The Fitness Industry: Trends to Watch in 2017
In this article, I discuss the state of the fitness industry at the start of 2017. Discover the key trends shaping the sector this year.
In this article, I discuss the state of the fitness industry at the start of 2017. Discover the key trends shaping the sector this year.
Scalability. It’s the age-old problem small businesses face. You’ve established yourself in the market, built a customer base and identified new opportunities – but need to invest to capitalise on them. Maybe it’s a piece of equipment, bigger premises, product development, new staff or better IT systems.
Monday 8th May saw the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 #MHAW17. As part of Shire’s Wellbeing project, a commitment was made to raise awareness around the importance of psychological health as well as physical health. As part of this commitment, I have signed the Charter for Employers who…
ENABLE Funding programme facility will give Tamworth-based Shire access to a £37.4m ‘warehouse’ line British Business Bank’s commercial arm providing £6.6m of mezzanine funding under its Investment Programme European Investment Fund will guarantee 50% of the ENABLE Funding facility
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I was talking to a managing director recently, and he articulated something I hear frequently: When you run a small business, you spend so much time in the business you don’t have enough time to focus on the business. Do you know that feeling? You’re constantly firefighting, so you’re not…
Brits are known as a nation of dog lovers and here at Shire Leasing we’re no different. Friday 24th March is designated as our Charity and Dress-down Day with local dog-rescue charity “Ruff Luck” standing to benefit from colleagues’ generous donations of food, biscuits, collars, treats, toys and of course…
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