A lot of wet leisure businesses are family businesses, as ours is. What’s it like being in business with your father, your brother, sister or aunt? What is it like when your boardroom table is also the kitchen table?
Read MoreCelebrating staff at the heart of Golden Coast
As a family-run business, leading wet leisure supplier Golden Coast is fully aware that people matter just as much as the products they sell.
Read MoreWell, here we all are then. Normal, version 2.0
It doesn’t look normal. It doesn’t feel normal. And I’m not really sure how new it is. On the other hand, I know of something that is definitely new and I’m pretty sure will become normal in the pool maintenance business.
Read MoreConcern about the present and confusion about the future; that’s what we all feel, but it is different for each of us.
COVID-19 has infected and affected almost the entire world. At the moment our only way of fighting back is by standing together and staying apart but everyone’s experience of the disease and its consequences is unique and individual and it’s important to realise that.
Read MoreDirty rotten scoundrels.
All is fair in love and war and, well, pretty much everything else it seems. In fact, do we even know what ‘fair’ means anymore? By Jamie Adams
Read MoreI really must start writing this . . . soon.
I know I need to do it and it is something that I enjoy, it’s just that I’ve got into the habit of putting it off until the last possible moment but here’s the deadline so I best get started. Hang on. I’ll just put the kettle on first.
Read MoreHow will Brexit affect us? How will it affect you?
It’s starting to seem as if that’s a question not even the politicians know the answers to, but here are my honest thoughts.
Read MoreNew products or new markets? A scientific approach to growing your business.
If you want to grow your business, there are really only four basic ways of doing it. When you see what your options are, you can decide which one might be right for your wet leisure business.
Read MoreDid you have a good season? What might make next year better?
As we move into autumn, things are starting to slow down. So while the highs and lows of the summer are still fresh in your mind, now is the time to plan for a perfect 2016.
Read MoreWithout the people who work there, is any business much more than a building and a bank account?
You won’t have to wait long to hear people talking about how important their employees are to their business, how valued and special their staff are. But what can we do to put real meaning behind that and not just pay lip service to the idea?
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