I believe that the future of the UK lies firmly with SMEs they are more flexible in their working being able to adapt more quickly to change which gives them a real advantage over the big boys.

Bev James interviews inventor, Claire Mitchell for this months EBA Business in The Spotlight.

What a month March was! It began with the EBA Retreat weekend and I was ready for that as we were a couple of weeks away from the launch of Chillipeeps to the trade and I was stressed. I had no packaging, no promotional print for the show, no product untill the eve of the retreat when I picked up the final product on route.

You won’t miss this issue, it has a striking tiger on the front cover! We’ve been involved with The Market since it launched last Autumn and many of our EBA delegates and business owners have been featured too which is cool.

This fabulous quote from Benjamin Franklin typifies for me the utter importance of self investment and investment in training. This quote became my personal mantra many years ago and I believe all coaches and trainers know this to be true for themselves too to keep them at the top of their game skillset and mindset.