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Newsletter
from Robert Craven,
Keynote Speaker, Author and MD of
The Directors' Centre
October 2006
Greetings...
We have a great Newsletter for you this month - full of news of FREE seminars and excellent articles and help for your growing business.
New Seminars
- Exclusive to The Directors' Centre - 10 free places available for Growing Business Live, London
- Free Places for the Let's Talk Seminars. Related article: Let's Talk Profit Formulas
- SPARC, Milton Keynes Technology Network - 13th November @ 4pm, Jurys Inn, Milton Keynes - find out more
- Advanced notice of a special seminar on grooming for growth - Fattening the Turkey. Related article: Time For A Sharp Exit! Options To Get Out Of Your Business!
Consultant of the Month
- Introducing Timothy Cumming, our new website/internet expert. Clients who work with him: get tools that work, take control of their business and make more money. Find out more
Article of the Month
- I Want My Life Back - What is it about running your own business that turns you into an obsessive workaholic? What goes wrong? asks Robert Craven (Start Your Business Mag, Oct/Nov 2006).
October Articles
- Ambition Rules, But Cash Is King - Business funding can come from a variety of sources - but they will insist you've done your sums rigorously warns Damian Wild (featuring Robert Craven in Sunday Times, Sept 06).
- Targeting Number One - Women make the majority of buying decisions today. Robert Craven explains why reaching this segment is possibly the number one opportunity for businesses (London Business School Business Strategy Review, Autumn 06).
- Press Cuttings - We have had remarkable press and internet coverage over the last few months, here is just a selection!
Regular Features
- Book in to a free Business Surgery - an opportunity to talk to one of our consultants about what you are trying to do with your business, and what's holding you back. Related Article: Consultants: It's Good To Talk
- Free articles and reports - free stuff
- Abourt Robert Craven, MD of The Directors' Centre
- Related Links
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10 free places available for Growing Business Live London exclusive to clients of The Directors Centre! 9 Nov London. Face Value £299 +VAT. More details.
STOP PRESS! Free Places for the let's talk seminars
There are 14 'Let's Talk...' workshops remaining. Delegate fees should be £225 but you can attend for FREE by signing up now.
These events are a unique opportunity for you to see Robert live, and meet up with him afterwards. 'Let's Talk... More Profit' and 'Let's Talk... Bright Marketing' are interactive, practical half-day events. 100% of delegates said that they would recommend the event to a colleague.
Contact us for further details.
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Visit the webpage, contact Lesley on 01225 851044.
Advance notice: Bristol seminar - ‘Fattening the Turkey’– Maximising the Value of Your Business, Free Breakfast Seminar, 5th December 2006, Bristol
We are pleased to invite you to the inaugural seminar sponsored by Avondale Group and The Directors' Centre to be held on December 5th at Toto’s Wine Bar in Bristol.
This free seminar, in an informal setting, will help you identify the value of your business and the key factors and strategies that can maximise the future value of a business. More details.

Book your place
NEWSLETTER LINKS
- Kick-Start Your Business and Customer Is King
- Free Business Surgeries
- The New Service Plan
- Let's Talk... webpages and testimonials
- Avondale Group
- Robert Craven
ABOUT ROBERT CRAVEN, MD of The Directors' Centre
Robert Craven works with ambitious directors of fast-growing businesses who feel that they could be doing even better.
- As a keynote speaker his style is challenging, honest and goading; free of business school hyperbole, he makes his audience think.
- The Financial Times describes him as 'the entrepreneurship guru'.
- Mentoring and Coaching - The Directors' Centre team work with a select number of Managing Directors to help them grow their businesses. Phone Robert direct to know more on 01225 851044.
For more details go to the Directors' Centre website.


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Robert Craven, The Directors' Centre, 1 The High Street, Woolley, Bath BA1 8AR, UK - +44 (0)1225 851044 - www.directorscentre.com
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