Author Archives: Peter Davison
Finance expert finds dream job – thanks to Connect
A Wiltshire finance expert has escaped the rat race and found his dream job – thanks to Swindon-based outplacement specialists Connect. Robert Johnson, who left a senior position at a firm specialising in employee benefits, says the professional advice and … Continue reading
To write or not to write a press release, that is the question…
Yesterday, at Frome’s Discuss & Do festival event, Making it as an Entrepreneur (see other blog post too), there was a small difference of opinion between myself and Rachel Bridge as to whether you need to write a press release … Continue reading
“I don’t believe in good ideas” – Discuss and Do event
“I don’t believe in good ideas,” said Gavin Eddy, director of Forward Space and award winning business mentor, speaking at yesterday’s Discuss & Do festival event in Frome, Making it as an Entrepreneur. So what’s the big problem with good … Continue reading
West Midlands businesses to network at co-operative lunch
A wide range of West Midlands business people, interested in finding out more about the co-operative enterprise model, are being invited to a networking lunch at the attractive banqueting suite of Birmingham Council House on Friday, March 23. High profile … Continue reading
Who made you the bloomin’ expert?
My name’s Pete, and I’m an expert. I’m hired to write positive news stories about businesses like yours, and when those articles appear in the press my clients look at me with a combination of admiration and stunned disbelief. To … Continue reading
Gimson made his bed – but who’ll lie in it next?
A bed said to have been designed by and for Ernest Gimson – one of the leading practitioners of the Cotswolds-based Arts and Crafts revival – will be sold at auction in Cirencester next month as part of a larger … Continue reading
An offaly good way to learn about meat
Meat-lovers will be facing the chop at a course on how to cook pork at a Marlborough butchers this month. And to prove it’s no flash in the pan, carnivores are also being offered lessons in cooking lamb, beef, game … Continue reading
Auction features thousands of toys from the 70s and 80s
Not long ago, in a galaxy not too far away, a movie pitched as a western in space spawned a multi-billion dollar franchise whose action figures and vehicles dominated birthday and Christmas wish lists for a generation. Now, as the … Continue reading
Birmingham riots – Secret Agent Marketing becomes part of the solution
The riots across Britain last year felt like something that happened on a different planet – or at least a different country – to Secret Agent Marketing, working as we do in the middle of a forest in Wiltshire. However … Continue reading
Riots survey and inquiry promise young people a voice
Young people in Birmingham are being given the opportunity to air their views about the riots which rocked the city six months ago. The opinions of around 200 young people will be gathered via questionnaires as part of a Prince’s … Continue reading