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Welcome to Businesswise: The Voice of Business Networking in Swindon. Every fortnight we'll be sharing a new episode with you that features our members. In it, they'll share their highs, their lows, their networking experience and what it is that makes BusinessWise work for them. Join us as we show you why we're the Voice of Business Networking in Swindon! If you'd like to visit the group please email our secretary on secretary@businesswise.org.uk or to learn more about the group visit www.b ...
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Evaluating people is arguably your most important survival skill when building a group. You need to be very good at it, especially in a “civilization” as challenging as this one. And of all the characteristics one can use to assess where people are at, the way they talk is the most telling.By wiseeastus
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In today’s podcast our presenter Fi Da Silva Adams is talking to member Danielle Holmes of Black Nova Designs, a company who provide design and host websites. Next year the business will be celebrating 10 years. Danielle runs the business with her husband, Kyle, who she says is the brains. Kyle is the one who understands all of the IT stuff, and Da…
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We have started a series on how to evaluate people, but before we get too far into it, perhaps it would not be a bad idea to bring back a very early but extremely popular episode of BusinessWISE on how to DEAL with people better. Incompetent handling can make the best employee a nightmare, so make sure it isn’t YOU driving your team downtone!…
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Our host today is John Lewis, and he is talking to, our social media member, Hannah Edwards. Hannah has been a member of the group for several years, and after initially joining as her own business, holding the virtual assistant seat, her seat now is social media, and she is representing her client, Scott Media. And at the beginning of the year, sh…
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Chris Dawes from Visual PR hosts our latest podcast where he is talking to Matt Cantillon of the Cantillon Group. Matt started in business as an electrician, after a parting of ways from the company he was working for. He set up on his own in 2010, and hearing how he has built up his own business is fascinating and inspiring. His business is now in…
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Throughout the timeless past, the triangle has often been perceived as having the ability to focus and amplify energy. True or false, one thing’s for sure, the triangle can be used to express important relationships, and none more important than L. Ron Hubbard’s discovery of the magic triangle that can help YOU to make ANYTHING go RIGHT! Our final …
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In today’s podcast our present, Fiona Scott talks to one of our newer members, Ali Newnham. Ali is Operations Manager for Moova Home, an estate agent and letting agents in Swindon. The business was started up over 20 years ago by Ashley Kane, the owner. Over the years the focus of the business has shifted from just being lettings to now also having…
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The last episode of BusinessWISE was entitled BEING CAUSE PART 1. At the end of it we issued a warning that BEING CAUSE PART 2 would not be for the faint of heart, and it isn’t! But this episode contains a datum so powerful, yet so simple, it will put you at CAUSE in virtually any situation. Ready? Let’s go!…
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Which would you prefer to be in your business, CAUSE or EFFECT? Do you like hopefully peering at the appointment book to see how busy you are going to be, or would you just be able to CAUSE business when you want it? Do you like being the effect of incompetent or unethical personnel or do you like the idea of being able to MAKE great employees? You…
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Our presenter today is John Lewis, who is talking to member Martin Baker, of Martin Baker Estate Planning, who has belonged to the group for three years. His business is predominantly about encouraging people to recognise the importance of having a will, and powers of attorney for both health and wealth. Many people don’t want to talk about what ha…
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Do you know, without comm lag, what condition your business is in? Do you know the steps of the formula for that condition? All of them? Do you DO the steps of the formula, ALL of them? If your answers are a bit vague, chances are you are struggling a bit with this subject. This episode could change all that. Give it a go!…
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If you cannot sell yourself, your product, your service, your ideas, you are not going to get very far in business or in life. But “sell” can mean different things to different people. To some, it is a game of deception, but to the sincere and the powerful, it is a game of enlightenment. And if you are going to enlighten, you need to know these fou…
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Fiona Scott, of Scott Media, hosts the latest Businesswise podcast, talking to Janet Shreeve of Shreeve Care Services who shares how she began working in the care industry and why she still has a passion for working in it today. Shreeve Care Services is a couple of months away from their second anniversary. However, Janet has been working in care f…
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Why? Why does one struggle with their business? Why does one have problems with expansion? Why? In this episode, L. Ron Hubbard gives you that WHY, and I’ll bet you dollars to donuts, it’s going to surprise you, because you may think you know the datum, but have never evaluated its correct importance before.…
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Do not, do not, do not underestimate the importance and power of PURPOSE either in building a business, reviving a failing business, or building a life. We have done several episodes on this subject, but here is a new look and a vital connection that you may have never heard before and which could have a dramatic and positive impact on your success…
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Today’s podcast presenter, Fi DaSilva Adams is talking to member, Dave Steinhausen of Red Wizard Digital, a company who focuses on pay per click, Google ads, and LinkedIn ads. Starting his business about a year and a half ago, Dave works with small to medium businesses on a one to one basis to help them to understand how to get the best from online…
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Chris Dawes from Visual PR hosts our latest podcast where he is talking to Barbara Leatham of Barbara Leatham Photography. He specialises in business photography, and works predominantly in Wiltshire and Swindon, although also across the UK. Barbara shares the story of how she got into photography from her first interest on a school trip when she w…
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I am sure you have heard of a “turnaround specialist” before. Perhaps you have wondered what their techniques are for “turning around” a struggling business. I know I have. Well, it turns out their techniques are not that great and not all that survival. On the other hand, L. Ron Hubbard has a winning approach that DOES work, and where EVERYBODY wi…
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Chatting to our presenter John Lewis for today’s podcast, is Fiona Scott who is in the 16th year of running her media consultancy Scott Media. Fiona holds the PR seat in the group, plus another member of her team has the social media seat. Increasingly she has found that social media engagement and traditional media engagement are closely linked as…
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Lis McDermott, writing mentor and author hosts our latest podcast, talking to Phil Rand from Rand Planning Consultancy, a family owned small business that has been run by Phil and his wife for the last 39 years. Phil enjoys working with homeowners who want to make changes to their houses. It might be that they want more bedrooms, due to a growing f…
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In today’s podcast, our presenter Lis McDermott is talking to member Louise Muir-Sage of Wellness Wiltshire. She works as a weight-loss and addiction coach and is also a Reiki practitioner. She has worked in the weight-loss industry since 2012, when she originally joined one of the UK’s biggest weight loss organizations as a consultant. In 2023, sh…
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Looking at the number of downloads in the first week of our episode on THE ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY, this is a hot topic! I hope this episode on the attributes of the SOCIAL PERSONALITY is at least as popular, because, frankly, this one is even more important for your success and expansion, not to mention the success of this current civilization.…
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Chris Dawes from Visual PR hosts our latest podcast, talking to Andrew Wilkinson of Secure Safety solutions. Andrew’s business, which he describes as a soft of ‘one stop shop’ for health and safety, was set up at the end of 2019, just before COVID kicked in. However, he talks about how he was able to diversify during that time. He shares his journe…
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Chris Dawes from Visual PR hosts our latest podcast, talking to Rachel Weaven from face2face HR. Rachel, who started her business three years ago, works with businesses who don’t have the capacity for a full time or part time person in their business. She helps them with all of their employment issues, challenges, opportunities, and helps them know…
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You are not going to get very far with the Hubbard management system without an ORGANIZING BOARD, or what we familiarly call “The Org Board”. There is probably no single tool that solves more problems for an entrepreneur than this one. Hiring, training, promotion, production, expansion, even statistical management and conditions, depend on you work…
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Fiona Da Silva Adams from Revolution Performing Arts hosts this latest podcast where she talks to Joe Tomkinson from UW, otherwise known as Utility Warehouse. Joe and his wife, Claire, have run their Utility Warehouse business together for the last 12 years. Both previously worked in the police and when their first child came along, Claire decided …
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Ask any entrepreneur what areas of business they are having difficulty with, and the subject of hiring is going to come up on top or in the top three, especially in these past few years. Well, you don’t need to be the effect of that. Like most things, Mr. Hubbard breaks hiring down into simplicities. We are going to devote two or three episodes to …
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Today, our presenter, Fiona Da Silva Adams is talking to member Caroline Peyton, who is a nutritionist, naturopath, and specialises in gut health in her business; Peyton Principles. Caroline has been running her business for 15 years now, and even during COVID she was able to continue to work with clients on Zoom, as her business is not a hands-on …
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In today’s podcast our presenter John Lewis is talking to member Laura Dent of commercial cleaning company So Fresh and So Clean who begins by talking about her recent office move and becoming an ‘office junkie’. Laura and her husband, Neil run their cleaning business together. They started about 12 years ago with Neil doing carpet cleaning, and th…
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PR is one of the most valuable tools you have in achieving success. It is a PR world. If you have big goals, it is unlikely that you will achieve them without expert use of PR. But the subject is booby-trapped, frankly, through a missing ingredient that PRs are not generally taught which can make nitroglycerine safe to handle in comparison!…
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John Lewis of JL Mindset Performance, interviews Dave Southby of Dave Southby Financial Planning – or in other words, BusinessWise current chairperson interviews the former chairperson! Welcome to our new podcast, where over the coming weeks, we will be introducing members of BusinessWise,– and we are now officially the ‘voice of business networkin…
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