Blog Archive
Tour Events
2nd June 2016Is the Monarchy Valuable
20th May 2016My views on the Royal structure, and how it affects us
Customer Retention
13th May 2016This week, our CEO talks about customer retention, and how different organisations face the same problem, and how they tackle the problem
The Stages of Growth
3rd May 2016Read our CEOs latest blog. This weeks looks back at last weeks Masterclass with John McArthur and his journey to get Tracsis from a start-up to where it is today!
Hiring and Firing
22nd April 2016Growing Your Top Line
14th April 2016Read our CEOs latest blog. This week reflects on our recent Masterclass with Mark Bowers, CEo of Redfern, and his journey on taking it from £8m and 27 staff, to £300m and 112 staff in less than a decade
Maximising Workplace Benefits
7th April 2016Read our CEOs latest blog. This week takes a look at Workplace Benefits
Finding Funding for Your Business
24th March 2016Read our CEOs latest blog. This weeks focuses on our recent Partner Workshop with HSBC and PwC and their insight on funding opportunities. Our long standing Gazelle member, David Powell from Auditel, also spoke and gave his thoughts on the subject.
Understanding Your Value Proposition
18th March 2016Read our CEOs latest blog. This weeks reflects on our back-to-back Masterclasses delivered by Entrepreneurs in Residence Mike Bridge this week, and his thoughts on Value Proposition
Picking the Winners from the Losers
11th March 2016Read our CEO, Nick Butlers latest blog. This weeks looks back at our recent Masaterclass in Sheffield with IP Groups CEO Alan Aubrey.
Customer satisfaction and leading in your chosen market
19th February 2016Franchising
12th February 2016Errors and How to Rectify Them
Training Seminar
5th February 2016Cyber security - How much should we worry
Peer to Peer Learning
22nd January 2016Our thank you dinner
22nd January 2016Female Entrepreneurs - Where are you all
15th January 2016Profit Margin and Pensions
8th January 2016Always look forward, never look back
18th December 2015A look at what we have in store for you in 2016
Innovation and Competition
10th December 2015Charity at Work
4th December 2015Business Planning and the Autumn Statement
26th November 2015My thoughts on the Autumn Spending Review, and its comparisons with a business plan
Peer to Peer Learning
19th November 2015The Connect Gazelles Leaders Forums
Learning from the Best
12th November 2015Hear the take away messages from Tuesday nights Masterclass by Neil Ewin
Leadership
5th November 2015Are Customer Surveys worth doing
22nd October 2015Analysing our results so far
THE SUMMIT TO BEAT ALL SUMMITS
16th October 2015YORKSHIRE BUSINESS IS FIT AND FLYING
Growing through mentoring
9th October 2015How our Springboard mentoring program helps businesses
A Different Sort of Company
1st October 2015The story behind how Webmart has got to where it is today
Exploiting Your Contacts
24th September 2015Recruiting Good Sales People
17th September 2015An insight in to how one of our Entrepreneurs in Residence views sales people
Growing Your Business
11th September 2015How the Connect Gazelles can help you grow your business
An idle August at the Connect Gazelles - not a bit of it
28th August 2015No summer ease up for Connect Gazelles
Is Huddersfield an Engineering Hub
13th August 2015A look into why I think Huddersfield is West Yorkshires Engineering Hub
Apprentices - exploding "pay peanuts and get monkeys"
6th August 2015Our experience of hiring an apprentice
Going the Extra Mile
31st July 2015How one of our Springboard mentoring session could help you
Fund Raising
24th July 2015The different type of funding facilities that are available for businesses
Dragons Den
20th July 2015Two companies that have appeared on the show share their stories
Is the Summer Budget good for business and for our members?
9th July 2015The pros and cons
Three entrepreneurs in one
6th July 2015Three of Yorkshires best entrepreneurs share their thoughts on business
Fuelling the Growth of the Business
29th June 2015What drives a business forward?
Boost your Business
18th June 2015The success story of Boost Drinks Ltd
Working Together
11th June 2015Connect Gazelles have been busy at exhibitions
Leadership
4th June 2015Are Leaders born or bred?
Product. Brand. Price and People: Keys to the success of ghd
1st June 2015Key points from our recent Masterclass with Martin Penny
Turning a Business Around
22nd May 2015A Masterclass on engineering the turnaround of Sheffield Forgemasters
Hiring and Firing
8th May 2015Hiring & retaining the right talent and exiting problem employees
Confidence in your Business
30th April 2015Having confidence in your business is what takes you forward
Product is King
24th April 2015Providing products that customers want is what its all about
Leadership: are you born to it or can you be trained?
17th April 2015An interesting question...
When is enough, enough?
2nd April 2015An interesting question for entrepreneurs...
Innovation: what does it mean?
26th March 2015As the new financial year approaches for many companies, it is time to think what your business can do that is new and innovative during the next 12 months
A Female Entrepreneurs' Story
20th March 2015Our Masterclass this week featured the inspirational and straight talking Judith Donovan CBE
Having fun in Business
13th March 2015This has been an exciting week for the Connect Gazelles
Monthly Masterclasses: invaluable advice from Yorkshire's best
5th March 2015Jonathan Turner, Chief Executive of The Bayford Group will speak at Connect Gazelles' next event
Growth Acceleration. Leadership Development. Business Development
26th February 2015Mentoring to Help Improve your Service and Products
Building an Online Business
13th February 2015This week we held our monthly Masterclass for our South Yorkshire group. The event featured the story of Britain's first online pharmacy
Inspire to Grow
6th February 2015What an inspiration Edward Naylor of Naylor Industries is...
Free Mentoring to Help Grow your Business
30th January 2015Isn't it amazing that so many highly successful business men and women are willing to give freely of their time to mentor up and coming businesses and thereby help to create jobs and wealth in Yorkshire?
Mentoring to Expand
23rd January 2015I have had 4 main events this week and that's despite having to cancel a Masterclass in Sheffield on Wednesday night due to the snow. So what have I learnt during those meetings...
From Mentoring to Masterclasses: One busy week for Connect Gazelles
15th January 2015It's difficult to know where to start this week with so much going on...
Start as you mean to go on: My New Year lessons
8th January 2015My first blog after the holidays and not much has happened work-wise. So what have I learnt that I can pass on?...
Helping Businesses in Yorkshire that want to Grow
18th December 201413.5 years since we started mentoring companies
Business Matters
15th December 2014How to build a big business
Could you Grow your Business?
10th December 2014150 attend Connect Gazelles Summit. 7 Entrepreneurs on the platform
Straight plc: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
24th October 2013Jonathan Straight Chief Executive of Straight plc and Connect Gazelles Entrepreneur in Residence presented to members of the Connect Gazelles on Wednesday evening on the journey of Straight plc.
Building an Online Business
17th October 2013This month's Connect Gazelles Masterclass for the West & North Yorkshire members group saw Entrepreneur in Residence, Daniel Lee Bsc (Hons) MRPharmS MBA, discuss how he built his online business, Pharmacy2U Ltd.
Preparing a Business for Sale
25th September 2013The most recent Connect Gazelles Masterclass held in Sheffield for our South Yorkshire group, featured a panel of three of our Entrepreneurs in Residence and a partner from Barber Harrison & Platt with the topic of 'preparing a business for sale'.
The Growth of Rixonway Kitchens
18th September 2013The Masterclass with Connect Gazelles Entrepreneur in Residence and CEO of Rixonway Kitchens Paul Rose, gave attendees the chance to go 'behind the scenes' of Rixonway with a tour of the factory.
Building the Business of Yorkshire Wildlife Park Ltd
16th July 2013Lions, tigers, giraffes, wallabies, meerkats but not a Gazelle to be seen! That was the case last week at the Connect Gazelles South Yorkshire event; maybe not a 'Gazelle Animal' but there was certainly a Gazelle Entrepreneur in the shape of joint founder of Yorkshire Wildlife Park Cheryl Williams.
The Secrets to Webmart's Success
21st June 2013Simon Biltcliffe, the 'hidden man' behind the trailblazing business Webmart, presented to the Connect Gazelles last week in Sheffield.
Motivating your Employees with John Graham
10th June 2013John Graham, Founder of the UK's largest outdoor retailer, GO Outdoors, was hugely motivational at the most recent Connect Gazelles Masterclass at Carrwood Park in Leeds. John spoke about how the right employees are everything in making a business successful and how looking after them and motivating them is essential.
