Time out is important too!!
Busy, busy, busy – but a bit of downtime can really help us to be more effective…
My husband thinks I’m Quackers….
A business…children…a smallholding…have I finally gone completely quackers!!!???
My husband thinks I’m Quackers….
A business…children…a smallholding…have I finally gone completely quackers!!!???
It’s all about you..or is it?????
You dragged the business up out of the ground, probably kicking and screaming….you’ve had the sleepless nights, the tears and the tantrums and the pleasure of seeing it grow and finally you seem to be getting somewhere. If you’re a parent, this probably sounds very like the joy, trials and tribulations of bringing up children, [...]
Making a connection – how often does it really happen??
We’re all busy people and we have to fit a lot into our working day -but sometimes a little bit of selfishness about our time can improve our overall performance, as well as our relationships with those around us…
Why am I running a Non-Executive Masterclass?
Sometimes it’s lonely running a business and an experienced non-executive Director can provide support and advice when it’s needed – so why don’t more small to medium businesses have them?
Lamberts Castle and treasure!!
Last weekend, we went out for a walk with two other families and went to Lamberts Castle in Dorset – great place to go for a walk, but I wanted to make it a bit more exciting for the kids. I remembered that a few weeks ago, James Cracknell had been in the paper and [...]
It’s all about the belly…
I love my job and what I do and as a result I spend lots of my life seeing and hearing things and then being unable to stop myself relating them to being a good leader and what makes organisations work. I guess if I was a musician I’d always have songs in my head! A few [...]
How lucky am I??
Sometimes we run around in our busy, busy lives and forget to stop and look around us – I stopped and looked this weekend and look what I found!!
Christmas – where did the time go???
2009 whipped by and here we are in 2010. I’ve discovered a new way to make New Year’s resolutions – make them for other people, far easier to keep to!!
Little boys and Christmas…
Santa-spotting, tumble-funning, present-ripping, share-shouting, sprout-hating, cracker-joking, sweet-eating, high-flying, crash-burning, sleepy-headed, dreamy-hugging, Christmas making, awe inspiring, did I really make them, luscious lumps of loveliness…xxxx
Family Christmas
Well, it was a frosty, but no snow to speak of Christmas down here in Somerset. We had a lovely family Christmas, with a table full of people here for Christmas Day and a relatively stress free dinner on the table for 1.30pm – how civilised. Hubby excelled himself and made sloe gin mincemeat (homemade) [...]
Fireside Appraisals
Here at Portfolio Directors, we like to do things a bit differently and we really value the fact that we are a home-based business. As the team is growing we are trying to make sure that as well as the ongoing updates that we have, we make time to do a formal appraisal and today [...]
Tea Party and Brand Celebrations…
Well, we’ve all been working hard for the past few weeks, trying to get our shiny new brand ready. Our friends over at Hello (www.01134.co.uk) came up with a lovely new look for us and we’re loving it!! We wanted something that really represented who we are and what we’re about – and that would [...]
Are you a tabletop business with the potential to feature on TV?? Read on…
Ann Cullum (Exeter University IOD Progrmme Manager) passed this on to me – thanks Ann! It may be of interest to some of you? Ed Phillips of TwoFour is looking for small, table top businesses to take part in a new series being producing for BBC1. Each episode will focus on promoting local businesses to the [...]
Setting up your Home Office – top ten tips.
One of the great things about blogging is that we can all learn from each other, so we thought we’d share some of the things that we’ve learnt from setting up our home office. Even if you are only doing a few hours a week, create a space to work in, it doesn’t have to [...]
New and exciting…..
We’re supposed to be moving into winter, but here at Portfolio Directors it feels a bit like Spring because there’s lots of new things springing into life! Firstly, we have two exciting client projects that we have been working on:- Across the Divide (ATD) launched their new website in October and we have been giving commercial [...]
Hiho, a finalist in National CIMA Awards 2009
Here at Portfolio Directors, we are very excited to have helped Hiho, previously known as Hi Ho Silver, reach the finals of the CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) Annual Awards 2009. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 26 November.
Cameras roll …. and … Action (not you Harvey!)
Oooh, great flurry of excitement in the office yesterday! We were honoured to be included on the Enterprise Nation Home Business Road Trip of the South West.
We Help Ensure the Show Will Go On!
We are proud to announce that we are backing a local student and theatre company, with an event sponsorship investment. We have joined together with our clients Hiho Silver and UK Precision to offer sponsorship to the Illminster theatre group ‘Act’, providing much needed funding for its future performance, Curtains.
Awards
It’s September, autumn is closing in and although we didn’t exactly get the record breaking summer that we were promised, it has been a pretty good one all told. Unfortunately the end of summer heralds short days and lots and lots of rain. However, it’s not all winter blues here at Portfolio Directors, as the end of summer means awards evenings and [...]
