Opinion – Page 19

  • Ian Atkins is president of Dominion Marine Media
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    Ian Atkins

    2015-10-20T17:46:00Z

    Every month, Alice Driscoll, MD of ADPR, interviews a member of the industry. This month it''s Ian Atkins, president of Dominion Marine Media.

  • Robin Petherbridge of Creative Partners reveals some of the tricks of the trade gleaned from 25 years creating campaigns for the marine industry
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    Vive La Difference

    2015-10-20T16:46:00Z

    When you''re up against a bigger, stronger competitor in your sector, it can be tricky deciding on a marketing strategy.

  • Adam Bernstein is a freelance financial journalist
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    Crowdfunding – a route to success?

    2015-10-20T12:56:00Z

    History is littered with buzzwords and jargon and the latest is “crowdfunding”, writes Adam Bernstein. It refers to the process of seeking and raising finance from a large number of individuals.

  • Ben Metcalfe is MD of Landau UK
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    Ben Metcalfe

    2015-09-25T12:32:00Z

    Every month, Alice Driscoll, MD of ADPR, interviews a member of the industry. This month it''s Ben Metcalfe, managing director of Landau UK.

  • The Cardinal tells it like it is...
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    Ethics

    2015-09-23T07:48:00Z

    What guides you in your day to day dealings with your suppliers, customers and your own staff? Well in an ideal world it should surely be your ethical approach.

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    Photography

    2015-09-22T17:46:00Z

    We often harp on about how to get your stories into the press. But it’s not just the words that count, it’s the images too.

  • Jason Piper is senior manager for Tax and Business Law at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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    The summer budget and small businesses

    2015-09-22T17:23:00Z

    George Osborne’s summer budget was marketed as being a budget for working people, says Jason Piper. But was that comment aimed at all working people, or just employees in a certain wage bracket?

  • Suzanne Blaustone, executive director of Barton Marine Equipment Ltd, director, Swobbit Europe Ltd, and a partner at BlueRock Global Associates
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    Suzanne Blaustone

    2015-08-26T16:57:00Z

    Every month, Alice Driscoll, MD of ADPR, interviews a member of the industry. This month it''s Suzanne Blaustone, executive director of Barton Marine Equipment Ltd, director, Swobbit Europe Ltd, and a partner at BlueRock Global Associates.

  • Robin Petherbridge of Creative Partners reveals some of the tricks of the trade gleaned from 25 years creating campaigns for the marine industry
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    Which logo?

    2015-08-26T15:29:00Z

    There inevitably comes a time when you begin to feel that some element of your marketing communications needs refreshing.

  • Teresa Hitchcock is UK head of Safety Health and Environment within the Regulatory and Government Affairs group of DLA Piper LLP
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    Retailers and product safety - your responsibilities

    2015-08-26T11:29:00Z

    Product safety law is fraught with dangers for those in the supply chain and is especially acute for those involved in retail, says Teresa Hitchcock. Failure to comply with legislation can lead to prosecution.

  • The Cardinal tells it like it is...
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    The real cost of quality

    2015-08-11T14:33:00Z

    I am wondering how an industry such as ours can continue to suggest it takes quality seriously when it is really only paying lip service to all that the word means.

  • Matt Johnson of Clearline Communications on how to get the message out
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    Nothing to say?

    2015-07-29T08:49:00Z

    Maintaining a profile in the industry media is not always easy, particularly for those smaller companies that have a single product or long term project.

  • The Cardinal tells it like it is...
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    The only way is up

    2015-07-28T16:33:00Z

    The song buzzing in my head ‘The only way is up’ has also become something of a mantra for the leisure marine industry.

  • David O’Keeffe is a specialist R&D tax relief advisor, trading as Aiglon Consulting
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    R&D tax relief – with easy to claim incentives…

    2015-06-29T15:57:00Z

    R&D incentives in the UK are a valuable benefit for companies engaged in qualifying R&D activity, says David O’Keeffe. But too many companies are missing out…

  • Alex Beere, head of consultancy at MDL Marina Consultancy (a division of MDL Marinas Group Limited)
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    Alex Beere

    2015-06-28T12:24:00Z

    Every month, Alice Driscoll, MD of ADPR, interviews a member of the industry. This month it''s Alex Beere, head of consultancy at MDL Marina Consultancy (a division of MDL Marinas Group Limited)

  • Robin Petherbridge of Creative Partners reveals some of the tricks of the trade gleaned from 25 years creating campaigns for the marine industry
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    Visual impact

    2015-06-27T16:24:00Z

    The active boating public probably has little time for Twitter.

  • The Cardinal tells it like it is...
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    Working collectively

    2015-06-27T14:41:00Z

    How can an industry get back to the goal of working together for the common good to the betterment of all of the business involved?

  • Tom Cunliffe is a sailor, author and broadcaster
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    Tom Cunliffe

    2015-05-24T13:02:00Z

    Every month, Alice Driscoll, MD of ADPR, interviews a member of the industry. This month it''s Tom Cunliffe; sailor, author and broadcaster.

  • Adam Bernstein is a freelance financial journalist
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    Business rates and the need for reform

    2015-05-24T09:59:00Z

    BUSINESS RATES: It’s not hard to find arguments for the need to reform business rates, a tax which - to most businesses - is life threatening, says Adam Bernstein.

  • The Cardinal tells it like it is...
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    Surveys...

    2015-05-24T07:53:00Z

    I was reading a report only the other day showing how an online ‘customer survey’ had given an organisation a high customer rating and, effectively, all was therefore wonderful.