Talented Ladies To Be Guests on Sine FM Radio Doncaster

                                                                   Eve Lodge

                                                                   Michelle Bailey

                                                                  Paula Maguire

                                                                     Natalie Sykes

If ever there was a Man ready to say “Thank You DC” it would have to be well known Businessman and Lawyer in Doncaster, Andrew Isaacs.

Andrew is well known for giving back to the Community He Loves so much and one of His many efforts is to Host a weekly hour long radio chat show for Business Folk.

Barnsley Guests recommended by Me already appearing with him are Eve Lodge of Barmy Bunting and Michelle Bailey of Active Response Security Limited.

As expected Andrew created a great bond.

I am not one to stop there though and more is to come.

Paula Maguire the Winner of Fund Raiser on Pride of Britain Awards appears in January 2015.

Paula is well known as the “Ice Bucket Lady” raising funds for MND.

She has raised multiple Millions of Pounds for Research to help this Terminal Condition.

On top of this she is a Midwife at Barnsley Hospital with Energy that could and does Light up all of our Town!

On February 3^rd 2015 Natalie Sykes will join Andrew.

As Regional Director for Yorkshire and the North East for the Institute of Directors there could be no better Guest to advise Business. 

She is exceptionally Gifted and Committed to offering Business Support and Career Development.

What is common to all these Ladies is huge talent but Great Company.

Hard working and successful they provide a positive model for us all.

Sine FM in Doncaster are in for a Treat. Give them a listen at 10 a.m. Wednesdays.

You are Welcome Andrew.

Pleased to get Topic UK Magazine to Barnsley

Getting up on November 13^th 2015 had a special ring for Me.

I would be on my way to Barnsley FC at Oakwell Stadium to see a Goal achieved in recent Months.

Barnsley had long lacked a Quality Publication that covered Business and Community News.

Some Months earlier I had come across TopicUK Magazine, already successful in Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale and preparing for London.

I contacted Editor Gill Laidler to see how we could provide Barnsley with its own Edition.

Working together it was a pleasure to be at the Launch with Special Guests to see our work come to Fruition.

You can view the Magazine here:

http://issuu.com/blackie365/docs/topicuk_barnsley_oct2015/3?e=2289219/31460151

We look forward to the next Edition promoting our Town in the New Year.

Thank you TopicUK.

Guests on Sine FM Radio

As planned the 18^th November 2015 was the morning spent as a Guest of Sine FM Radio in Doncaster for their hour long Business Programme with Host Andrew Isaacs.

The programme is traditionally called #doncasterisgreat but in a neighbourly gesture it became #barnsleyisbrill for the morning.

Joining me as a guest, and far and away the success of the morning was Michelle Bailey. She is the Managing Director of Active Response Security Limited base in Barnsley.

Whilst the Podcast is still Live have a Listen to this hugely talented Lady.

http://sinefm.com/UserFiles/File/show_podcasts/121115to191115/donc181115.mp3

Also have a read of Pages 40 and 41here: http://issuu.com/blackie365/docs/topicuk_barnsley_oct2015/3?e=2289219/31460151

If you have a need of Security Services give the Company a Call.

www.activeresponsesecurity.co.uk

It was huge Fun in Great Company.

Lets do it again. 

King of Sales and Marketing - Official

Its always good when our Peers and our Industry in general offer compliments about the standard of work we have become known for.
I have worked in Specialised areas,which demanded great focus, for most of my career.
I Love the Jobs that others hated, the so called "Impossible" projects.
My primary Love has been achieving sales revenue and developing skills in others that would serve them well.
Marketing was added by accident because I was looking for additional ways to Influence revenues.
It enabled me to sell products at prices seven times higher than my competitors and still succeed.
I enjoyed the Idea that a sales person had to go back to his Manager and try and explain how I could take their Business at such higher prices! That is another story in itself.
I was taken by surprise recently to receive this Award.
I ventured It might be that it was just because I had been around a while and worked out a few things!
But no, apparently I am still "switched on" and leading from the front.
I am privileged to be part of what I Love doing and blessed that I was "Teachable" enough to refine some gifts.
Long may that continue.

Privileged to Talk About Barnsley

Sine FM Radio in Doncaster have a regular Business Programme called #doncasterisgreat on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. hosted By Andrew Isaacs.
In special recognition of their Barnsley neighbours, November 18th 2015 is being fully dedicated to #barnsleyisbrill 
Together with Managing Director of Active Response Security,Michelle Bailey, I will represent our Town.
We will talk Business.Life, play some Music and have some Fun.
Thanks to Andrew and Sine FM for the privilege.

People Debate but Seldom Create Change

Studying Human Nature, you might think, would be an uplifting experience. Take any subject and people express their passion, Indignance and criticism for the popular discussion points that arise daily.

The common theories that result sound like an uprising for change.
What follows testifies to our Inability to resolve Issues, small or large, because in truth we are forever cleaning up our own mess.
We have become the ultimate debating society with Interest only in contributing to discussions, rather than being part of any change.
You can always pick out the people with some life experience because they express themselves with a better understanding of the subject. You sense some personal Insight or time taken to consider the subject in what they say. They are calm because they are confident in the facts they are presenting.
You may not agree with them but it’s not hard to respect their sincerity.
Then of course there is the “Bucket” who tends to be loud but who struggles to qualify where their thinking is solid. They are used to winning an argument by shouting down others. They hate simple questions that drive doubts through what they say. They find Truth uncomfortable rather than reassuring.
No matter how obscure the discussion point, what results is diverse opinion. What is diverse is the level of disagreement rather than agreement.
False pride too often emboldens us to accept a point well made that clearly throws new light on our view. We want to be heard but too often refuse to be flexible to change.
Whether its Local, National or International we see a common factor of people not being open to agreement. Just Imagine if we could find a cure for this!
Listening to wide opinions is good but when the debate ends with no resolution we should not be surprised that Change or Progress was never the Goal in the first place. Being seen and heard was the satisfaction.
Just reflect on how common this scenario is in life.
If we cannot begin change in ourselves then we are just part of the Crowd in the Caption.

Yorkshire Folk Value Their Brass

One of my Favourite Tales is of the Yorkshire Farmer who needed to arrange a Newspaper Obituary following his Wife’s Death.
He went into the reception of His Local Newspaper.
The conversation went something like this:

“How can I help you Sir?”
“The Wife’s died and i need to put it in the paper but I don’t want you taking advantage and giving me something that’s expensive”.
“Well perhaps you would like to look at our Book for Ideas?”.
“Aye that seems a good Idea but remember I don’t want to spend a lot”.
“This may suit you, can you see? It says “A dear Wife and Mother Rose, gone but never forgotten”.
“I like it and the price too. I will take it”
“Well with this item you do have four more words if that helps”.
“Right, well if I am paying for them I want them but what can I say?”
“What about “Loved by us all?”
“No, I want it to count so I get value for money. I know, put “and Tractor for sale”.
They are a Canny lot those Yorkies.