Tis the season to be jolly…and reflective.
+It’s that time of year again. Only it seems to have been that time of year for the pat 90 days! Christmas may come but once a year but as I get older it seems that ‘that time’ is becoming absorbed more and more in to Autumn, don’t you think? I can’t remember many times […]
Stress!
Not an unusual word to hear in a day is it? And why would it be. Everyone will experience stress in their lives. Granted what triggers it, how it manifests and how you deal with it will be very individual. How could it not be?! But we will all experience it. From being late for […]
Fake Nooz, Alternative Facts and Googling your own name…the pursuit of authenticity
I saw a tweet from the President of the United States the other day bemoaning the ‘fact’ that he Googled his own name to see what came up, claiming that Google, one of the biggest businesses in the world, never mind one of the greatest playing field levellers there has ever been, has actively manipulated […]
Free online Local SEO training videos
For the last few weeks, we’ve been working on our first class for Skillshare and recently we’ve officially gone live! If you’re not familiar, Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes on everything from business to graphic design to fashion – it’s the Netflix of learning. Our class covers “Improving your local […]
Business growth resources
+Good morning! Ahead of the August event in Doncaster (see info HERE) we did some trawling of the web to find some decent e-reading to help you get a grasp on business growth and what that means for YOUR business. Growth is a very subjective topic; it looks different for every business owner dependent on […]
When you set up in business – what did you really really want?
When I first set up in business is was predominantly to ‘be my own boss’, to have an element, or a lot of, control over my own destiny, my own decisions and to be able to help the people and industry’s I love in a way that suits me. I didn’t set out with any […]
Authenticity, Positive Emotions & Inner Strength
The road back to positive emotions and inner strength for those of us who have passed through challenges and adversities is not a predictable one. Just as we think we have the next stations on our footpath figured out, the route changes. We lose our map. We break a leg. There’s a downpour, a landslide. […]
How important are ethics in business and what are they?
Many of us understand the term Corporate Social Responsibility. For many, this is as far as we get to building “ethics” into our business planning and organisational culture. Ethics is all about doing the right thing, at the right time – for the right reasons. Many organisations will adopt a highly visible ethical culture on […]

Martial Arts vs Self Defence
I am often asked the question: “which is the best martial art for self defence”? My answer to this is “Avoidajitsu” the deadly art of avoiding damage above everything else. Yes that’s a completely made up name, but the concept of Avoidance first is effectively strategic response to a threat. An example would be someone […]

Press Release – SquarePeg Launches and starts to grow…
A challenge to the social media giants has launched in Yorkshire… Yorkshire sees the launch of a concept that could change the face of social media for business… Imagine a positive version of facebook without the trolls and an unpretentious version of Linkedin… Combine this with the ability to network and meet in the real […]