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8 simple steps to grow your profits
Yesterday, my first practice visit of the year, working with three owners and their potential business development manager. Meeting...

Chris Barrow
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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Sainsbury increase staff pay for the third time in 12 months
The supermarket's 127,000 hourly workers will now be on £11 an hour from February. The retail giant, which runs almost 600 supermarkets...

Chris Barrow
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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My wearable personal fitness coach
I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 25+ years I have maintained a...

Chris Barrow
Jan 4, 20231 min read
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The next oasis
Although I've pottered about in the office over the last couple of weeks, today is my first "proper" day back at work, with an impressive...

Chris Barrow
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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Creatures of habit
My working day almost always begins at 05:30 and I follow a "morning ritual" that never changes, whether I'm in the office here at home...

Chris Barrow
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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You can't circle one wagon
Last night I hosted our last Tuesday evening client webinar of 2022 - a chance to look back over the year (what did we learn?), to look...

Chris Barrow
Dec 21, 20222 min read
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Is your website working for you?
What you see here is the Wix report on our own web site in 2022. My questions are Has your web developer and/or your marketing manager...

Chris Barrow
Dec 20, 20221 min read
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The Two Reds Podcast: an end of year special
On today's 'Two Reds are Better than One Podcast' Ashley and Chris discuss their highs and lows of 2022 and share their goals and...

Chris Barrow
Dec 19, 20221 min read
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The Business Confidence Forum
Last night our last Forum of 2022, reasonably well-attended, given the time of year. Some of our usual panelists were unavailable due to...

Chris Barrow
Dec 16, 20221 min read
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Is your patient newsletter in my junk folder?
Are you drowning in junk mail in the last few weeks? Normally, when I check my emails first thing, I'd expect maybe half a dozen to have...

Chris Barrow
Dec 15, 20222 min read
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