• David vs. Goliath: How Small Businesses are Outmaneuvering Large Companies

    Many small business owners often look wistfully at big companies who are in direct competition and they think that these conglomerates have an advantage in the marketplace. The sheer [more]

    In-Flight Mobile Data Soon to be Available on Virgin Airlines [video]

    As part of a $106 million upgrade, Richard Branson’s Virgin Airlines will offer in-flight mobile data access on its new Airbus A330. The first flight to receive the service will [more]

    3 Steps to Increase Your Business - by Increasing Word-of-Mouth

    In the days before social media and the Internet, it wasn’t as easy to listen in on your customers’ conversations about your company. Nor could you easily encourage people to [more]

    Menu Mondays: Baked Cod with Tomatoes & Home-made Chips

    The baked cod with tomatoes was a surprise winner this week. It's quick to prepare, fairly simple and tasty.There's also one surprise recipe we definitely won't be using again! [more]

    Sometimes it's better to ease into the weekend [video]

    Ease yourself into the weekend and find the determination to carry on... [more]

    5 Tactics for Tackling Nutrition Labels

    It's estimated that around 60% of food shoppers now read the nutrition facts table on packaging. Unfortunately, they don't make it very easy to use that information effectively. Here [more]

  • 10 Food Rules To Cure Your Kids’ Picky Eating Habits (the French Way)

    Do you know any kids that are picky eaters? Check out these 10 little rules to sort it out – the French way

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    Small Business Marketing: Creating a Client Attraction Strategy

    The fear that many entrepreneurs have of marketing being complicated or difficult stops them from attracting the clients they need to succeed, which is part of the reason that so many businesses fail. But when you think of marketing in terms of attracting clients, it seems much more utilitarian than scary. Right?

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    Menu Mondays: Thai Vegetable Soup – Full of Flavour & Surprisingly Simple

    Last week’s favourite was a bit of a surprise for me. It’s something we’ve never had before and to be quite honest it just seemed to… well, simple. But when we put it together, the flavours really came together and it was really good. It just goes to show that good meals don’t actually need to be that complex.

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    Elizabeth Gilbert: Author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Talks About Nurturing Creativity [video]

    Instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. Check out Elizabeth Gilbert (Author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’) in this funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

    The author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some large topics. Her next fascination: genius, and how we ruin it.

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    Why Astronauts Feel Low, Olympians Go Cold At Gold & You Should Plan For Success

    Creating a series of plans and alternate routes for the future can mentally free you up to enjoy the process of your success. It can also allow you take the wider view and see possibilities you would miss if you didn’t stop to look around every now and again.

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    Menu Mondays: Sausage and Lentil Casserole – Try it and find out why it’s a family favourite

    You just can’t go wrong with this warming, filling and family loving sausage and lentil casserole. As soon as it starts bubbling away on the stove we start getting a steady stream of visitors asking ‘what’s cooking?’, ‘is it ready yet?’, ‘can I just have a taste?’ All in a ten minute period.

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    The 5 Worst Things You Can Say to a Customer

    Almost nothing leads to a customer service meltdown more quickly than the use of particularly offensive phrases. You know the type I’m referring to, you’ve either heard them, or *gasp* used them yourself. Let’s make sure we don’t let it happen in the future…

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    Are You the Tortoise or the Hare? You can be either and still come out on top…

    I’m sure you’re familiar with Aesop’s fable of The Tortoise and the Hare, so I won’t bother with the retelling. However, can you remember the moral of the story? Most people when asked this quickly reply “Slow and steady wins the race”, and it’s no surprise as this has been drummed in to everyone since [...]

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    Menu Mondays: Sweet & Sour Pork wins the week!

    Thanks to everyone for celebrating Menu Mondays with us, your feedback – in all formats, has really been appreciated.

    Fancy Chinese this week? Check out this simple, but great recipe for home-made Sweet & Sour Pork with noodles…

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    How to Avoid the Worst Table in a Restaurant

    It took me three weeks to get a reservation at a certain award-winning restaurant in San Francisco. On the big night, we were seated at the worst table in the house, right next to the bathroom. Why me?

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