Following the recent news of Nike pulling their products off the Amazon platform due to counterfeit goods… It has been reported by Which? magazine that Amazon have some serious problems with fake reviews too. Calling into question whether you should trust the Amazon brand to deliver the original product you thought you’d ordered. The lastest Which? article discusses the rise in Amazon sellers from the hardware capital of

It was absolutely freezing 🥶. But we did it… The 1st 100 trees of our reforestation & climate change busting ‘Plant a Tree’ program were planted on Saturday. It was a lovely day on the valley floor, but the Rossendale hills were covered with a freezing & wet mist. That didn’t deter Scarlett (9), Samuel

Gooday. It’s Friday & business book review day… Back in 2002 author, inspirational speaker & peak performance coach Nigel Risner wrote a book about new rules for communication, called ‘It’s a zoo around here’. You’ve heard of DISC profiling, right? Which for me, is a complicated behaviour assessment tool & I’ve never really got my

New digital printing technologies with the potential to enhance organisations & reduce operating costs are constantly emerging. These are now being made affordable to small & medium organisations through lease agreements, free printing technology schemes & subscription services. As with most opportunities, there are some excellent agreements available from suppliers that will be a good

Patagonia has a wonderful business model… Ever since its beginning, it’s held ethical and environmental issues close to its core. Giving 1% of their total sales to environmental groups. Patagonia are well known for high end sustainable outdoor clothing & apparel. Things like skiing equipment, climbing clothing, wetsuits & even non-sports wear like fleeces, jackets

Thought for today… The last time the Earth experienced a similar concentration of CO2 was over 3 million years ago. Back then, the temperature was 2°C warmer & sea levels were 10 meters higher than today. What impact would this have on the world as we know it? Yesterday the WMO (World Meteorological Organisation) sent

Do you ever get that gut feeling that something feels either right or wrong? Do you follow your gut or is that just too risky for you? When I’m looking to buy something & once I’ve narrowed it down to a small number of suppliers. I use 2 things to make the final choice. Gut

Chip Gaines is a famous American entrepreneur & TV personality with his own show, Fixer Upper. Co-hosted with his wife Joanna. Together they own 3 organisations in Waco, Texas. But life was not always like this for Chip. He’s No1 bestselling book. Capital Gaines. Is a kinda biography of his life, coupled together with all

You’ve heard the saying. ‘Opposites attract’. Right? In fact. It’s very true when it comes to love relationships… Through research it’s been found people are usually attracted to their opposite on the extroversion / introversion & judging / perceiving scale. Making most of us naturally attracted to individuals who are different from ourselves & therefore

Nike announces it’s no longer selling products on Amazon… Saying they will focus more on their direct-to-consumer business, something that is front and center of their brand strategy. Nike will continue to invest in strong, distinctive partnerships with other retailers and platforms to seamlessly serve their customers globally. It seems it could be down to

Michael Jordan was gutted when he didn’t make his high school varsity basketball team in his sophomore year… Even going home to cry in his room, after he learned another sophomore & close friend (Leroy Smith) was picked before him. Such an event could easily have crushed his confidence. Instead he used the experience to

You only need to look at longer forest fire seasons, years of drought around the world, islands disappearing under rising sea levels & extreme flooding everywhere. Trees have a massive part to play in the fight & are large part of the answer. They suck carbon dioxide out of the air & if we plant

Gooday. Have you time for a business book review? 5 years ago we went through a very tough business transformation. You see. Our industry was going through massive change & selling printer cartridges through retail stores was not where the market was heading. The future was ‘fit for purpose’ printing solutions, available in affordable monthly

4 reasons why IT companies need a trusted print technology partner… Be your customers trusted technology advisor Completely lock out any competition Frees your resource from supporting print technology Create a new monthly revenue stream Let’s delve a little deeper into the benefits of each one…   Trusted technology advisor Introducing a specialised print technology

What’s your vision & mission? What inspires you to get out of bed in a morning & makes people believe in what you do? Some don’t have a vision & mission, believing they make no difference. And they won’t make a difference if they don’t inspire people & they won’t make a difference if you