Category: Business Improvement

What is your Unique Selling Point? How to determine what sets your business apart from the rest…

What is a unique selling point I hear you ask? Let me answer your question with another question. What is it about the local café that you go to on your dinner …

How to reach the right buyer and win new business. StreetwiseSubbie.com’s checklist for better targeting

It’s tough not to be gloomy considering there’s no sign of economic recovery and most specialist contractors are only working at 75% capacity. So whilst everyone else has their head in their …

StreetwiseSubbie.com top tips for low cost and no cost business growth

No one likes to miss out on an opportunity but you could be losing £££s of business by not managing your customer data properly.  Even worse, you might be letting that valuable …

Our Latest Thank You To All Who Contributed!

I just wanted to say a big thank you to all 146 Specialist Contractors who took part in our November State of the Industry Survey. Our survey continued to reveal the shocking …

Don’t waste time on systems that don’t tell you anything! Our top tips for beating the clock

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, …

If you are making too much profit then this blog post isn’t for you…

If you are making more profit than you need, then don’t read on. If you do need bigger profits, then this could just what you need. As a veteran of 20 years …

What’s your name worth to you? Our guide to building profits

Businesses with good brands and reputations make more money because they retain customers longer, attract better employees and sell more, at a higher margin. Brand is what you say about yourself – signage, …

Sorry To Ask – But Does Any Of This Make Sense?

If what Balfour Beatty are reported as saying about their supply chain re-structuring is true, then it seems to me like the world’s finally gone completely mad! According to Balfour Beatty supply …

Have You Got Enthusiasm And Passion?

Two of the things that seem to be sadly lacking in the construction and engineering industries at the moment are enthusiasm and passion. The way a person approaches his or her work …

Top Ten Olympic Messages for Specialist Sub-Contractors

Top Ten Olympic Messages For Specialist Sub-Contractors You only have to look around the business pages and magazines to see various takes on some of the lessons we can learn from the …

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