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Would you like some practical help with your business?
Have you just started a business, are you thinking of starting a business or are you looking for guidance as you navigate your way...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Mar 8, 20221 min read


Simple tips around managing the company purse strings.
Should you be offering credit - in my business I look for payment up front because I cannot take back the knowledge that I am imparting...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Feb 26, 20226 min read


It's time to get out there again and renew relationships.
We have all had to adapt to technology to meet virtually which has changed the way we do business but now is the time to get out, renew...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Feb 20, 20222 min read


7 practical tips to make internal meetings more productive
We have all attended them, the meeting that rambles on with no clear focus or outcomes, where petty squabbles and side issues suck the...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Feb 15, 20222 min read


New business opportunities maybe right under your nose.
We are so busy looking for new business that we sometimes forget the resources we have sitting under our noses or close by. I was talking...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jan 26, 20223 min read


How is your team coping with their 'Weapon of Mass Distraction?
We are all walking around carrying weapons of mass distraction on our person, namely the smartphone. For those born at the beginning of...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jan 18, 20223 min read


So you would like more business...
As we start the year every business owner is out there looking for new business opportunities. Let me help you by providing a list of...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jan 12, 20222 min read


Take the money!
Are you a retailer with an online shop or do you have a physical presence? This is the busiest time of the year for retailers and yet it...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Nov 15, 20212 min read


It's the same date every year!
Have you ever received a Christmas Card on the 2nd of January, what went through your mind? Could this have been executed better? What we...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Nov 8, 20213 min read


Cyber-attack, not if but when
I am not a cybercrime expert and you don’t have to be either to be aware of the increasing number of individuals and organisations being...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Oct 6, 20213 min read


The Value of the Zero invoice
One of the challenges we all face in business is the request for the little extras. It is particularly difficult when you have just...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Sep 28, 20212 min read


What's your favourite topic?
We all know our favourite topic and the challenge is to manage it so we do not lose our audience, Whether in a social setting or business...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Sep 6, 20214 min read


Coping with the 4th Industrial Revolution 1/6
It was about 3.00 in the afternoon one Tuesday recently and I was walking along a pathway that runs adjacent to a narrow slip road that...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Jun 15, 20215 min read


Email Tips and Tools for everyone
Apart from Social Media the predominant business tool for communications is email. Unfortunately we all tend to use it in different ways...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
May 25, 20215 min read


Resilience - part 2 of the challenge
People are aware of situations, their own emotional reactions, and the behaviour of those around them. We face new challenges as those...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
May 5, 20212 min read


Wellbeing - productivity part 3
I think that it is fair to say that many of us have experienced a conversation where the person talking used acronyms and in house...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 26, 20213 min read


Wellbeing - productivity - part 2
I covered in Wellbeing, Productivity - Part 1 the fact that we are all carrying ‘weapons of mass distraction’ aka our phones around with...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 22, 20213 min read


Wellbeing - productivity - part 1
We are all walking around carrying weapons of mass distraction on our person, namely the smartphone. For those born at the beginning of...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 15, 20213 min read


Resilience - Cyber attack
According to a survey carried out by McAfee, the cyber security firm, the cost of cyber attacks will exceed $1 trillion for the first...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Apr 7, 20213 min read


Resilience - reputational damage
Reputational damage often results from a gap between what a company says and what it is perceived to have done. One of the most important...

Alec Drew - The Business Expert
Mar 30, 20213 min read
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