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Business Profile: Iain Wilson Carpentry & Property Development

Carpentry & Property Development… From the initial design to the final brushstroke. Iain Wilson carpentry and property development has been successfully running for over 15 years. He started out as a qualified carpenter, and now the Iain Wilson brand as a company takes on full renovations and anything in between. Iain has a general passion […]

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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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Welcome to the Town: The Outdoors Project in Cambridge & Royston

Our mission is to show that it’s great to be outside all day even if (or especially when) it’s wet and muddy! My name is Jonny and I live in Royston with my wife and two children. I believe that spending plenty of time outside is so important for mental and physical health. I hope

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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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