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Robert Zarywacz wants to meet the real YOU We live in a connected world where it is easier than ever before to connect with individuals anywhere, whether in the same town or thousands of miles away. You would have thought that we would soon become ‘one world’, but often it seems the tools giving us … Read more
Why Mark Bendell gets wound up about design I’ve been a freelance designer /artworker for the past two years. I recently took on a design job for a client in London and even before I’d started, I knew it was a bad idea . . . “Mark, did you know I can design as well? … Read more
Conservation charity Devon Wildlife Trust is urging people to spend just a small part of the festive season getting away from the excesses and stresses on wild Christmas escapes. “We wanted to offer people a chance to escape some of the stresses of Christmas by re-connecting with local nature,” said Devon Wildlife Trust’s Steve Hussey. … Read more
NDBA members share their experience by answering 10 questions. This issue Trina Curtis of CoDEStorm is in the hot seat 1. What was your first job? I was a waitress in Westward Ho! I enjoyed getting to know the holiday makers and regulars and can still balance several plates up my arm. 2. What is … Read more
Fast, reliable broadband is an essential business tool for businesses. David Thorne of Simpkins Edwards is campaigning for universal access to the service North Devon broadband: superfast or snail’s pace? Large parts of North Devon are finding broadband running super slow compared with the rest of the UK. Superfast fibre broadband was only installed by … Read more
Businesses are continually being urged to go online, but as the internet changes so fast Robert Zarywacz asks if anyone really knows how to use it? The internet is a fantastic tool. I first started using it to work with clients and launched our first web site way back in the 1990s. Since then the … Read more
Duncan Casburn of Flint Hosts asks how social is social media? Is the term ‘social media’ the ultimate oxymoron? Have we become victims of Orwellian doublespeak by delving into the depths of social media addiction, in doing so becoming ironic social hermits, all hidden away behind iPads and smartphones with no interest in the outside … Read more
Rozz Algar, from Herne, examines the value that training employees provides to forward-looking businesses For SMEs, the challenge of recruiting and retaining good staff is a key one, so every penny you spend on this endeavour needs to be money well spent. What is the value of training employees? The truth is that poorly trained … Read more
Pippa Bucknell, senior HR consultant at FitzgeraldHR, focuses on how to handle staff grievances Case study: A member of staff has raised a grievance. What do we do? The first question is: do you have a written grievance procedure? Within the written statement of terms and conditions that an employer is required to give to … Read more
Why Paul Clews gets wound up by open mic nights When I say ‘don’t play them’, I also mean, don’t watch them, or eat or drink in the venues that promote them. Pub landlords promoting them say they want ‘to give new talent an opportunity to play in front of an audience’, as if it is a … Read more
NDBA members share their experience by answering 10 questions. This issue Elaine Isaac of Convallis Software is in the hot seat. 1. What was your first job? I washed dishes in the coffee shop kitchen at the Royal & Fortescue Hotel, Barnstaple. After a while, I eventually got promoted to serving in the coffee shop. … Read more
In an exclusive series of HR articles, Alice Hellmund, HR Consultant at FitzgeraldHR, continues with how to get your recruitment process right to recruit effectively Case study: We keep hiring people who leave us in the first year, either of their own accord or we have to let them go as they’re not quite right … Read more
Rob Lott from Calvert Trust Exmoor gives some simple tips on increasing your business through improving your accessibility and ensuring easy access Have you ever lost a potential sale because the customer couldn’t access your premises, service or information? There’s a very good chance that if you have, you won’t even know about it. Why … Read more
Rozz Algar, from Herne, explores how to ensure continuous improvement really does continue in your business All too often businesses (even the best of businesses) start to be slowed down by the very things that should be making them tick – the processes and the people. Processes become overly complicated, chains of command too long, … Read more