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The Directors' Centre
Newsletter
March 2009
In This Issue
Better Director
A Reminder of What We Do...
  Article of the Month
See robert's blog posting to download the introduction to his new book.
Beating the Credit Crunch
'Beating the Credit Crunch' book - Launch Day
 

Recent newsletters have been full of opportunities to help you run a more successful business. Today we have big banner headlines:

OUR BIG NEWS #1: LAUNCH OF THE 'BETTER DIRECTOR' PROGRAMME!

We're delighted to announce the launch of the 'BETTER DIRECTOR' PROGRAMME- aimed at businesses with a turnover in excess of £1m - a series of provocative and challenging half-day seminars with Robert Craven, designed for the specific needs of the medium-sized business.

The series is being sponsored by BlackBerry, FD Centre, Albany Software and Peninsula who provide key resources for the growing business. To attend or be a local sponsor then Read more.

OUR BIG NEWS #2: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE BARCLAYS 'LET'S TALK...' EVENTS
Aimed at businesses with a turnover of under £1m... 13 towns... two titles, ...(More Profit and Bright Marketing)... three speakers... one attitude! Read More
 
Regards
 
Paul, Lesley and the team
 
AND A BIG PS:
DON'T FORGET WHY PEOPLE WORK WITH US
In a nutshell, business directors and owners work with us because they are ambitious and they want to see the increases in sales, profits and cash that we enable them to achieve. To that end we offer:
  • One-to-Many:
    • 'Better Director' Workshops - for businesses with a turnover in excess of £1m. NEW!
    • Barclays 'Let's Talk...' seminars - for businesses with a turnover of less than £1m.
  • One-to-Few:
    • Business Masterclasses - action-focused meetings for up to half a dozen businesses
  • One-to-One:
    • Consultancy and coaching from 'been there, done it' experts
    • Business Surgeries - a bit of a 'try before you buy' to see how you get on with us

  • On your own:
    • Read books: 'Beating the Credit Crunch', 'Bright Marketing', and 'Kick-Start Your Business'.
BetterDirector
Better Director'Better Director - Be remarkable in extraordinary times'

OUR BIG NEWS: LAUNCH OF THE 'BETTER DIRECTOR' PROGRAMME!


The focus of this series of seminars is on the needs of those businesses in the mid-range £1m - £20 million category. Based on latest research and data from the 'middle sector', this is a full-on Robert Craven event.

Better Director website

And why attend? To find out how to improve sales, profits and cash in your business. The strapline to the programme title is 'Be Remarkable in Extraordinary Times'. That should give you a clue as to where we are coming from. This is not a 'fear, doom and gloom' event. But it is not for the faint-hearted!

National Sponsors are BlackBerry, FD Centre, Albany Software and Peninsula as well as The Directors' Centre. If you are interested in becoming a local sponsor then call Lesley on 01225 851044.


 
A Reminder of What We Do...
Grow your business
"We work with the owners and directors of growing businesses who feel the pains of growth... we're people who have 'been there and done it' helping you to 'go there and do it'... which means that you exceed your targets so that you run the business you want."

Businesses with 10+ employees: work with one of our team of consultants to grow your business; we've run and sold our own businesses. No 'clever clogs' theory here - just practical, honest and goading help to take your business to the next stage. To find out more call me or Lesley (01225 851044) or sign up for a FREE Business Surgery


Established Growing Businesses: buy 'Bright Marketing' and 'Kick-Start Your Business' (Foreword by Sir Richard Branson) ("Truly Inspirational" The Independent) - Shopping Cart. In conjunction with Barclays we run free business seminars especially for owner-managers of growing businesses -  Find out more.

New Businesses: buy 'The Start-Up Essays' Book - Shopping Cart