Here are some useful links to external sites to help with your business or marketing needs:
Business Advice & Support
Beckenham Business Association – for businesses based in or serving Beckenham, SE London.
Enterprise Nation – expert advice and support for small businesses.
Federation of Small Businesses – membership organisation offering a wide range of vital business services including advice, financial expertise, support and a powerful voice heard in government.
Project Future podcast – a useful listen for people looking to launch and build their own businesses.
Spreadsheet Solutions – cost-effective, custom-made business software, using Excel.
Soul Trader – an online hub to help you create a business with heart and soul. Based on leading business coach Rasheed Ogunlaru’s international best-selling book of the same name.
Networks & Associations
Your local Chamber of Commerce
Graphic designers
I have worked with each of these and would highly recommend them for graphic design, web design and print.
Web, online and SEO specialists
Brand Planning – sales planning, digital planning and SEO planning.
Improve My Search Ranking – Kent’s best SEO agency.
Reputation Builder – Interactive IT services, including online reputation management and web hosting.
Carciofino – website design, build and hosting.
WESH.UK – leading UK web hosting company and IT support for small businesses.
Professional bodies
Chartered Institute of Public Relations – the voice of the public relations profession, a champion of its interests and a respected partner to the broader communications community.
Chartered Institute of Marketing – professional membership body for marketing in the UK.
Content Marketing Association – industry association for marketing, publishing, advertising and social agencies.
Content Marketing Institute – the leading global content marketing education and training organisation.
PRCA – the largest PR association in Europe, representing 18,000 people in agencies, in-house communications teams, and individuals.
Pro Copywriters – the alliance of professional and commercial writers.