by James McBrearty | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Personal tax, Self-employed, Start-up
When you are starting out there can be too much information available, that’s why it is important to seek out those who have successfully launched and grown a business and focus on their information to help you. In 2016 I celebrated 10 years in business, which I...
by James McBrearty | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Self-employed, Start-up
When you are starting out there can be too much information available, that’s why it is important to seek out those who have successfully launched and grown a business and focus on their information to help you. In 2016 I celebrated 10 years in business, which I...
by James McBrearty | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Networking, Self-employed, Start-up
Usually when people start a business they are told to ‘go networking’ to get clients, but they have no idea what is involved or how to be effective. In this free guide we’ll cover the many advantages of face to face networking, but also the unknown fact that catches...
by James McBrearty | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog, From the office, Networking
Last night, at a ceremony in Woking, I was proud to be awarded the Bronze award for ‘use of social media for business’ in the 2016 Surrey Digital Awards. I have won an award for my use of social media two years running now at the Surrey Digital Awards. As...
by James McBrearty | Feb 9, 2016 | Blog, Networking, Self-employed, Start-up, Video blog (vlog)
Many people hate the idea of business networking – that’s completely ok. If it’s something that you haven’t done before then to feel that way is actually normal. This lecture is taken from my ‘starting in business course’ – in...
by James McBrearty | Jan 31, 2016 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Start-up
I’m pleased to announce that I am a finalist in the 2016 Surrey Digital Awards, for two categories: – Use of Social Media for Business – Website: B2B The winners will be announced at the ceremony in March. The awards are being supported by Surrey...
by James McBrearty | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog, Networking, Self-employed
I am pleased to announce that entries for the Small Business Saturday event in December 2015 are now open. I was a winner last year so am unfortunately not eligible to enter this year, however would recommend that anyone you know with a small business enters...
by James McBrearty | May 25, 2015 | Blog, From the office, Networking
Last week saw me back at the Hilton on Park Lane, for the 2015 Tolley Taxation Awards. The Taxation Awards celebrate the year’s greatest achievements in the tax industry by individuals and teams, and this year were hosted by Mariella Frostrup. The ATT sponsored the...
by James McBrearty | Jan 28, 2015 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Self-employed
I’m pleased to announce that I have been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Surrey Digital Awards, for two categories: – Blog – Use of Social Media for Business I’ve been using social media and blogging since 2009, both in my own business as...
by James McBrearty | Jan 19, 2015 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Personal tax, Self-employed, Start-up
Last weekend saw over 2,000 entrepreneurs from all over the UK converge on London, for the Enterprise Nation Start Up 2015 event held at Somerset House. I was chosen as one of the registered advisers to help answer queries that people had relating to the Finance and...
by James McBrearty | Dec 7, 2014 | Blog, From the office, Networking
Last week as part of Small Business Saturday I was one out of only 100 businesses in the whole UK to be chosen to be invited to Downing Street: When we arrived, Downing Street had been transformed into a Christmas Fair to celebrate Small Business: There were carols...
by James McBrearty | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog, Networking
With many different online networks, sometimes people can forget the value of traditional face to face meetings: I’ve been using a combination of both online and offline networking myself since 2008, and the structure of a traditional networking meeting does...