It's coming up to that time of year when academic and public sector seems to come to a close. It's as if no decisions can be made, no meetings can be held and no one can be contacted but how true is this really and what could you be doing during this 'quiet' time of year. The more people I have spoken to about this over the last week or so, the more I am finding that actually my client base is not really stopping for the entirety of the next six weeks. Yes, there will be s

Today saw another exceptional networking event at St Ives Business Lounge in Cambridgeshire and I wanted to share with you the reasons why this type of networking is (in my opinion) imperative for small business owners and freelancers. Ed Goodman runs, for those of us that attend, a mastermind session where up to twelve individuals come together to support two of the group with their current challenge. We all get to ask a question about that challenge and then we all get to s