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Growing Your Business.

Growing Your Business

In this series of podcasts from the Learningworks team at Highlands & Islands Enterprise, we take a close look at the key areas that can have a positive affect on business growth. In each episode business leaders from across the region, as well as experts from further afield, share with us their thoughts, opinions and personal experiences.

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Podcast series episodes

Growing your business. Purchasing. Episode 11: Purchasing

Business leaders from across the region discuss purchasing and share some of their best practice tips.
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Growing your business. Finance. Episode 10: Finance

Experts from across the region discuss sources of additional finance available to a business.
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Growing your business. Customer service. Episode 9: Customer service

A close look at how excellent customer service can have a positive effect on the growth of a business.
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Growing your business. International trade. Episode 8: International trade

The thoughts and opinions of experts from across the region on how trading internationally can help you grow your business.
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Growing your business. Business process improvement podcast. Episode 7: Business process improvement

The thoughts and opinions of experts from across the Highlands & Islands on how improving day to day processes can have a positive effect on the growth of a business.
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Growing your business. Staff podcast. Episode 6: Staff

Business leaders from across the region and beyond share their thoughts on how to get the best out of a team.
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Growing your business. Technology podcast. Episode 5: Technology

The thoughts and opinions of regional business leaders on the range of different ways that technology can transform a workplace and its processes.
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Growing your business. Marketing podcast. Episode 4: Marketing

The thoughts, opinions and insights of leading marketeers on the tools and techniques available that can help to establish your business in the marketplace.
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Growing your business. Entrepreneurs podcast. Episode 3: Entrepreneurs

Taking a closer look at how entrepreneurs work and unearth business opportunities to see if there's anything we can all do to think more like entrepreneurs to grow our business.
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Growing your business. Innovation podcast. Episode 2: Innovation

Featuring the opinions of some of the UK's finest innovators and business leaders who have embraced innovation and allowed it to take their business to the next level.
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Growing your business. Leadership and management podcast. Episode 1: Leadership and management

Focusing on Leadership and Management, taking a look at how these 2 areas can have an amazing effect on the growth of a business.
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