Without a sale, no other department in the business need exist, so it’s no surprise that capability and expertise in selling should be placed front and centre in any business growth strategy. However, if the owner/entrepreneur is a natural sales person themselves, ironically that natural ability and heroic sales flair can actually become an inhibitor

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Every growing business needs working capital and that may mean raising funds to cash flow growth. Knowing what capital you need to expand is one thing, your propensity to handle risk is another BUT where you acquire the cash for working capital to fund growth is another.    There obviously is more than one source.

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Here’s our list of Growth Gems … what else would you add? If habits maketh the man … what habits make a truly outstanding sales professional? One to download and stick on your office wall perhaps and ask your team to add to. 40 #GrowthGems guaranteed to improve sales performance Get in front of the

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At Company Shortcuts we exist to ‘grow the nation by improving sales performance’ and the growth rates of our client base which averages 140% increase in Net Profit one year after engagement, tell us that we are well on our way to achieving our mission. Yet according to the Scale-up report published in November 2014, commissioned by UK

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IF YOU WANT TO GROW FAST, BE READY TO EXPORT! [LARA MORGAN] During UK Trade & Investment’s (UKTI) Export Week,  thousands of companies will be opening their doors to show the rest of the world why Britain is a great place to do business. While some businesses are embracing exports and taking the world by storm,

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Answer this ONE question… What is the single most important strategic sales activity, that if applied consistently by your business as a whole, for the next 90 days, would have the greatest impact on your growth? I’ve just finished delivering a great ​Sales Secrets Academy to a cracking customer of ours and once again the outcome from

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