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Adapting to a new normal

Together we are all currently facing unique, unprecedented and challenging circumstances – personally and professionally

COVID-19 – Advice for SMEs

Covid-19 will radically alter the business landscape we know today

Independent retailers – Will the Chancellor’s financial package be enough?

Independent retailers have long been facing tough challenges, not least of which the steady demise of the high street

Leaders need to be more human than ever

With all leaders facing unfamiliar challenges as COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, immense business skill and personal resolve will be required to plan…

Berwick @Home – Week 1

It’s been an odd week. There’s been 20 million new Teams accounts globally apparently

The role of leadership in a difficult time

With the fallout from the coronavirus unknown, right now, there will be many individuals feeling anxious about their career, their family and their future. The…

Managing remote teams

“We need people to start working from home where they possibly can”. Boris Johnson’s address to the nation at the start of this week, whilst…

Today’s Finance Leader

At a recent shortlist meeting for a Finance Director for an organisation with social purpose, the CEO asked if I felt the recommended candidates were…

5 tips for successful video interviews

It’s old news; 93% of all communication is non-verbal. Laying eyes on one another is an integral part of being human. With the prevalence of…

What you should expect from your Procurement function?

Procurement currently finds itself incredibly high on the agenda for many executive teams in the Social Housing sector. Too often seen as a ‘back office’…

Five minutes with…Althea Loderick, Chief Executive of London Borough of Newham

There are few places in the UK that have undergone such an enormous physical transformation over the last decade as Newham. Almost eight years on…

Retail Leadership Dinner: ‘The disruptive US retail brand challenging the UK market… Customer pull, not retailer push’

It is a pertinent time for retailers to assess, amend and innovate within their business models, ensuring that the customer is at the forefront of…

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