by Claire Sutton | Jan 15, 2026 | Communication, Digital Marketing, Learning, Marketing, SEO, Start ups, Training
Digital & Social Media Marketing Course, Wednesday 25th March 2026 The trouble with being a small business owner or solopreneur is that everything falls to you – and the jobs you’re less confident about often get squeezed out. This is where the idea for this one...
by Claire Sutton | May 15, 2025 | Business, Communication, Marketing, Training
(or ‘Why your feedback forms might be failing you’) When’s the last time you completed a feedback form? I bet you’ve been invited to ‘review your recent purchase’ if nothing else! Did you bother? That probably comes down to how much you...
by Claire Sutton | Feb 11, 2025 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Business, Learning, Training
It’s that time of year again – National Apprenticeships Week! Having spoken to Networking Chandler’s Ford about Apprenticeships, I realised that I have never written about the ‘essentials’ here. The hows and whats, as it were. So time to...
by Claire Sutton | Jan 21, 2020 | Business, Communication, Marketing, Training
Recently, I was pleased to collaborate on a webinar on the topic of effective communications with my colleague, Vicky Maddison, CEO of Maddison Coaching. Vicky had posed the question “has the advancement in technology improved our communications?” We debated whether...
by Claire Sutton | Feb 20, 2019 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Business, Learning, Training
Following National Apprenticeships Week (usually the first week of February), I have been thinking about the benefits for employers of using Apprenticeships. You will note that I deliberately avoid saying ‘recruit an Apprentice’: I think we often forget that...
by Claire Sutton | Aug 17, 2018 | Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Digital Marketing, Learning, Marketing, Training
I have been working with Apprentices and the organisations employing them since 2001. I have seen some Apprentices do fantastically well, for themselves and for their employers. I’ve also seen Apprentices where it just hasn’t worked (for many different reasons). I’ve...
