Playing the role Who are you? What’s your job? Why are you calling? Define this before you start. “I want to speak to the decision maker about my solution to a problem you have.” Think about how you sound, the

So what is it that team leaders and line managers can do? It’s all about adapting to women’s needs, and expanding the leadership tool box. It’s about finding ways of leading a team that bring out the best in both

As a smaller business, the thought of offering your customers a finance option can seem rather daunting. It might seem like something difficult and hard to arrange, when it actually couldn’t be simpler. There are many benefits to offering finance,

It’s a new age in the delivery of the curriculum at The Winston Churchill School, Woking as the new ‘Discovery Space’ has now been finalised. The new build modern library occupies two floors, with an additional 28m2 dedicated to a

It is the end of an era for DHP and the start of a new beginning for St. Richard Reynolds Catholic College, as the final snagging has been completed on our five yearlong project with the Diocese of Westminster and

If you have 250 employees or more you should have published your Gender Pay Gap last year. However, publishing the Gender Pay Gap is an annual requirement. Have you already thought about your 2019 publication? It is expected by the

Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village is located in Surrey; a county that is often perceived as wealthy. In fact, Surrey has significant areas of urban and rural deprivation with high levels of child poverty, low income, and poor mental health

Starting a business is easy, growing it is where the hard work comes in.  However you measure your success – profits, turnover, market share, awards, employee survey results, etc – there are a number of factors which are necessary for

  Do you get anxious or fearful before addressing a group of people? Do you lay awake worrying about your presentation? Would you like more confidence to speak at meetings and conferences? For this to happen you need to feel

Artificial Intelligence – scary Dalek or loyal dependable R2-D2     Apologies for the science fiction film references in the title – but I’ve assumed everyone has some knowledge of Dr Who and Star Wars!   Artificial Intelligence or “AI”

Marketers often take a fragmented approach towards content and SEO, keeping them as separate entities in a marketing plan. However, this is a huge mistake. In fact, the relationship between content and SEO is an integral part of your marketing

Surrey Chambers board member Claire Dee personally recalls the Lehman Brothers crash of 10 years ago.   In September 2008 I was working for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London as deputy head of their press office. It was full-on. As one

Often the decision for many businesses to invest into Green facilities or Energy Saving technology comes down to cashflow. What many people do not realise is that many Green assets can be acquired with minimal cost to their business once

You have no doubt read about the SSL certificates that Let’s Encrypt are offering for free and thought to yourself, “If I can get an SSL certificate for free, why should I pay for one from Memset?”. The answer is that Memset

Funding new Energy saving assets to create a brighter future for your business Often the decision for many businesses to invest into Green facilities or Energy Saving technology comes down to cash flow. What many people do not realise is

When we give to charity, it generally leaves us with a positive feeling about ourselves, whether that is by donating money, our unwanted possessions or buying something from a charity shop. For this reason, it can be said that giving

Hot on the heels of Equifax, here we have yet another delayed report of a serious data breach which occurred in October 2016, courtesy of Uber, that exposed the personal information of about 57 million accounts which included names, email

Figure 1: Building model Chaminda Abayawardana, Associate Partner and Architect at DHP, examines the importance of the BIM process for the facilities and financial management of property. BIM has been omnipresent in design and construction for over 20 years, however

Over the next 4 weeks Fryer Glass will attempt to highlight some of the main issues that face professionals with their personal finances. There are many reasons why people do not seek financial advice: The view that it is expensive

You know what they say in most businesses – that ‘people are our most important asset’? But is that really true? Often, ‘people’ can simply feel like your biggest headache! Being able to work with all types of personalities –