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Paralympic cycling champion Mark Colbourne is keynote speaker at Zokit Spring Conference
Business leaders in South Wales will hear the inspirational story of a man who overcame horrific injuries in a paragliding accident to become one of the UK’s most successful Paralympic cyclists. Mark Colbourne MBE, International Speaker and Paralympic Cycling...
Positivity in Networking – Audio
Zokit founding director, Neil Lloyd speaks to Paul and Deborah Rees about positivity in business networking. [button...
Zokit Zap Summer Video
Video highlights from our Zokit Zap Summer 2017 An Evening of Business Wisdom and Networking in Cardiff Sponsors: F9 Films, CWC Imagery, Accolade Academy, Bierkeller Entertainment Complex Thanks to: Virtual Office Solutions, Butterfly Event and Elektra Designs...
Winners & Finalists of 2017 Zokit Business Awards
Congratulations to the following WINNERS & FINALISTS... Start Up Spark sponsored by Welsh ICE Crime Solvers Sanktuary Investments Knotweed Support Balanced Being Words You Can Use Luminous Media Sure Safety Consultancy - WINNER Therapi Tylino Home Safe Connect...
Gwent Wildlife Trust Wins Prestigious South Wales Business Award!
Gwent Wildlife Trust were announced as winners of the South Wales Business Growth “Family Friendly Business” Award 2017 in Cardiff this month. At the awards ceremony a panel of judges from the regional business community applauded Gwent Wildlife Trust’s work in...
Social Your Way to Business Success in 2017
Us human folk currently spend as much time online per year as it would take the average reader to read 200 books. That’s an incredible average of 10 million words or roughly 417 hours if you read 400 words per minute! The reality is with the number of social media...
New Year, Tidier Office: Tips to Reduce Your Paper Clutter
It's 2017 and despite the massive advances in technology, I still don't know anyone who operates a paperless office. One of the main challenges my clients report is how to deal with the paper clutter in their office. Often they have piles of papers stacked up on any...
Maria Williams on What She Gets Out of Zokit Membership
Maria Williams of Words You Can Use specialises in website copywriting, blogging, and public relations for small businesses. Here she tells us what she likes about being a member of Zokit and how it helps her grow her business and develop as a business owner. Find out...
What Businesses Get So Wrong With Social Media
There’s no shame in getting confused by social media – there are so many platforms, everything moves quickly and it can seem more like fun than work (and often more like work than fun!). A lot of businesses have the sense they should have a social media presence, but...
The Sale is only Half the Story!!
Why do most businesses fail? Not wanting to dwell on the negative but business failures occur when they don’t make enough sales. Or, put another way, they are not attracting and keeping enough qualified customers. Having a robust sales process allows you to...
This ONE THING is The Best Predictor of Your Success – But Most Business Owners Don’t Even Realise It!
Ever wondered what the biggest success factor is? As a business owner you've probably given this some thought... What's the best use of my time and what's a total waste of my time? What am I currently doing that gets the best outcomes and what am I not doing that...
Love Your Financials
In and around Valentine’s Day this year 2016 I am reminded of the KISS Mnemonic. In my book it stands for Keep It Simple Simon. I recently looked up HSBC’s Accounts and they were 160 Pages. When I assessed customers’ accounts in the 30 Years with the Bank it was...
The 5 B’s of Business Success
As business owners, directors and leaders it can be easy to drive our business activities forward so hard and fast that we lose sight of the bigger picture. Working in and on our business is only part of the game. For short, medium and long term gain we need to...
What’s Your Word of The Year?
Reflection, Goal Setting, Vision Boarding and Planning ...are all great activities for starting the New Year afresh with renewed inspiration. But have you chosen your Word of The Year? This is one word you can take forward that drives your goal getting, illuminates...
The ONE Biggest Reason Start Ups Succeed…
Bill Gross speaks about his surprising finding that is relevant to start ups and more established companies. He looked at 5 Success Factors: IDEAS TEAM BUSINESS MODEL FUNDING TIMING Finding that the factor with the biggest impact on start up success is.... (well,...
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