On Friday I trotted along to the offices of Smith & Williamson to hear from the second Financial Times/Managing Partner Forum research by Meridian West (formerly Lighthouse) into effective client adviser relationships. Richard Chaplin mentioned that professional services is the largest sector in the UK and the only one to have Read More
Econsultancy – as part of its corporate social responsibility programme – is taking some of the brightest graduates and putting them through an intensive “graduate boot camp” digital marketing training programme and making them available for three month internships. The initial 20 “inspiring interns” – whose disciplines span marketing, media, Read More
Having test run this new training session earlier in the year at a City law firm, I am pleased to report that its first public outing last week was deemed a success – with positive comments from the assistants, managers and partner who attended. Some of the feedback comments included: Read More
I am increasingly asked about marketing qualifications, particularly with reference to developing digital skills so I thought I’d do a round-up of the established courses and highlight some new options. Chartered Institute of Marketing There is much material on this web site about the main professional qualifications offered by the Read More
Recently, I ran another of the successful Business development for lawyers full day training sessions in London. Unusually, the delegates were predominantly from commercial areas including corporate, property and employment representing a range of small and larger firms from across the UK. Some of their target markets were interesting: aviation, Read More
