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Vistage members, guests and colleagues all met together on the 19/03/10 at the DW Stadiumin Wigan to hear Dale Williams present the principles of lean thinking. Lean thinking enables your business to deliver exceptional customer value at the lowest possible operating cost. Lean thinking drives businesses to keep their customers at the forefront of their minds, while significantly improving the productivity of people and processes through the ruthless and relentless elimination of wasteful activities. Businesses globally have benefitted from the application of lean thinking to fuel the growth plans. Watch our video to see how the day went and what the attendees thought Read More Post a comment Share/Bookmark

The Tyneside and Northumberland  business awards were announced on March 18th at the Marriot Gosforth Park Hotel in Newcastle.  The Specials Laboratory run by Vistage member Sharon Griffiths was named Regional Company of the year.  They also won the Manufacturing Award sponsored by Tyne & Wear City Region Employment Service.  They now go on to

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Then watch our short video from Vistage speaker Reg Athwal, who answers some of the most common concerns facing CEO's and MDs in the area of recruiting the best talent for their business in the new economy. Read More Post a comment Share/Bookmark

Vistage member Paul McErlean had a great article published in The Irish News last week 09/03/10. Discussing his experience of the benefits of social networking for business and his Vistage membership.  Please find the article below: In the run-up to Christmas last year, I was introduced to a business organisation called Vistage. At first I was sceptical because I thought it was another one of these sales networks, the type of organisation where

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Many questions are asked about Social Media and the benefit to business.  Vistage speakers MediaSnackers discuss their experiences and the affect they are having on CEO's and driving the changes from the top down. This has led them to develop  niche business Social Media for Suits aimed at personal mentoring for CEO's and senior executives. See what they have to say Read More Post a comment Share/Bookmark

Vistage  recently hosted a very successful open day at the Merchants’ Hall in Edinburgh. Gary Weston, Chairman of Group 19, introduced the speaker Roger Martin-Fagg. One of the most popular Vistage speakers, Roger’s talk was named How Does the Economy Work and What Causes a Recession? They are two big and complex questions which Roger deftly explained with wit and verve. Injecting both humour and clarity into Gross Domestic Product forecasts is not the easiest of tasks but Roger’s engaging delivery ensured that even the most complicated of economic theories was easily digestible. Perhaps the most pressing question for most of the people in attendance was ‘What stage of the recession are we in?’ Roger’s s

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iod graphic We’ve all seen the headlines. In the current economy, many businesses have tried unsuccessfully to raise finance. Their experiences have varied with lots of “flat no”, some “protracted maybe” and very few “definite yes” responses from lenders. The financing prospect for many businesses looks very bleak:

  • Banks continue to strengthen their balance sheets. Lending is available, but is much tougher to achieve with higher rates, more security needed and more ‘setup’ or ‘consultancy’ fees than ever before.
  • Government l

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Valuable lessons and learnings are to be shared so I thought it worthwhile pointing you in the direction of our chair Ivan Goldberg's personal blog. There are some great articles here well worth reading so why not take the time to have a look and learn a little!

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