service. This is some achievement and is down to the whole […]

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Sell What They’re Buying: Is your branding doing its job?

In an increasingly brand conscious world, many business owners underestimate the real value of their branding.  First impressions count and in a crowded and sceptical market-place, it’s important to create a positive first impression. Before your business can impart information about its product or service, you need to gain a prospective customer’s attention and create a connection. Branding is all about showing that you are ‘their kind of […]

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CRM: What Do You Need To Do?

How many times have you tapped away at the computer and berated yourself for not being able to complete what you consider a simple task?  I’m betting it’s a lot.  Customer Relation Management systems are real ‘buzz’ products now and rightly so. If we are running a business, then we need a suitable and affordable solution to keep on top of our customers’ journey and somewhere to […]

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Hybrid Working…… Are you ready ?

The Covid pandemic has changed the way we work and ushered in a new era of hybrid working – but is your business ready and able to offer this mix of on-site, off-site and remote working?  When businesses were forced to close down their physical offices and workspaces, this brought technology to the fore. We’ve […]