A guide to finding the sweet spot between applying your own entrepreneurial intuition and taking advice when making decisions

The final of three blogs looking at providing support for UK SMEs. Here we look at the tools in our Excellence Tools Programme that will help the SME owner get clarity around business focus and help them operate with purpose and intentionality.

The second of three blogs looking at providing support for UK SMEs. Here we look at the key areas where support and advice should be provided if they are to be successful.

The first of three blogs looking at helping UK SMEs succeed in an increasingly competitive market place. We start by understanding the challenges many SMEs face in getting underway and surviving that critical first year.

Successful entrepreneurs do not procrastinate by putting off getting started on an idea because they feel that have not totally perfected an idea – they just get in the game.

With the uncertainty circulating around the future of the British economy it is important that you do not loose focus and motivation in driving your own business forward.

Big corporations are trying to copy and emulate the lean, fast-moving and intuitive way in which many small businesses now operate.

Your brand is at the heart of what your business is all about so having a clear brand message is a vital start point for business success.