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Julian’s July Business Tips: The Business Ballot Box…

Julian’s Business Tips by Julian Berry… I was going to write something about the election this month, but I couldn’t think where to start! I could look at the different parties’ approach to business, I could speculate on the likely outcome – but I felt we would all be heartily sick of hearing all that by […]

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Business Profile: Bow Books Royston July Update: National Book Tokens Winner

Thank you for supporting us throughout our first year. At the end of which Bow Books was proud to be chosen by National Book Tokens as the country’s Bookshop of the Month for June and Paul took part in a ‘Ask the Bookseller’ interview. To read more visit: https://bit.ly/BowBooksBookshopOfTheMonth What makes Bow Books, new and

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Welcome to the Town – Common Grind a New Co-Working Space in Royston

Welcome to Common Grind – A New Co-Working Space in Royston… ” Hello, my name’s Elliot. My wife Emily and I recently opened Common Grind—a new co-working space in the centre of Royston. I’ve previously worked in co-working spaces in Cambridge and Hitchin, but since moving to Royston a few years ago, it’s been my

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Business Profile: Bow Books Royston June Update: Celebrating One Year

Our thanks to the thousands in the area who have bought from our huge range of new and secondhand books. To those who have encouraged us, added to the stock, placed orders, spread the word. And a personal thanks to my invaluable small team of helpers. Books matter. In their infinite variety, they inform, entertain,

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Julian’s June Business Tips: Setting Great Goals

To make progress, we need to set targets, goals, and objectives – call them whatever you like – but to be effective, they should be SMART. Let’s work through the SMART acronym (there are some slight variations in the meanings, but they all end up in the same place). I’m going to use a non-business

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Business Profile: Bow Books, The Love of Books in Young Minds

‘The biggest single factor in seeking a child’s success is reading for pleasure’ as quoted by Dragon’s Den. Bow Books has a mission via its Children’s Den to encourage children to do just that by creating their own book collection…from pushchair to young adult ages. All children’s books are 3 for 2. Make the most

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Julian’s Business Tips: For Success, Do Less

I was in a meeting today with some senior directors talking about future digital strategies. One of the directors surprised the whole room, when they said, ‘We need to do less…’ Well, that was unusual! I’ve always understood that if you’re not moving forward, then you’re actually going backwards in a digital world. But then

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Welcome to the Town – Autoforce Tyre Services

Autoforce Tyre Services are an independent, family-run tyre service business with over 10 years experience in fitting tyres. Autoforce opened their doors in Lower Gower Road, Royston in May 2023, and offer a range of tyres and services including puncture repairs, wheel balancing, tyre checks and quality car and van tyres from the leading, well-known

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Julian’s Business Tips: Run a Business, or a Marathon?

I’m writing this as Mollie King, radio presenter and former pop star, is finishing an amazing 500km cycle ride across the UK, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for Comic Relief. You will be reading this in the April edition of The Listing, the month that hosts the London Marathon – a similar challenge where

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Business Profile: Bow Books, More Titles on Both Floors

We’ve expanded our fiction collection on the ground floor, giving you a wider array of new and second-hand authors. Upstairs our folio lounge has even more books waiting to be discovered. If you don’t already, please follow us, on Facebook @bowbooks and Instagram @bowbooksroyston and keep up to date with our NEW book title recommendations,

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Ten Top Reasons Why Print Advertising Works for Local Trades Businesses

The Listing reaches 17,300 local SG8 households and can help you find more customers Reach your customers direct through their letterbox with effective and affordable local magazine advertising that really works Ten Top Reasons Why Print Advertising Works for Local Trades Businesses Local print advertising allows you to find new customers and remind your existing

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