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Customer Responsiveness is Key to Post-lockdown Economic Success

Business must respond to customers’ changing needs and expectations if the economy is to bounce back from the pandemic, an Entrepreneurs’ Forum panel event heard.

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Talking Future Podcast: Dean Benson, Visualsoft

In our second episode of Talking Future, Yvonne Bell speaks to Dean Benson, CEO of Visualsoft, about the future of ecommerce and how COVID has accelerated the adoption of e-commerce and omnichannel shopping.

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Entrepreneur Interview: with Sam Read, APM Cleaning

Tell me about your background in business

I couldn’t have ever contemplated one day being the managing director of a cleaning company employing 60 people when, after leaving Harton Comprehensive in South Shields, I won a scholarship to study an HNC in electrical and electronical engineering – part of a programme designed to encourage more women into engineering.

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Looking Forward

On Monday 11th May, we announced ‘Forward’, our initiative developed in collaboration with Forum members and partners to respond to the unique challenges faced by business since March 2020.

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The Future of Customer Service

The most forward-thinking and innovative businesses have evolved in parallel with human behaviour, observing changes in consumer preferences that shape how they market, sell, and deliver their customer service.

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Twelve More Businesses Complete Our Scale-up Leader's Academy

We're celebrating the latest cohort of entrepreneurs to graduate from our Scale-up Leader’s Academy.
Twelve North East entrepreneurs completed the six-month programme last week following a final session with Scale-up Leaders’ Academy coach Ian Kinnery.

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Building a Brand in the Post-COVID World

The new normal is a phrase we’ve heard an awful lot of over the past few months. What will our post-Covid world look like? How will we get the economy moving again? And how can brands make sure their voices continue to be heard?

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Our Podcast - Talking Future - Is Here

We’re excited to bring you Talking Future, a new podcast by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum which focuses on the lives and work of North East entrepreneurs, their views of the future and how they are innovating as they plan ahead.

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Brand is Dead: Lessons in Branding from Simon Middleton

Simon Middleton, leading strategic brand advisor and author of bestseller ‘Build a Brand in 30 days’, advised entrepreneurs to build a brand that “gives something back” during the Entrepreneurs’ Forum latest exchange event.

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