http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/ Latest News & Articles from Winning Pitch Ltd. en-gb Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:17:26 +0000 Copyright: (C) Winning Pitch Ltd. 720 The school of thought that assumes all high growth businesses are technology based is wrong. Fast-moving companies display an edge that connects with their customer’s world, one filled with imagination, inspiration and fresh thinking. Their founders and teams have an inherent ability to spot a niche, an unfulfilled need or problem demanding a solution. Gazelle performance can be achieved by repackaging a traditional idea. The fusion of a diverse range of business models to produce a http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/having_the_edge_will_drive_growth/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/having_the_edge_will_drive_growth/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:49:40 +0000 Manchester business coaching company Winning Pitch has said it is delighted to play a part in a government scheme aiming to help up to 10,000 businesses. Winning Pitch forms part of a new Coaching For Growth Consortium, which has signed a contract to carry out the programme, that forms part of a government project to support smaller businesses. The consortium is led by Grant Thornton and also includes Oxford Innovation and Pera. John Leach, chief executive of Winning Pitch, told Insider : http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/winning_pitch_hired_for_coaching_scheme/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/winning_pitch_hired_for_coaching_scheme/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:50:52 +0000 Business Coaching for Growth High growth companies will deliver the jobs The research clearly shows that a small number of ambitious businesses create a large proportion of new jobs. Vibrant economies are built on a foundation of high growth businesses, those set up by individuals with great ideas, passion and a desire to fulfil their full potential – we need more of them because they are the job generators of tomorrow! Also referred to as gazelles because of the speed at which http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/business_coaching_for_growth1/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/business_coaching_for_growth1/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:32:57 +0000 A breath of fresh air entered the business support arena at this mornings launch of the Manchester Business Survey. Frank McKenna led a great debate, much of which focused around the support for growth businesses in the GM Region. At last we are getting to the real issues and I am so pleased that Scott Fletcher, Chairman and Founder of ANS has started to unearth the paucity and confusion that sits within the business support arena. The number of quango's that still exist is causing enormous http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/manchester_business_survey_downtown/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/manchester_business_survey_downtown/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:21:15 +0000 This was the headline finding of a report compiled by Aviva and covered in today’s Daily Mail. It went on to read “a quarter of small business owners say the economic outlook is so bleak they would rather return to being an employee”. Given the job I do I am more than aware of the pressures and challenges entrepreneurs face, but why is the media constantly pushing out such bad news. Negativity of this nature can condition ambitious people to hang up their boots up, we must http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/small_business_owners_ready_to_give_up/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/small_business_owners_ready_to_give_up/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:24:59 +0000 Today's headlines of the North West Insider Bulletin reads - Leese stresses importance of 'family' ties . This was one of the core themes of yesterday's Manchester Economic Forum. What a great job the Sir's Howard and Richard have done in placing Manchester as the UK's second city. The City has a brand that spans every corner of the globe and the investment attracted and regeneration projects completed must be applauded - a fantastic job. The work on the graphene hub also provides bags of http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/the_manchester_family/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/the_manchester_family/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:43:52 +0000 The Welsh Government is to provide £2m to help create and support up to 50 high growth businesses. It said companies supported under the £2m High Potential Starts project will be able to deliver combined turnover of £36m after three years and create at least 480 "well paid" jobs. Pilot schemes will be run by four organisations. PERA Cymru will deliver a service in North Wales and work with in the digital, environmental, energy, health, biosciences, advanced engineering and http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/cash_for_ambitious_startups/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/cash_for_ambitious_startups/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:13:56 +0000 In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins wrote about the power of humility, personal will and its links to leadership excellence. Not to be confused with being a big softy, my own experience is that effective leaders running successful companies exhibit loads of it! Humility is the inherent quality of treating everyone as an equal, with respect, candour and dignity. Unfortunately for many, success very often breeds ego's the size of cannon balls - self-interest overshadows the importance of http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/the_ego_a_danger_zone_for_leaders/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/the_ego_a_danger_zone_for_leaders/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:19:13 +0000 This was the title of yesterday's speech delivered by David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science. It was positive to hear that science and technology lies at the heart of economic growth policy, something which I passionately believe in. Even more encouraging was the recognition that science and the arts are truly complementary. My blog T he Enlightened Company (20th February 2011) reflected on this very point, some of the global technology brands of today were formed http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/our_hitech_future/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/our_hitech_future/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:21:33 +0000 The importance of having a plan sounds like such a statement of the obvious, but how many of us in our business or personal life have one? At this time of year New Years resolutions are made - in my view nothing more than a wish list. By February most will have given up on them with an estimated 80% not even remembering what their goals were in the first place. Whilst it is hard to move away from the term goal, I am trying my best to do so. People think they have goals but they don't - why? - http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/you_get_what_you_focus_on_/ http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/entrepreneurial_solutions/news/you_get_what_you_focus_on_/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:09:27 +0000