ByDonna O'Toole
It was a privilege to chair the judging panel for Government and Public Services at the UK Employee Experience Awards yesterday, won by Care UK with Dragonfish, and an even bigger thrill to see so many brilliant winners celebrating their success with their teams across all the categories. Barnardo’s was the charity of choice for…
ByDonna O'Toole
What better day to celebrate the achievements of women in business than by nominating yourself or one of your female colleagues for an award! Read on for a list of awards for women in business! Over the last couple of years there’s been lots of good news for ‘women in business’ – around one million UK-based…
ByDonna O'Toole
The 2016 Queen results are in and it’s the…
ByDonna O'Toole
It was a pleasure to talk to ambitious entrepreneurs at Entrepreneurial Spark today about how to raise their profile through winning awards. To round up our talk, below is a list of 5 great awards for small businesses and start-ups, but first some tips… In my experience, entrepreneurs and innovators running small businesses tend to…
ByDonna O'Toole
Enter the British Chamber, Business Awards Do you want to attract more customers? Would you like to reward your employees? Are you looking to be recognised as one of the best businesses in your region AND in the UK? The British Chamber Awards are one of the most contested and prestigious business awards programme in…
ByDonna O'Toole
I really enjoy supporting businesses to win the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise competition. It’s a true game-changer for winners, brings them so much great PR, opens doors to all sorts of global opportunities, and even gets them to a reception at Buckingham Palace. But there’s one little word that comes up for discussion time and…
ByDonna O'Toole
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise is a leading UK business award that you might have heard about, but don’t know where to start in knowing if you truly stand a chance of becoming a winner. Well, I’ll let you into a secret; the awards are rigorous, but certainly not impossible to win — so long…
ByDonna O'Toole
Game-changing awards Inspirational recognition means different things to different people, but it has one key attribute. It can be game-changing. It could be receiving a personal honour from Her Majesty The Queen, like an MBE, OBE, CBE, or even a knighthood. This could be possible to achieve through a written nomination for a person who…
ByDonna O'Toole
We live in a fast-paced, and complex world, no more so than in our working lives. And no matter what we do, what products or services we create and deliver, it can be easy to get lost in the pressure of targets, plans and deadlines. But we must always remember that at the end of…
ByDonna O'Toole
Its not an unusual question. In fact, its become…
ByDonna O'Toole
Well now it’s time to get started on your new blog!
ByDonna O'Toole
When you start a new business a new shiny logo can be a very exciting step…
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