Freelance Talent: Stuart Palmer, Avenue Design

Stuart Palmer of Avenue Design offers businesses and organisations a nimble, full service agency who create ideas and solutions which generate results.

“I set up Avenue to fill a gap in the marketplace bringing high quality design to all, where once it was only accessible to those with large budgets” says Stuart.

Written by Editor on June 7, 2010 and filed in Freelancers, News avenue design, brand development, creative design, enterprise freelance fair, North West Freelancers

How to Stop the World Cup Impacting on Your Business

If you are a business leader or business owner, you’ll be worried about the impact of the World Cup on your business productivity and sales.

I know this feeling, as I used to run a 60 person team which loved football and sold to a sector – property investors – that was equally mad about the World Cup, European Cup etc…

So what can you do…?

Written by Editor on June 7, 2010 and filed in News, Opinion cheshire freelance work, cheshire freelancers, chester freelance work, chester freelancers, enterprise freelance fair, Freelance Jobs, freelance work, freelancers, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, North West Freelancers

How freelancers can win a 3 minute pitch

Okay – you’ve got 3 mintues to win the business… what do you do?

First off – you don’t want to win all the business!

Yes, think about it for a minute, if you make 20 pitches – each 3 minutes long – that is an hour. Now, if you won all 20 pitches, would you be able (or willing) to deliver what you just promised?

Written by Editor on June 1, 2010 and filed in News, Opinion business coach, enterprise freelance fair, freelance work, freelancers, winning business, winning pitch

Local Freelance Jobs – 27th May 2010

This week we’ve been given these local freelance skills to find for our businesses attending the Enterprise & Freelance Fair on June 16th in Warrington..

Written by Editor on May 27, 2010 and filed in Freelance Jobs, News camera men/ women, enterprise freelance fair, facebook experts, North West Entrepreneurs, North West Freelancers, performaners, social media, twitter experts, video editors, video performance, video production, video recording, Warrington Freelancers

Enterprises: How you can Beat the Jobs Freeze

You have a budget and a team to deliver your business goals – but when one of your team leave, you are left short handed and without key skills.

How do keep growing your business, make more sales and deliver better returns with less budget and a smaller team?

Written by Editor on May 27, 2010 and filed in News, Opinion cutting costs, Freelance Jobs, freelance work, freelancers, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, job freeze

SOLD OUT Enterprise & Freelance Fair, North West, Warrington – 16th June

This event is now sold out. If you don’t yet have a ticket please contact us directly in case of late cancellations.

Written by Editor on May 24, 2010 and filed in cheshire freelancers, chester freelancers, enterprise freelance fair, freelance work, freelancers, marketing freelancers, North West Entrepreneurs, North West Freelancers, Warrington Freelancers

Why Media Modo want local freelance talent

Neil Lewis explains why Media Modo are looking for local freelance talent

Written by sean on May 22, 2010 and filed in News, Opinion, Video cheshire freelancers, chester freelancers, enterprise freelance fair, local freelance talent, North West Freelancers, Warrington Freelancers

Enterprises: meet 40 North West Freelancers in 3 Hours? Only 2 places left!

We all know that the creative, digital and marketing talent is out there – but how do we, the business leaders, meet them?


How do successful entrepreneurs find out the buzz of what is working – and what is not working – without it taking forever and a day?


Okay, so if you could meet 40 creative, digital, marketing and media freelancerswho could pitch their services to you in just 3 hours – all in less than a mornings work – then that would be of huge value, true?

Written by Editor on May 20, 2010 and filed in News cheshire business events, cheshire freelance work, cheshire freelancers, chester freelance work, chester freelancers, digital marketing, enterprise freelance fair, Freelance Jobs, freelance work, Freelancers, ipad developers, iphone app developers, marketing freelancers, north wales freelancers, North West Freelancers, video recording, web developers

Local Freelance Jobs – 13th May 2010

This week we’ve been given these local freelance skills to find

Regional Media Business Development
Financial Journalist
iPhone application developer/ marketeer
Digital marketer to increase newsletter sign ups
Website developer
Digital designer
ipad developer

For more information on any of these, please see http://www.enterprisefreelancefair.co.uk/talent-wanted/

Written by Editor on May 14, 2010 and filed in Freelance Jobs, News cheshire freelance work, cheshire freelancers, chester freelance work, chester freelancers, digital designer, digital marketer, financial journalist, Freelance Jobs, freelance work, ipad developers, iphone app developers, north wales freelancers, North West Freelancers, website developer

How to Hire Freelance Talent – Free

Freelance talent is flexible, saves you money, can have immediate impact on your business objectives and often brings associated benefits of a more commercially aware skill set.



Some studies suggest that the added flexibility of a freelancer is around £15,000.



Other studies show that the value of freelancers is worth 15.9% of annual costs (ignoring any NI or tax savings) – just imagine what would happen if you added 15.9% to your profit margin?



In addition, businesses gain the benefit of smart, commercial people who…

Written by Editor on May 4, 2010 and filed in News benefits of freelancers, cheshire freelancers, chester freelance work, chester freelancers, freelance work, Freelancers, freelancers as a source of competitive advantage, hire freealance talent, ipad developers, iphone app developers, marketing freelancers, north wales freelance work, north wales freelancers, North West Freelancers, Warrington Freelancers