For a small or medium sized business owner, taking a holiday or travelling to a conference can be a stressful experience. Who will keep an eye on your business? Will your employees know what to do if something goes wrong? It can be hard to resist the urge to call the office every couple of hours to check in, and the nagging feeling that if something breaks, you’ll be the last to know, can turn a few days away into a seemingly never-ending nightmare.
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Benefits of Maintaining Good Customer Relations
It seems like a long time ago, but once customer service was the top priority of almost all companies both small and large. The efforts put into maintaining good customer relations were considered the most important part of the sales and service that a company provided. The idea that drove that philosophy was based on the idea that you can sell a new customer once, but the real profit was made if you can get them to buy over and over again. To do that, companies emphasized having the best customer service available from when they answered the phone to when the customer was fully satisfied.
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The Best Adverts on TV?
I was having a think last night as to what the best ads on TV are, be that current ads or past ones. With a wealth of new ads being broadcast each week between our favourite shows, there’s a lot to choose from, both in terms of DRTV and brand building ads.
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Culture, Media and Sport select committee releases phone hacking report
Living East focuses our attention on three areas: culture, media and sport. Today saw The Telegraph reporting on their ‘Culture, Media and Sport’ select committee and their phone hacking report. The full article can be seen here. This is something we just felt we had to feature and is something definitely worth a few moments of your time to read.
There is a definite insight into the phone hacking scandal here and, without wasting too much of your time, we urge you to head on over to the Telegraph and have a read for yourself.
Are Scented Candles Safe?
We all burn candles in our homes from time to time, however with the recent surge in popularity of scented candles, there is the on-going concern as to the safety of candles and whether or not it really is safe to burn them on a daily basis. We spoke to Busy Bee Candles who have kindly offered their top candle safety tips.
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Hodgson To Become England Manager
Roy Hodgson has entered into talks with the FA and it is expected that he will be appointed as the new England football team manager within 48 hours. It has been said by the FA that he is the only person who they have approached about the role, following the resignation of Fabio Capello.
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Sport
Sport is a vital component of culture and something which is enjoyed by the large majority of any population, be it through participation or viewing. Just about everyone you know will have a favourite sport, be it football, rugby, mountain biking or something a little more obscure such as caving, but whatever the sport may be, they all share the fact that they are sports in common.
Living East is keen to promote sport in local communities in any ways possible, from encouraging a young community football team to seek local sponsorship to assisting a regional team gain the exposure and support they need.
Are you part of a sports team? Do you enjoy watching a sport but feel it does not get enough recognition? Get in touch with Living East and see if we can help promote and spread the word. In fact the more obscure sport the better, however nothing will be ignored! We look forward to working with you and your team or community.
Media
How do you define ‘media’ in a couple of sentences? Is media the newspapers which you pick up on a daily basis? The websites which you visit? The music which you listen to? It is a very difficult term to pin down to just a few words and if you think something fits into the media category then chances are it does!
Living East are pleased to promote all forms of media within England, ranging from locally run websites, through to musical events and local film making groups, as well as just about everything in between!
Media is an important part of every community and something which we feel needs further development throughout the region to raise awareness and participation. However you would describe media, there is no doubting it’s importance in this day and age!
Promoting Culture, Media & Sport throughout England.
Living East has been set up to promote culture throughout England; be that media, sport, music or indeed anything else which fits under the loose term of ‘culture’.
We aim to inform the public as to what cultural happenings are taking place in England, ranging from muscial events, media productions and presentations through to sporting events and tournaments, as well as focussing on the work taking place within local communities in order to make a difference and increase the awareness of goings on.
We welcome anyone who is involved with any aspect of ‘culture’ within England to get in touch with us and let us know what you are doing! Are you responsible for managing a local community football team? In charge of a local charity division? The producer of a regional media outlet? If so, or if you feel anything you are involved in comes under the category of ‘culture’ then please get in touch and let us know! You never know, you may even see yourself featured on the website!