Stuck on a plateau and looking for renewed growth?

After three years on a growth plateau, Neil O’Connor, MD of Activity IM, was asking himself whether he’s capable of growing a business much beyond its £1m turnover. He turned to the Better Business Programme, run in partnership with Cass Business School, in a bid to find out and to break through that ceiling.
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12 ways to build a better business in 2012

By Gerard Burke, founder and MD, Your Business Your Future
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In praise of Number 2s

We hear much about the need to encourage more people to take the entrepreneurial plunge and start a business.  Leaving aside the argument about whether encouraging more start-ups is the most effective way to stimulate growth, I wonder whether more entrepreneurs is really what the country needs.
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The Six Habits of Winners in a Downturn – Habits 3 and 4

In 2009, at the height (or should that be depth?) of the most challenging recession in most of our lifetimes, I observed that in any economic downturn, in every sector of the economy, there are winners as well as losers.  And, based on my work with thousands of ambitious owner managers, many of whom have survived more than one recession, I identified six habits of those who emerge as winners whatever the economic conditions.
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The Six Habits of Winners in a Downturn – Habits 1 and 2

In 2009, at the height (or should that be depth?) of the most challenging recession in most of our lifetimes, I observed that in any economic downturn, in every sector of the economy, there will be winners as well as losers.  And, based on my work with thousands of ambitious owner managers, many of whom have survived more than one recession, I identified six habits of those who emerge as winners.
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