Wellbeing and good Mental Health are close to Dave and Marie's heart. They kick off a 4 episode sub series on Wellbeing and Mental Health, as these are critical for business leaders and their staff In this episode, we hear from Gareth Robinson, The Design Pit, on the struggle he had with Mental Health and his story.
If any of the items brought up in this story resonate with you and your predicament please seek professional health. Don't become another statistic. Need help? Contact us [email protected] and we will help you connect with a professional to help you.

Ok so what is Furlough? We've touched on it before, but with the recent changes, come on Marie tell me all about it, says Dave.
Well Dave and Marie bring in the Accidental Manager Coach, Marion Parris, a lady well experienced in HR matters. She brings us the latest update in Furlough claims and deadlines. She also covers the various criteria required for easing of lockdown support, how the back to work process should be considered and also raises some interesting points on are you bringing the right people back, not discriminating anyone?

Finding the continued lockdown stressful? Are you becoming anxious of when the lockdown is lifted? Worried about your business whilst we're in lockdown? Do you have a plan when the barrier is lifted and it is starting to stress you out?
Dave and Marie discuss various steps you can take to reduce your stress and anxiety allowing you to make more controlled decisions for yourself and your business.
Get in touch with us about the things that are stressing you out for your business, social life and daily life.

Feel like you don't get enough done in a day, a week or a month? Not meeting deadlines?Dave and Marie walk through Marie's top tips for improving productivity. Guaranteed that you apply some of these already and most you'll already be aware of but either learning something new or being reminded of ones you knew but forget to apply, is a great way to boost your productivity.
Look to get more done that you want to get done, in less time or improve your deadline meeting, by remembering these tips and see your productivity improve

Dave and Marie continue with the Chaos Chronicles and look at 10 Tax Top Tips to aid businesses to survive during COVID 19. 
Marie uses her Tax Geek knowledge to consolidate all of the Tax Advice and Government updates and lists the top 10 Tax Tips. It's so important to ensure your business doesn't over pay tax and for the business owners to stay on top of the latest changes in the law. This podcast helps you to understand what needs to be considered.

We all know Cash is King, and profit is sanity but money owed doesn't pay the creditor. Dave interviews Marie on what to look out for in business to ensure your cash flow is always positive.
Marie outlines her favourite steps to keep cash flow in the black and out of the red.
What steps do you take to keep your cash flow positively?

Remote Working has become very popular in this lockdown period but for some people its still confusing on what options are available. Dave and Marie talk through not only what it means but also some top tips when remote working, to boost your productivity, to give your best performance and items to consider so you continue to sound and look professional.
Let us know what your top tips are for Remote Working

Dave and Marie start to tackle the tricky subject of Social Media by talking with Social Media Queen, Karen Cureton, from Cureton Consulting.
Karen's passion for Social Media is evident and provides some top tips for what you should be thinking about on your social media strategy.
They look at three social media channels in this podcast including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, arguably the three top used mediums.
Have you got your strategy clear on Social Media? If not listen to see what top tips can you can pick up.
Got questions on this or other subjects? Why not email Dave and Marie on [email protected] 

Dave and Marie continue with the Chaos Chronicles and look at 10 Top Tips for Business Survival of COVID19
These are difficult times for  businesses to operate and as a result need all the help they can in order to operate. Marie and Dave look at Marie's top 10 tips to help businesses survive in these difficult times.

Dave and Marie are joined by Andy Neal from Astute Sales Solutions who helps cover his  top 3 Sales Techniques, helping business owners and leaders things to consider with their approach to Sales and Sales Strategy.
Sales, well everything starts with Sales and in fact without the Sale the rest of the process is pretty mute.
Andy, involved with sales for over 30 years, provides 3 clear insights in to the profession of Sales and how you need to approach it.