As somebody who is a bit of a sports fanatic, I am always interested with how business owners view their competition. In sport clearly competition is good, partly because otherwise it wouldn't be entertaining, but also because it actually improves the players. Men's tennis over the last 20 years or so has been a fine [...]
I have been a member of Ros Jones' Business Bookclub now for almost two years. I have read some really inspiring books and some that were a struggle; until now none of them had made me change what I do before I had even finished reading the book. That is what Atomic Habits has done [...]
The 10th January is MicroBiz Matters Day and founders Tina and Tony will be celebrating with a conference over in Preston. They have also requested that micro businesses share their top 10 tips so, as 2020 will see Red Kite Services celebrate our 10th birthday, I thought I would share some of ours (in no [...]
After successful workshops earlier this year my next ½ day workshop “Build Your Business with Capsule CRM” is on 25th September Join me from 10:00 to 13:00 in our office at 48 Goodramgate Cost £47.75 via eventbrite, or if you would like to save on this, just email me at sam@redkiteservices.co.uk and I’ll send an invoice [...]
I have a confession to make - most of my misspent youth (the summers anyway) were spent at Sheriff Hutton Bridge Cricket Club. "The Bridge" is a beautiful cricket ground and a very successful club, playing at the highest standard possible for an amateur team. My memories of the club go back to less heady [...]
This book was music to my ears! Using examples from the fields of building, aviation and, finally, medicine Surgeon Atul Gawande explains how a simple checklist saves lives. This was the April book for the York Business BookClub and was met with enthusiasm right around the table. What was most interesting is how in an [...]
We are delighted that we have become a Partner of She Loves York. She Loves York is a luxury lifestyle club offering exclusive discounts to members throughout the year. As one of the growing number of business service partners we offer 10% off our basic services to all She Loves York members and partners. We [...]
I am lucky enough to be a member of The Business Network in York and to be able to rub shoulders with many experts. One of these is Andy Gambles from Servertastic, who frequently shares his expertise on data security issues. So, some of these tips are directly attributable to him and some of them [...]
It is hard to believe that How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, was written at the same time as "Think and Grow Rich." It was easier reading and a lot less cringeworthy in it's attitudes. All of us at York Business BookClub thought it was a really good book for life [...]
This short blog post will teach you how to password protect a Microsoft Word Document on both Windows and Mac. 1) Open word document and click the 'review' tab You can do this before you have written the document or once it's fully completed. It is necessary to have your word document in full screen [...]