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Vistage Presents Seven Keys to Sales Success at CompTIA EMEA 2009
sgilroy, Oct 26, 2009
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Last week I was a speaker at CompTIA’s EMEA 2009 member conference. The audience was a mixture of IT resellers, training and certification organisations and some colleges and universities. There were several tracks to the event including Business, Training & Education and Sales & Marketing. The event was also opened by James Caan of Dragon’s Den fame, who talked about how he became successful and what he looks for in entrepreneurs. His view was very clear – it’s all about the people. It’s people who have the idea, take the risk, have the passion to
Marcus Child led another inspiring morning for Vistage members, their colleagues and guests with everyone going home having taken a great deal from the mornings session. Watch the video for a taste of the day and vist vistage.co.uk to find out more about our upcoming Vistage Open Days for 2010.
Vistage member Mark Brickhill on BBC’s Working Lunch
sgilroy, Oct 22, 2009
Uncategorized, Vistage MembersMark Brickhill, Group Managing Director of Goodyear Dunlop UK, was the special guest on BBC's Working Lunch discussing the topic of 'Keeping Business on Track'. Mark is also hosting a meeting for our Vistage Chairman Alan Cook where he will present on Strategy & Leadership on the 24th November 2009.
Roger Evans, Plant Director at precision bearing and automotive component manufacturer Schaeffler (UK) Ltd. has been awarded an MBE (Membership of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for his services to the Engineering Industry in Wales.
As well as successfully managing the day-to-day operations of Schaeffler UK’s manufacturing plant in Llanelli since 2001, Roger Evans has also been instrumental in formulating and dri
Remember that old joke about laying all the economists in the world end-to-end and them still not reaching a conclusion? Very unfair, of course. The fact that we, at Vistage UK, believe in economic forecasting is easy to see – just look at the regular predictions we issue, prepared by Roger Martin-Fagg, one of the best practitioners around. I was reminded of that old insult, however, when I read reports this week that the Ernst & Young Item Club believes the UK economy is already out of
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Read my article in Further Education Today to question whether the education sector has adapted to the changing needs of employers and potential students and if our education system is fit for purpose in the New Economy.
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Vistage UK speaker Roger Martin-Fagg has released his October 2009 economic update for the UK, available to Vistage UK members
In the report Martin-Fagg says there's no quick, or even slow-paced recovery on the horizon. He projects a "W-shaped" recovery. In this scenario the UK will have a second leg of decline, not quite as severe as the first leg. That second leg will come as the government money t
On Tuesday 13th October I attended the CRN Channel Conference at Whittlebury Hall in Northamptonshire. Over 200 senior executives from IT vendors, distributors, resellers and system integrators attended the event, organised by CRN Magazine and Channel Web. As you would expect, the event was full of men in grey suits, and sponsors were promoting the latest channel programmes, faster chips, better software, cloud computing. So what was Vistage doing there
A glowing example of British manufacturing, Norbar Torque Tools in Banbury, has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade for its contribution to UK manufacturing exports. The family-owned business has become the world’s top specialist manufacturer of torque tools and this year celebrates 67 successful years. The award highlights a success story in a sector that has generally experienced decline. As well as success in the Queen's Awards, Norbar were also named Best UK Family Business in the £5-25m turnover categ
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