The traditional high street has changed. It is clear for all to see. A walk around many town centres, even affluent, thriving town centres, shows vacant shop fronts, perhaps rough sleepers, a range of betting and charity shops. The changing face of the high street is very obvious. But what is next for the high…
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Business Improvement Districts; the clue to what they are meant to do is in the name. Businesses with a stake in the local community, working together to improve the district. There are over 300 BIDS (Business Improvement Districts) across the country and their proliferation is down to many factors, including a resurgence in civic…
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What kind of job will children growing up today be doing in the year 2024? Will we still need a Careers Fair in 2024? Parents, schools and young people are probably thinking about things a little closer to home! Nevertheless it is sometimes worth spending a bit of time looking at future skills requirements and…
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Going Global & International Trade International Trade was predictably the main message at the #Heathrowbusinesssummit, at – you guessed – Heathrow Airport! We were reminded of the messages from the Heathrow business summit following a recent return visit to Heathrow airport. As an aside the visit happened to coincide with the celebrations for #BA100 -the centenary…
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What was your New Year resolution? Come to think of it how are you doing with last year’s resolution? For many of us January is a time to evaluate progress to date and also look forward to the coming year. At Red Potato 2019 has got to be about exports. There are three…
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We hope you were able to celebrate the New Year and Christmas in style! At Christmas time thoughts turn to travel as families and friends are reunited. In the UK the travel news has been sketchy, with some news stories about disrupted travel plans and wasted time on the roads and at airports. But time…
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The truth is most people don’t care about outcomes and outputs. But we do care. Clients talking outputs and outcomes are what drives Red Potato. What do we mean by outcomes But we are getting a bit ahead of ourselves. What do we mean by outcomes? Well we think it is about long term impact.…
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Here are three reasons why the UK public sector leads on customer service. UK public sector front line service is being delivered by hard pressed staff, with thousands of moments of truth each day across local authorities, and the health service. For too long the story about the public sector has been about lack of…
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The weather in England has created some glorious sunrises! During the summer, we’ve taken sometime out from the sun to work up some ideas about how we go about creating our animations. These ideas are still being worked on, but once developed it will mean that customers can see how their videos and animations are…
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2018 has been marked by news of store closures on the high street. So what is to be done? Do we really need all shops to be able to offer the convenience of online? Is it really feasible for high streets shops to compete with the nimble offers available online? As consumers we have…
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