How to read your buyer’s mind: handling the real objections

by Tracey Carter | J Apr, 2018 | Finance, Training

How to read your buyer’s mind: handling the real objections Objection handling is taught in every sales school, and we all have to deal with objections throughout our lives – from difficult customers to our nearest and dearest. I learned early on that an expressed...

Are House Prices Affecting Your Business?

by Tracey Carter | J Apr, 2018 | Business Trends, Finance, Landlords, Local Business, Parliament, SBF News, Sustainability

Are House Prices Affecting Your Business? We all know that the cost of buying or renting a house in the South East is high, only London costs more than some parts of our area. High housing costs can affect businesses, making it more difficult to recruit and retain...

Crowd funding for new Women’s Loan Fund from Frederick’s Foundation

by Tracey Carter | J Apr, 2018 | Charity, Community, Finance, Local Business, Local news

    Please support the Frederick’s Fund  Crowd funder appeal from early May 2018. Our aim is to build a Women’s Loan Fund to enable us to provide loans and support women with a viable business idea who cannot access funds from banks and other...

Surrey Economic Prospects – March 2018

by Tracey Carter | J Apr, 2018 | Business Trends, Developments, Export, Finance, Local Business, Local news, Technology, Training, Transport

Surrey Economic Prospects – March 2018 Headlines  -Ericsson has confirmed that it will relocate its UK headquarters from Guildford to Reading.  -Guildford’s new £30 million shopping centre, the Tunsgate Quarter, has opened. - The unemployment rate (measured...

It’s a great time to be looking to fund your innovative business

by Tracey Carter | J Apr, 2018 | Business Trends, Finance, Technology

Innovation was one of the buzzwords of 2017 as it was used to try to make the ordinary seem appealing.  Real innovation – taking disruptive ideas that are new to the market all the way through to commercial success – is a really risky activity.  It can deliver huge...

£3000 grant towards the installation of a gigabit capable connection

by Tracey Carter | J Apr, 2018 | Business Trends, Chambers of Commerce, Developments, Finance, Local Business, Offers, Parliament, Technology

  The Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport are offering SMEs the opportunity to apply for a voucher of up to £3000 towards the installation of a gigabit capable connection.  The £67m Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme is available nationwide and we are...