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We Didn’t Win. We’ll Still Be Back Next Year.
We spend a lot of time encouraging other businesses to stop for a minute, look at how far they’ve come, pull together the evidence, give

When the Wigan Business Awards Win Awards
We spend a lot of time, when organising the Wigan Business Awards, encouraging other businesspeople to tell their story. It’s part of what we do. Stopping

95% of UK Businesses Have Fewer Than 10 Employees. So Why Do We Keep Treating Micro Like Small?
I have a problem with the term SME. Not because it is technically wrong. It just covers such an enormous range of businesses that I’m not convinced

Why Launch NW Has Supported Joseph’s Goal for over 10 Years.
We first met Ann and Norman Kendrick in 2014, when they exhibited at one of our Leigh Expo events. They are Joseph’s grandparents, and we just took to

Networking Tips from Someone Who Has Spent Years Building Rooms, Relationships and Opportunities
Networking can feel intimidating when you are new to it, but after years of running networking events, business expos, awards campaigns and community-led projects, I can honestly

You Can Be Professional Without Becoming Someone Else
I wrote recently that you do not need to become a corporate version of yourself to be taken seriously. I nearly followed that with, “you