Tim Meadows-Smith

2 Man Delivery Service Get a Boost From Web Technology

By Tim Meadows-Smith The methods used by transport service providers are so numerous as to be almost infinite. Moving goods from one place to another, sounds easy, it's not. A few statistics that may surprise you; From each Dollar, Euro or Pound we spe... Read >

Satisfy More Customers With White Glove Home Delivery Services

They may seem cheap, but the cost of replacement, damage, and dented reputation associated with the Post Office and overnight carriers dwarf any savings. The new breed of white glove, one and two man, home delivery services virtually eliminate damage and ... Read >

White Glove Delivery Service the Way Forward for Home Delivery

The 3.2 million vans on the roads of Britain is an increase of 38% over the past 10 years, fuelled by the growth of online retail. Home delivery is more efficient and cheaper using vans than heavy goods vehicles. THe flexibility of van operators to mix ca... Read >

Top Tips for Directors of Insolvent Companies

Directors of businesses that go bust, beware. No one is watching you now, but they will look at what you did later. Paying yourself instead of your creditors is illegal and you will get found out, be expected to repay and be disqualified as a director for... Read >

Desperate Owner Directors Unable to Get Paid

The oft uttered phrase of 'fat cat' about anyone who is a company director from mid-ranking private sector employees and public sector workers, whos' maximum risk is that they might one day be made redundant, now sounds more hollow than ever. The fact is ... Read >

6 Top Tips on How to Handle HMRC Winding UP Orders

Working as a 'company doctor' a visit to the High Court is a fairly routine event. Handled well, it is perfectly possible to trade a business completely legally for months and eventually quash a petition to wind up a business. Handled badly, or not handle... Read >

Businesses get Saved by Turnaround Management Specialists

There is no shame in attracting experienced help to manage through the worst recession of our generation. Today, as business attempts to manage through a crisis made in poor government and weak regulation of financial services, new perils exist. For ex... Read >

Inbound Marketing for Traditional Marketers

A generation of marketers no longer understand the levers of marketing power and the young are taking over. Middle aged business people have, mostly, become completely confused about marketing. Middle aged I may be but I'm not one of the confused. From... Read >

The 11 Step Guide to Understanding SEO (steps 1 to 5)

One of piece of 'new media jargon' that has got the vast majority of business leaders confused is SEO, search engine optimisation. Too many people have been charged too much for either inappropriate or ineffective SEO services, often because the supplier ... Read >

Jargon Free SEO in 11 Easy to Understand Steps (6 to 11)

Are you fed up with being made to feel stupid by IT jargon? Frustrated by not understanding how SEO works? THen this second of two part guide is for you. In plain English, the necessary steps to successful SEO that will bring fair results for your investm... Read >

6 Easy Steps to Pay Per Click Advertising Success

What is the difference between a pay per click advertiser millionaire (and there are many) and pay per click failure (of which there are more)? Well, the answer might be several things but it is not luck. Google Adwords make it really easy for you to star... Read >

5 Big Problems With Cheap Websites

A few weeks after you paid for your website another bill drops on your door mat for over £4,000 ($6,500) from the owner of the image rights to the pictures used on your website. Don't think it cannot happen to you, I've seen it again this week. There is ... Read >

5 Easy Steps to Turn Your Website into Your Online Reception

Have you ever visited a shop and looked around and left without anyone ever knowing you were there? That is such a waste. Yet, I'll bet you leave your website, your 'online shopwindow' completely unattended. Why? You probably pay for search engine optimis... Read >

Directors Guide To Surviving The Recession

If the recession has caused your business serious difficulty you are in good company but real danger. In addition to the obvious concerns for survival, directors need to look out for accidental criminal behaviour whilst performing their duties that many h... Read >

If You Are Not Searchable You Might As Well Be Dead

Sure, there are a handful in denial, but mostly people now accept the Internet is here to stay even if they choose to avoid using it wherever possible. In business the divide between bricks and mortar businesses and the .com companies is long gone, every ... Read >