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Whats Inside:Bubble& is dreaming big
Portsmouth Hospital CharityPortsmouth’s own Vineyard
Are presentation skills essential to a 21st century business?Digital Marketing for small businesses
How Portsmouth’s businesses are generating more salesGibson Whitter - Historic Accountants!
Entrepreneurs of the Future showcase their skillsHistoric backdrop for Hampshire Chamber tourism
BusinessViewSolent
Spring / Summer 2015 - ISSUE 3
Welcome to the third edition of Solent Business View.
The front cover features one of the iconic Palmerston Forts, first commissioned in 1859. A network of forts that surround Portsmouth, intended to defend the dockyard from the perceived threat of our European neighbours. It is a consequence of effective networks that we are able to defend against the threat of failure in business, build relationships and alliances with business owners and deliver our products and services to the wider community.
From advice on sales, presentation skills, on line marketing, to food and wine, the diverse range of editorials in this issue, are a testament to the energy and success that exists in Portsmouth today. I hope you enjoy reading them!
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Bubble& is dreaming big
Have you ever seen good ‘ole bubble and squeak whipped into shape?
That’s quite pointedly what the team at Bubble& has done and they are dishing up their delectable creations regularly in Southsea through Hampshire Farmers’ Markets and Love Southsea Markets.
The brainchild of Rupert Smith and Marita Lietz of Emsworth, Hampshire (also known as Mr & Mrs Bubble), Bubble& has redefined The Squeak, giving it the glory it deserves. Their mission is to ensure that the world gets a taste of English food at its best, always using the highest quality local produce (their running joke is how certain they are that their egg supplier massages her chickens).
Call it gourmet, artisanal or fine food…this is simply bubble and squeak as you’ve never tasted it.
Bubble& has taken potato, cabbage and leek, shaped it into a pretty ‘cake’ and pan-fried it to perfection. They serve these ‘bubbles’ (their in-house vernacular) with creative, seasonal toppings and fillings. Absolutely everything is handmade as well as gluten-free.
“We are championing bubble and squeak as the English version of pasta, so the fun is in the toppings and fillings”, says Rupert Smith.
Imagine one of these classic bubbles with a soft poached free-range egg, smoked streaky bacon and hollandaise sauce; a Halloumi bubble with butternut squash coconut curry, crispy onions, toasted cashews and coriander; or how about a sage bubble with Szechuan-glazed free-range pork shoulder, golden beetroot and cider compôte and the world’s best crackling. Are you salivating yet?
“Call it gourmet,
artisanal or fine food,
this is simply bubble
and squeak as you’ve
never tasted it. ”
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They also offer a range of fresh bubble flavours that are designed to take home and were recipients of two Great Taste Awards in 2014 for their Shiitake Mushroom & Cheddar flavour and their Smoked Bacon flavour. Just pop these bubbles in the oven or microwave and voilà! Handmade, cherished food at your fingertips.
Marita Lietz says: “The beauty of our unique concept is the emotion it can stir up in our customers. So many people have a heartfelt opinion about bubble and squeak; in many instances, it has its place as part of a cherished childhood memory. It’s such a joy - and honour - to touch that place and watch the delight on their faces when they eat our food and let our concept really sink in.”
Alongside their regular markets around Hampshire, Bubble& participates in special events such as Victorious Festival in Southsea, the Victorian Festival of Christmas at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and at The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex.
They are also available for private hire for weddings and parties.
Bubble& is dreaming big. They see restaurants and they see bubbles in your fridge.
Go find them!
“The beauty of our
unique concept is the
emotion it can stir up
in our customers”
*Details of Bubble&’s market locations and special events can be found on their website under ‘Locations’: www.bubbleand.co.uk
Contact: [email protected]: Facebook.com/bubbleandTwitter @bubbleandmarita @bubbleandrupertInstagram @bubbleandmarita
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Portsmouth Hospital Charity aims to serve the patients of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust by improving existing facilities and by providing additional equipment, supporting research programmes and innovation in the development of services and education to both patients and staff.
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital trusts in the country. We provide a full range of services to more than 650,000 people across Portsmouth, South East Hampshire and West Sussex. Most services are provided at Queen Alexandra Hospital but we also offer a range of outpatient and diagnostic facilities closer to patients’ homes.
Our hospital is home to the Wessex Renal and Transplant Unit and holds prestigious Cancer Beacon Status for our Head and Neck Cancer Services. We host the largest Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit (MDHU) in England and have the busiest maternity department on the South Coast, delivering over 6,000 babies per year.
The charity supports all of the wards and departments across the Trust. Choose Portsmouth Hospitals Charity as your charity of the year or fundraise for an area of the hospital that is close to your heart. Just contact the fundraising team and we will help find the fund that best suits you!
“Portsmouth
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Hambledon Vineyard is becoming world-renowned for its winemaking, and particularly for its prestigious sparkling Hambledon Classic Cuvée. From humble beginnings back in 1952, Hambledon is well on its way to becoming one of the UK’s leading sparkling wine producers, having recently secured an exclusive distribution deal with highly respected fine wine wholesalers, Fields, Morris & Verdin (part of the Berry Bros & Rudd Group).
Led by managing director Ian Kellett, with a stellar team of winemaking experts on board (including one of Champagne’s leading Chef de Caves, Hervé Jestin), Hambledon Vineyard has an exciting future as it continues to go from strength to strength.
Hambledon is the oldest commercial vineyard in England, with 30 hectares of hand-pruned vines comprising of Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir. Established in 1952 by industry pioneer Major General Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones, Hambledon is closely associated with noted Champagne estate Pol Roger - Winston Churchill’s favourite. Let us show you around our beautiful vineyard which nestles on the edge of the South Downs, then we’ll guide you round our unique gravity-fed state of the art winery and our experienced staff will explain the processes involved in making sparkling wine in as much or as little detail as you would like. Our vineyard and winery tours are relaxed and informative and of course involve a tasting of our wines.
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ARE PRESENTATION SKILLS ESSENTIAL TO A
21ST CENTURY BUSINESS?
We live in a world with an ever-increasing dependency on online shopping and the internet, so is there a need for you and your staff to have good presentation skills?
What do we mean by presentation skills?
Sometimes, people associate the ability to speak in public with standing up in front of large groups of people at a conference. While this is certainly one type of presentation, it’s not the only type, and it’s not that common. Presentations don’t need to be delivered to large groups.
A one to one meeting with a client or supplier is a still a type of presentation and requires many of the same skills as standing up in front of an audience.What are the key elements of an Effective Presentation?
• A clear outcome Before crafting a presentation, you should be clear about what you want your audience to do as a result of your conversation.
• An understanding of your audienceMany presenters forget that their audience (whether it be one or one hundred), are the most important element in the presentation. Taking time to think about who you are speaking to, how much they know already, and their current attitude to your topic, is essential to success.
• A clear message If your message is complex and hard to understand, or perceived by the listener as irrelevant to their needs, you are wasting your time.
• An engaging and credible deliveryThere is no point crafting a strong message, then delivering it in a hesitant and unconvincing manner. Vocal Variety, Body Language and Eye Contact all play a crucial part in the effectiveness of your communication.
Where are good presentation skills needed in modern business?
The simple answer is everywhere! Sales is probably the most obvious area, yet it’s amazing how few sales people have received any form of presentation skills training. First-line management is also an area that benefits from excellent presentation skills.
The ability to communicate with confidence and credibility is one of the key skills separating good managers from poor ones, but, few managers receive any formal presentation or communication skills training.
Finally, let’s not forget the Business Owner or CEO. These people set the lead for the whole organisation yet, judging by my experiences and the comments of their more junior staff, many are not as good at public speaking as they could be.
What are the consequences of poor presentation skills?
Many business owners grossly underestimate the consequences of a lack of presentation skills. Typically they range from lost sales to inefficient working practices and mediocre morale. Stop for a moment and ask yourself the following questions:
• What is the real cost of a lost sale? (Remembering to factor in the cost of the salesperson’s salary, car, benefits, etc.)
• How much time and money is wasted in your business every month due to poor communication?
• What are the costs of low employee morale and a lack of a clearly articulated vision?
• By how much could you increase your profitability by investing in these essential skills?
About the Author
Gavin Meikle is founder of Inter-Activ Presenting and Influencing, a Portsmouth-based communication skills consultancy that specialises in helping individuals and organisations improve their effectiveness and profitability through better communication and presentation skills.
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Digital Marketing for small businesses
More and more businesses are realising the significant benefits of digital marketing (also called internet or on-line marketing) compared with more traditional methods these days. That doesn’t mean the older traditional ways are redundant, a mix of both generally works well. As with any marketing, the mix and methods that suit your business will be very dependent on your particular market, products, services, target audience, viewing platform (i.e. PC, laptop, tablet, mobile phone) etc.
Amongst the benefits, apart from it generally being cheaper so you can get more marketing for your money (one of the biggest attractions), digital marketing allows you to easily measure how it is performing, track visits, and do things like “split testing” so you can see if different content performs better than what you currently have. Any good marketing book or consultant will tell you that you need to measure the results of any marketing you do, otherwise you don’t know what works or doesn’t and so you can ditch or improve the stuff that doesn’t and obtain best results and return on your investment (ROI).
It also allows you to change things quickly and simply, unlike printed material. For example, if you have 5000 flyers printed and you see they are not working, find an error or need to add or change something, you can’t do anything about it, you have to throw them away and re-print so it can prove expensive (and wasteful). In comparison, with on-line material you can generally pause your campaign, change the material quickly and easily and start it off again.
The technology also allows easy integration of other marketing channels such as social media (such as Twitter and Facebook) with your on-line presence (website, landing pages, blog, articles) making best use of multi-channel marketing – the more channels you have the better and the more stable your marketing plan will be.
Another benefit of this is that it levels the playing field to a great extent so you can compete better against a larger range of competitors (including larger ones).
With the growing popularity of on-line marketing, more and more businesses are making more use of it which means you also have to keep a closer eye on your competition and market and do more to keep up with your competitors and ideally of course keep ahead of them.
Getting on-line is actually not that difficult these days, even if you are on a tight budget you can still make a start. If you keep it simple there is a lot you can do yourself and this can get you started – better than not having a website at all (as long as you do it properly, otherwise it might do more harm than good). Once you get a bit more established and have a bit more money to spend on your marketing, you can look at investing in a professionally designed website that is better suited to your business needs and should work better for you.
Of course, getting your website up and running is only the start of marketing your business, just making it live doesn’t mean lots of people will start visiting it and work will come flooding in. “Build it and they will come” is a myth you may have heard – they won’t !
Picture your web site (and/or blog) as the hub of your marketing plan, you need to use other marketing channels to drive traffic to it. This can be a mix of different marketing methods such as Pay-per-click advertising, social media, flyers, advertisements etc. The more channels you have the better, but you need to first understand your target customers and markets and the messages you need to get across to make it work to best effect for you.
“With the growing
popularity of on-line
marketing,
more and more
businesses are making
more use of it...”
Author detailsSteve Wood owns and runs Scalar Enterprises, based in Portsmouth, helping small businesses and SMEs in and around Hampshire with con-sultancy, web design, search engine optimisation and Internet market-ing. More on the website at www.scalarenterprises.co.uk
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By rethinking the way you travel for business, it is possible to save time and money. You can boost your profi tability and competitiveness by reducing car use and choosing smarter, cleaner travel for more business journeys.
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Almost half of SMEs (45%) spend more than 10% of their annual budget on business travel.
The RAC reports that company car drivers spend 11 days a year stuck in traffi c.
Source: Business Travel – Choice or Necessity, BCC and RAC (2007)
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How Portsmouth’s businesses are generating
more sales
Portsmouth is relying on the success of its private sector businesses to create employment, arguably more so than in many parts of the UK, thanks to the loss of many MoD-related jobs here.
In turn, the City’s private sector companies are relying on the success of their sales and marketing professionals to increase the revenues that create more jobs. In the famous words of American businessman, Jim Barksdale, “Of course, nothing happens until somebody sells something.”
But there is a conundrum here. Typically, salespeople and marketing professionals are amongst the least trusted individuals in the business world.
Two people who have worked in sales and marketing for many years talk here about how they make a difference to the income-generating abilities of Portsmouth companies.
Lizz Clarke is Managing Director of Logical Creative Marketing, (LCM) and Graham Hudson runs the local offices of Sandler Training, a global organisation focused on developing sales skills.
Lizz, who has worked with over 600 companies globally remarked, “Very often when I meet a business owner for the first time, he or she is cynical about marketing people, usually because they have had some kind of bad experience being persuaded to spend a lot of money for little or no perceptible return. It’s why at LCM we nearly always start working at a strategic level, analyzing how the company is currently operating its revenue-generation, so we can see what they need to do in order to get them where they want to go. When you have a properly-researched and resourced strategy, and the company starts to implement it, it’s virtually guaranteed to generate the right sort of enquiries.”
Graham, who works with local businesses, added, “You can have all the enquiries in the world, but if you are not effective in converting them, you can waste a great deal of your precious time on business people who will never buy from you. Building trust quickly, not being the ‘typical salesperson’ and knowing when to move on, is key to sales success.”
Lizz adds: “It’s a weakness we faced ourselves until we engaged with Sandler. Graham has helped us so much in reducing wasted time and effort that we now recommend him and the Sandler system to our clients when appropriate.”
Sandler TrainingPhone: 01962 217440 E-mail:[email protected]
Lizz Clarke is at LCMPhone: 02392 847003E-mail: [email protected]
“Building trust
quickly, not being the
‘typical salesperson’
and knowing when
to move on, is key to
sales success...”
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Gibson WhitterHistoric Accountants!
Gavin Whitter, Director of Gibson Whitter, Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers, has had an exceptionally busy and successful three years. Here, Gavin explains what drew him to volunteer his time as a cultural, charity Trustee.
In 2012, he co-founded a boutique firm of Chartered Accountants achieving rapid growth (averaging 40% a year) and a short-listing for a National Practice Excellence Award in late 2014.
As head of the firm’s specialist charity division, he takes an active interest in the voluntary sector and joined the Board of the Royal Marines Museum in 2005.
Gavin’s interest in the Royal Marines began when he discovered that his late Grandfather was a Royal Marine Commando in WWII so he leapt at the chance of getting involved.
Much has been learnt from working with the Royal Marines and this has undoubtedly helped Gavin to achieve his business success. He takes inspiration from the Commando Spirit and seeks to apply this in his business dealings. “Cheerfulness in the face of adversity” has certainly been useful to keep in mind!
An opportunity arose to apply to join the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) last year and, after being interviewed, Gavin was formally accepted to the Board of the National Museum in January.
The NMRN has a simple Vision, ‘to be the world’s most respected Naval Museum, underpinned by a spirit of enterprise and adventure.” Hampshire-based members of the museum include the Royal Marines Museum, The Royal Navy Submarine Museum and Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower, both in Gosport, and the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
The Museum has a national remit with members including The Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, HMS Caroline, Belfast and HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool. It also holds many of the attractions in the Historic Dockyard, including HMS Victory and the soon to be opened Gallipoli veteran HMS M.33
The NMRN is entering an extremely interesting, but very challenging, period. There is the planned move of the Royal Marines Museum into the Historic Dockyard, combined with an innovative project to open the wider collection to the public as part of the “Sea More” project – work which is truly transformative. This will need to secure approximately £4 million of matched funding as part of the total project cost of £15m. Additionally, ever more parts of our Royal Navy heritage need to be preserved.
All this is in the context of a challenging economic environment and pressure on Government budgets. Strong financial stewardship and commercial acumen are key to guiding the National Museum and Gavin felt he had the necessary skills to complement the existing Board expertise. He seized the opportunity to support such an important part of the Portsmouth community, which also has an enduring national impact.
Gavin tends to like artefacts that tell the human story of the history. Currently, his favourite is the spoof “Blair–Bush Project World Domination Tour 2003” T-shirt, which can be seen in the “HMS Hear my Story” exhibition.
Further information www.nmrn.org.uk
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On Tuesday 3rd March, students from across South Downs College, Waterlooville, gathered to take part in the Young Enterprise day. Young Enterprise is a lottery funded scheme which aims to maximise the employability, and entrepreneurial skills of young people.
Leading and presenting the event was Tina Braithwaite, regional manager of Young Enterprise, who said ‘Young Enterprise gives young people a wonderful opportunity for students to develop the eight employability skills that we know businesses across the country are looking for, in a fun, engaging and laid-back environment.
The day included speeches on employability and entrepreneurship, and the students first were tasked with pitching a Dragons Den scenario based upon a business given to them. Following this, the ‘Tenner Challenge’ was introduced, where students with credible business plans were given £10 each and three weeks to cultivate as much profit as possible.
The event itself was planned and executed by a group of five second year Level 3 BTEC Business students, Jemima Byford, Andy White, Olivia Cowell, Courtney Huskinson and Millie White, who said “These are business owners who have got a huge amount of experience and for students to have the opportunity to speak to them is invaluable”
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Historic backdrop for Hampshire Chamber tourism
Disruptive change in the holiday and leisure sectors was highlighted by an internationally renowned tourism policy expert addressing business leaders in Portsmouth.
Ken Robinson CBE, Chairman of the partnership organisation Tourism South East, said the internet was increasingly revolutionising consumer habits and business practices.
And he told the Hampshire Chamber of Commerce dinner that tourism was set for an ‘explosion in growth’ as more people across the world acquired sufficient time and money to travel.
Mr Robinson was speaking to an invited audience of more than 40 chief executives and senior directors at the Mary Rose Museum, one of Hampshire’s most successful visitor attractions.
Pointing to the ways we research and choose our holidays, he said travel agencies, printed brochures and star ratings were rapidly giving way to online booking, consumer reviews and other user-generated information.
Mr Robinson highlighted the tourism sector’s importance to Hampshire’s economic growth saying museums, attractions, hotels and other providers should work together to champion their areas. He added: “That doesn’t always come naturally as many will see themselves as being mutually competitive but I believe it is absolutely essential.”
The speech included a call for government to do more to support tourism so that the UK could compete more strongly with other countries.
Hampshire Chamber Chief Executive Stewart Dunn said: “Ken gave us a fascinating talk, making the point well that tourism locally, nationally and internationally is a vital part of the economy and deserves to be supported.”
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Solent Business View magazine Introducing the A4, high quality, glossy, business magazine delivered free to businesses across Portsmouth and the surrounding areas, filled with articles and features, from around the business community. This magazine fills the obvious gap between the Residential Directories and the Business Pages, with up to date business information from around Hampshire, plus opportunities to advertise your business locally to your business neighbours. The distribution is 5,000, hand delivered to businesses and hotels, all around the PO Postcode and it will also be delivered by email to a further 2,500 businesses.
Size/Position Full Price 4th Edition Discount Price
Full Page £400 £300
Half Page £250 £200
Quarter Page £150 £125
Back Cover £700 £500
Page 3 £500 £400
Page 5 £450 £350 If you book 2 editions in advance you will be offered a space for an editorial.
Advert Design £150 £100
A5 Flyer Insertion £250 £200
A5 Flyer Printing £200 £150
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Issue
Booking Deadline Artwork Deadline Distribution
Autumn/Winter 2015 September October November Advertising Sales Contact: [email protected] Office: 0800 781 5799 Mobile: 07809 683877
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