World of Books is Europe’s biggest online retailer of used books, and one of the biggest employers in Worthing. CEO Stephen Boobyer is telling the World of Books story at this year’s Brighton Summit, revealing how the company has grown from a start-up to 600 people in just ten years, scooping a Queen’s Award for…
By Sam Knowles, Founder of Insight Agents, and Brighton Summit workshop leader. How we use numbers to tell stories – to convey meaning and to persuade others to hear and understand our point of view – has come into sharp focus in the age of Big Data. The sheer volume of information that surrounds all…
Susi Doherty, of Vervate, is a seasoned Chamber member and Summit attender. In this blog she gives us her insider knowledge to help you get the most from your day. Whether or not you have been to a Summit before, you really should check out the videos and photography from the 5 previous events. It…
Brighton Cakes founder, Fay Millar, chose to embrace the unknown instead of playing it safe and hasn’t looked back since… Christmas last year was completely mental, hard, stressful, backbreaking work, there’s no two ways around it. In the run-up to the festive period, we were flat out with gingerbread, cake and marshmallow orders and working…
I got my first graduate job in 1993 and since then I’ve worked all over the world; London, New York and good old Lanarkshire. I’ve spent huge parts of my life commuting to work via plane, train and automobile and, whilst I can’t claim that all my travelling time was put to productive use, the…
This year’s Brighton Summit promises, as always, to have something for everyone. From high growth companies and entrepreneurs to those considering starting up a business, and every possible category in between. One of the keynote speakers at the Summit will be Ciro Romano, owner of Neapolitan Music. Ciro spent many years as legal adviser for…
Felicity Beckett interviews Summit speaker and co-founder of the award-winning social media company Liberty842, Daisy Cresswell. I meet with the fabulous and affable Daisy Cresswell in the bar at the Duke of York’s and ask what the film of her life would look like. I immediately offer (as I have thought about it) that it…
Unknown [uhn-nohn] Origin of ‘unknown’: Middle English 1250-1300 adjective • not known; not within the range of one’s knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar • not discovered, explored, identified, or ascertained • not widely known; not famous; obscure noun • a thing, influence, area, factor, or person that is unknown • Mathematics. a symbol representing…
Our Brighton Summit headline sponsors Cardens Accountants talk about the future of tax and how businesses must embrace the unknown when it comes to making tax digital. We felt this was a great topic to cover under “Embracing the unknown” as this is exactly what it is. HMRC, accountants and the general public are not yet…
Chamber member Simon Smyth, Director of Computer-Eyez, discusses how when it comes to the unknown individuals either sink or swim. Read about his tips on embracing the fear of the unknown in our blog. “The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.” – Simon Senek Whether…
Health food specialists Healthy Supplies will be supporting the Brighton Summit again this year, providing delicious snacks for all of our attendees. We caught up with Managing Director Tina Manahai-Mahai who discusses the company’s success and how as a business they must constantly embrace the unknown. 1. Tell us about Healthy Supplies and what…
Chamber Ambassador Susan Beckingham talks about how she embraces the unknown in her career as a copywriter. Read her top tips on how to get to grips with the unknown that faces us every day in business. See Susan’s full blog here: http://www.sussexcopywriter.co.uk/blog/embracing-the-unknown/
