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Together with our next two points, this is all about making some prudent investments. In this case, investing in people. Delegation is vital in a high growth business. Growth means you have to let go and move on – to more important things. So don’t keep doing what you are no good at e.g. finance. You had to do it when the business was only you, but now get someone else to do it. Don’t...

The UK’s famous spirit of entrepreneurship is resolute, despite one of the toughest years in recent history, which has had a disproportionate impact on female entrepreneurs. The International Monetary Fund has cautioned that Covid-19 threatens to roll back the last 30 years of economic gains for women. This is one of the reasons why NatWest and Getty Images partnered to launch a nationwide campaign and competition to tackle stereotypes of female founders and help create...

Drone inspections are quickly becoming the go-to survey method for many Welsh industries. Also known as UAVs (unmanned aviation vehicles), drones can perform otherwise extensive and time-consuming tasks, at an incredible rate. Not just that, but with minimal effort and incomparable attention to detail. Many types of Welsh businesses can benefit, from civil engineering to the renewable energy sector, drones are making it easier for everyone. Here we take a look at some of their...

Whatever your vision may be, you’ll achieve your dream if you can differentiate yourself from others, rather than simply becoming a “me-too” player. This is because it will help you to define your own unique audience. As you will play a key part in meeting your goals, before considering the originality of your offer, you need to carefully think about how you personally are different and what you possess that others don’t. Every person has...

When it comes to producing content for the internet, whether websites, social media or otherwise, it is easy to notice a huge disparity between communication that is customer focused and that which is not. The more niche or esoteric the company particularly present in every area of technology, but also in traditional industries like engineering, the more often we see it is written for the wrong reader. The writer is so often at pains to...

Purah Beeswax Candles based in Llannon, Carmarthenshire, has been using Helo Blod a free, fast and friendly Welsh translation and advice service that helps businesses use more Welsh. The sustainable candle company, Purah Beeswax Candles, has used the free service to make the Welsh language more visible in their business and has already seen the benefits of using the Welsh language. Helen Louise Williams, the owner of Purah Beeswax Candles, currently sells her candles online...

In your mission to realise your vision, you are bound to come across barriers that you need to either find a way around or overcome. Sometimes these could be certain rules or ways of thinking that prevent you from taking a particular action that would accelerate you along your journey to success. Such obstacles can be created by conventional wisdom – a term used to describe ideas or explanations that are generally accepted as true...

Well what a year 2020 turned out to be but despite the odds, Project SEARCH continues to run at Dow Silicones UK Ltd in Barry! This has only been possible thanks to fantastic leadership support plus the creativity, agility and commitment of a brilliant Project SEARCH instructor and job coach, plus a team of 36 Dow mentors. Let’s just take a moment to reflect on 2020 achievements and celebrate the success stories! Project SEARCH Year...

Do you ever feel like you want to join the Procrastinator’s Club, but never quite get around to it? At some point in time, procrastination plagues us all, some more than others, but everyone at some point gets bitten. Introverts particularly have unique ways to procrastinate such as making a simple task more complicated by over-analysing, over-thinking, over-planning or even revising work just to make sure it’s perfect. We’ve all heard the quote, “Why put...

Talking of money, all high growth businesses need to manage cash. Most businesses swallow up cash; high growth businesses positively devour cash. In most cases, businesses that fail, do so not because of a lack of profit, but because they run out of cash. It’s an old but true cliché that ‘cash is the lifeblood of a business’. So treasure your cash. In particular, rein it in wherever and whenever you can. For instance: ​Try...