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How To Increase Sales to £100,000 in six months or less, is this all a dream or can this be a reality. Are you doing more of the same thing each day but expecting different results. On today's programme Steve Mills talks about the actions you need to take to increase your business profitability.

The programme is for business owners who are either a startup or who have been in business for a few years but have still not broken the £100,000 barrier and who want to scale their business with predictable business advice, business systems, automation, digital marketing, PPC ads, marketing without money strategies and more of EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED TO INCREASE SALES TO OVER £100K.

Steve Mills is an old friend to the programme. He helps companies to grow sales by making Sales and Marketing more effective. He does this by finding overlooked sales and marketing opportunities and customising the sales and marketing processes.

He's been featured on TV, Radio and throughout the media. and worked in the UK, USA, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Switzerland & Vietnam. He has over 300 published videos on YouTube and 1,000's of blog posts. He's an on-demand business speaker, trainer and advisor, with a social media following of over 250,000 people, with over 10 years of content viewed and 50,000 page views every month.

You will learn, through this proven system using Social Media how you can find 100 cold leads in your chosen target market and turn these into 8 to 13 Hot Prospects without paying a single pound, dollar or dime to Google, LinkedIn or Facebook.

Using this methodology you will then have a continual supply of prospects ASKING to have more information or to have sales based conversations!

As the founder of Business Growth Bureau, Rupert Honywood believes that every director or business owner should have the opportunity to unlock their hidden potential and to achieve success. He wants the Bureau to be your strategic partners in achieving business growth.

He loves to create virtual circles where every party (from customers to prospects, investors, staff, advocates and suppliers) wins out of the relationship with organisations that wish to work collaboratively. As a consequence, he believes that we all benefit from the leverage effect that this creates when we are here to support each other's success.

This is not only is a nice way to do business but it builds on the relationship of trust and this helps in achieving strong sustainable growth.

Positive Nutrition what is it and how can it be put to applied to the workplace – Kate Cook a nutrition and wellness expert, author and keynote speaker will discuss strategic eating showing you how to have a blueprint and a map of the food landscape so that you know how to navigate it with confidence. Kate delivers a down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach to eating well.

With so much confusion around diet, food and eating Kate aims to put a clear structure in place empowering you to make wise and nurturing choices around food, for both work dynamism and focussed-living.

Kate Cook is a corporate wellness expert, nutritional therapist, international speaker, and founder of The Nutrition Coach Clinic in Harley Street, London. Kate Cook gives talks and workshops to business clients empowering their staff to adopt healthier lifestyles. Fresh, creative, and practical information is delivered in an interactive style that encourages involvement and engagement.

Blockchain what is it and what can it do for you? If you are confused about how it could be used in your business then this is the programme that will explain all.

Troy Norcross from Blockchain Rookies will be discussing how Blockchain is disrupting business models, ecosystems and industries. Troy will provide detail on some leading use cases in supply chain management, anti-counterfeiting and healthcare. In his work at Blockchain Rookies, he will share with us the key questions you need to ask when developing your own blockchain business strategy.

Troy Norcross is co-Founder of Blockchain Rookies. Troy has been providing corporate education and strategy related to blockchain for the past 2 years in the UK but also across Asia and India. Troy has appeared in London's City AM, the Irish Examiner – has been interviewed on multiple podcasts and of course is a previous guest here on Business Connections Live. Troy's main focus is on looking at how Blockchain will impact business with only limited focus on the technology behind Blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

There is a lot of media coverage around a No-Deal Brexit. The UK is scheduled to leave the EU on 29 March 2019. If a formal withdrawal treaty has not been signed by this point, all EU rules and regulations will instantly cease to apply to the UK. But what does this mean to businesses across the UK? Does the recent spate of closures, in particular, the motor industry and headquarter moves does it spell the end for growth in the UK. Interestingly figures suggest that the UK will grow more over the next five years than many of its current European partners.

Currently, it means there will be no remaining agreements between Britain and the EU on how to manage customs, trade, travel or citizens rights. A no-deal Brexit also means that the transition period from March 2019 to December 2020, would be off the table. Without a bilateral trade deal with the EU, Britain would be subject to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. UK exports would face the same customs checks and tariffs as other countries outside of the EU.

On this programme, we explore the possible consequences of No Deal Brexit and the impact of trade limitations for the UK and EU especially Germany and France which would carry costly implications for the car and agricultural industries.

Linda is a Barrister with a Law and Politics degree and is a member of Gray's Inn and BACFI. She is also joint founder of Business Connections Live TV. Linda provides Brexit readiness assessments and Data Protection (GDPR) guidance and advice to business. She also offers UK representation for controllers as well as Data Protection Officer Trainer & Speaker services.

Measuring customer satisfaction is often as unreliable and surprising as election or referendum polls. The downside of believing what people say they will do and what they do can have many politicians and business people going in entirely the wrong way politically and strategically. Many businesses look at customer satisfaction as a necessary evil and some cases don't devote enough time and attention to it. But what are the consequences and statistically will it have an impact on your business.

Really understanding your customers' needs and wants, the differences between them, and how they truly feel about your company are critical, non-negotiable elements in measuring what is important to them and their decisions to continue to do business with you. And if you don't know the answer to that, then how long have you got?

Gerry Brown is on a mission to save the world from bad customer service. He helps businesses save customers at risk of drowning in a sea of indifference and breathes life into their customer service operations and customer experience strategy. Gerry Brown is an expert at measuring customer satisfaction.

Welcome to the Business Christmas Special. Thank you to all our guests who appeared on Business Connections Live TV over the past twelve months. Here's a selection of our on-air business experts. On the Business Christmas Special, we look at everything from how to use slides and automation in your marketing to the technology available for conferencing and how to handle stress.

By appearing on Business Connections Live it is the perfect opportunity for those thought leaders who want to increase there profile, add to the experience and expertise, who are looking for content to market and promote their speaking business and to grow their confidence in the media.

If you would like to appear on Business Connections Live please don't hesitate to contact the studio. [email protected] or call 01784 256777.

PR, Press agencies and marketing organisations if you wish to help your clients increase their profile then please contact us. We can also produce bespoke and branded programmes for larger organisations. The programmes are suitable for internal communications and B2B newsletters.

So sit back and enjoy the Business Christmas Special from Business Connections Live with Steve Hyland and Linda Bazant.

On this show, we ask the question, ARE YOU GOOGLE FIT FOR BUSINESS?. Gain a greater understanding of what Google is looking for from your website to improve your business' SEO

You can have the most beautiful website in the worldd, but if no one can find it because the search engines can't read it, then how much use is it? We will explain how important SEO is and how it will make your website Google fit for business.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is often portrayed as something complex, surrounded by 'smoke and mirrors' when discussed with agencies. It's difficult to understand what agencies do, they're reluctant to tell you how they do it too (so how can you check they've done what they said they would do. More importantly how do you know it's working?)

Relton Herron delivers strategy and implementation for Brands online. Enabling them to grow their bottom line and spheres of influence, by leveraging all appropriate Digital Marketing Channels for their Brand. He's currently acting Chief Digital Officer for a multi-million digital portfolio which he built up from £22k per annum. Also He, assist other SME's in building their online presence and revenues

On this show, we look at How to Minimise Stress and Increase Productivity. We are all busy. Caught up on the seemingly endless treadmill of emails, work pressures, information overload, constant distractions and the feeling of 'there's never enough time'! As a result, we never take the opportunity to consider if there is a different approach we could take that would help us be calmer, more productive and effective. In this show.

Sarah Alexander will talk about how to minimise stress and increase productivity and calm confidence from the perspective of understanding our psychology and the functioning of our brain.

Sarah has been a business adviser, coach, trainer and speaker for 17 years. Typically, Sarah works with Surrey business owners and senior directors of growing and established businesses who are concerned about the pressure or challenge that they, or their team, are under. They worry that they are not taking good decisions or problem solving well and fear they are not communicating effectively or presenting confidently in front of clients or audiences. All of this impacts productivity, staff morale and ultimately, the business bottom line.

Formerly, Sarah was a dressage rider running a small equestrian centre for twelve years. During this time, Sarah turned around the failing business and generated a consistently profitable 'high-end' concern that thrived through economic recession when other similar businesses were failing. Before selling that business in 2001, she learnt first-hand the tools of visualisation, mindfulness, sports psychology, NLP and other development techniques to achieve her own best performance and inspire that in others.

Since then, Sarah has combined these techniques with the latest neuroscience and worked successfully with people on the international stage including entrepreneurs, actors, sports professionals and a winner of the prestigious PGA Golf Championships. She has also taught leadership development programmes for Shell and other multinationals in the UK, Europe and the Far East.

Sarah has written many articles for magazines and national newspapers including The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and Huffington Post. She has also spoken regularly on the radio. She is the author of Spiritual Intelligence in Leadership and Spiritual Intelligence in Business.

Brexit is nearly upon us and there are many companies out there who seem to still have their heads in the sand. With four months to go, there is still no clear picture of whether we face a hard or soft Brexit, with the key parliamentary vote on the 'divorce deal' planned for December.

Is your company prepared for either scenario? If it's 'no deal', what will the effects likely be on companies supply chains in terms of delays, costs, and what actions should companies be taking to understand the risks and what can still be done to mitigate them even at this late stage? Even if the vote goes in favour of the deal, we then move to the ongoing future trade negotiations during the two year transition period. What should companies be looking at during that period?

Paul Mayhew FCILT is the Owner of Wyndham Solutions Ltd, an independent supply chain and Brexit consultancy. Paul is also a member of the Brexit Advisory Team. He has held global Senior Management roles in supply chain for over thirty-five years, with companies such as Geest, Bausch and Lomb, and Johnson Matthey.

Paul led the supply chain focus on Brexit at Johnson Matthey, and in the last year has focused on offering advice to many organisations on their Brexit strategy. He is also a member of the Agile Supply Chain Research Club at Cranfield University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.