Author Archives: Richard Osborne

We’re Hiring a PHP Developer in Northampton

E-filing, based on Moulton Park in Northampton, is a small but fast growing company providing award winning cloud based software (SaaS), currently specifically to the company incorporation and corporate governance industry but with a development plan to roll cloud based … Continue reading

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The Secret – The Vision, Be True to Yourself.

This is a very short post to highlight something that has just struck a chord with me. I’m in the process of writing a talk that I am giving to Enterprise students at the University of Northampton this coming Friday, … Continue reading

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Are we losing respect in the workplace?

I had a really interesting discussion with my iDawn this morning, which forked out of a discussion about the Chinese business coulture and the immense levels of respect I witnessed during my travels there. The conversation focused around how the … Continue reading

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All MD’s Need an iDawn

The decision to recruit a PA was not an easy one for me to make, because I had this feeling that the PA would be doing some of my work for me so I should just work harder. I also … Continue reading

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The Apple Experience

Last week I finally caved in and purchased an Apple iPad. I know I don’t really need one because I hardly use my Notebook, but they looked so “cool” that I just had to have one. Anyway my Blackberry does … Continue reading

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Tanking it in Northamptonshire

As a County Ambassador to Northamptonshire I do frequently get invited to events around the county, some are quite interesting (maybe) and we get reports on all sorts of economic doom and gloom and others are about highlighting what the … Continue reading

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Customer Service from an Esso Store Manager

To get a true feeling of the whole situation you need to first know some history, so the wife and I had just been in EuroDisney for 3 days with our our two children. The time was circa. 10:30pm and … Continue reading

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Young Enterprise Golf Day – June 16th 2010

Do you like playing Golf? Would you like to play golf and help support the Entrepreneurs of tomorrow through Young Enterprise? We are hosting a charity golf day in support of Young Enterprise at Overstone Park on the 16th June … Continue reading

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Be Proud of your Price and Service

As I come into work this morning I had an email reply from a proposal I’d prepared for a prospective customer of one of my businesses. The business itself isn’t important, but the prospects approach to me says a lot … Continue reading

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Young Enterprise Awards are a Success

So there was I was, due to leave for the Northampton and Daventry Area Final for the Young Enterprise awards and I was probably as nervous as hell, because I felt I had a lot resting on them being a … Continue reading

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