Marketing For Wineries & Vineyards

  Marketing For Wineries & Vineyards I’m writing a comprehensive marketing manual / handbook specifically for the wine industry.  It will feature, history and case studies of the main marketing considerations for wine, a practical guide covering the key topics…

Preparing for exam day!

Exams are a pretty blunt instrument for assessing knowledge – but they are what we have to work with on the WSET Wine Diploma.  Whatever our knowledge level or capacity to answer a specific question, let’s not let the exam…

Receipt Bank

      Experimenting with this today!  Does anyone else have positive or negative experiences to share??    

System Migration

We have just installed a new till / PoS system into our shop. Initial results have proved positive. The useability is good and the records appear accurate. Next week we will begin to reconcile stock activity as well. Along side…

An old firend!

I had coffee from my Window Coffee Shop mug this morning. The business closed earlier this year to refocus on different ways of sharing great coffee with people.  The Window is a great example of a small business which has…

2014 looks bright for entrepreneurs willing to take risks!

I read this article this morning. Norwich has plenty going on and many community based groups that support start-ups.  I wonder whether there is a “gap” for incubator type spaces for SME’s and start-ups to build on the momentum…

The Testing Phase in Start-ups!

I have recently been working with a couple of start-up businesses who are going through a first phase of testing. This is an interesting, scary, exiting, exhausting time for start-up entrepreneurs as they grapple to come to terms with how…

The End Of Charity

I really enjoyed reading this book.  Nic Frances shares his experiences of working for a charity and his own journey that led him to move into business development. Although the book does not discuss the social enterprise model, it does…