Thrive Uk

With the launch of Thrive in 2018 a collection of entrepreneurs who've been there, done that and even got the blood-sweat-&-tear stained, company branded, t-shirt. We wanted to create a community hub for business startups and entrepreneurs.
Worcester has a fantastic networking community through the Chamber, Worcester Advance, Ambassadors and various events, we wanted to create a online community.
The idea is to share resources, ideas and generally refer and share good practic...e. Please feel free to promote your businesses, services and products.
We hope you will join us in inviting fellow entrepreneurs, business owners and startup professionals within Worcestershire and beyond.
Lee and the team.
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Some fantastic sales advise from our partner Nigel Dunand from Sandler Training;
"Traditional sales people work hard and stay busy. They believe in the mantra "Always be closing" Smart sales people don't. They believe in "Qualify stringently, close gently". They know that there are just 7 reasons why 96% of all prospects don't buy. And they master a process to address these reasons."

It looks like moving the working week to four days rather than five gets you a broader productivity and wellbeing benefit, you have a healthier workforce, a reduction in sickness absence and improved sense of work-life balance.

A number of our social platforms including messenger, Instagram and Facebook have been effected by the outage reported yesterday as a result we have a back log of messages to respond to.
We will endeavour to get back to each and everyone of you today. We apologise for the delay.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-475 62281

Inspirational words from the oscars which any one can relate to, Lady Gaga said. ‘If you are at home, and you’re sitting on your couch and you are watching this right now, all I have to say is that this is hard work,” she said. “I’ve worked hard for a long time, and it’s not about winning. What it’s about is not giving up.
If you have a dream, fight for it. It’s about discipline, over passion, and it’s not about how many time you get rejected or you fall down or you’re beaten up. It’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and keep on going.
#success #motivationalquotes #selfmotivation #growwiththrive

Choice, Chance, Change - #mondaymotivation #growwiththrive

Thrive and our marketing partner Encore Communication had a great meeting with #worcestershireLEP and #BetaDen on Friday. Lots of potential to collaborate and support fast-growth businesses in #Worcestershirehour

The stress of finding a funder can be incredibly overwhelming, but what if a funder backs out at the last minute?
If your seeking funding, want to know the process or worried about a current investment, get in touch with Thrive. Our in-house funding consultant will meet and discuss your queries free of charge.

“No-one ever promises that developing a business is going to be easy. No-one promises it’s going to be risk free. But, with the right support and guidance in place at the right time, it can be one of the best moves you ever make” - Elizabeth Laidler - Founder of Thrive’s new partner Encore Communications.
Lee Parker, CEO of Thrive said “We couldn’t be more delighted to welcome Elizabeth and her team at Encore to Thrive, Encore will enable us to offer a unique marcomms offering to startups, small and growth businesses across the UK, complimenting our collaborative partners”

The Thrive UK team are excited to reveal a new commercial partner later this afternoon. Be sure to check out www.growwiththrive.co.uk/blog for more information and how these additional services could benefit your business. #business #startup #announcement #news #smallbusiness #entrepreneur

#selfmotivation #drive #focus #smallbusiness #startup #motivation #growwiththrive

Worcestershire Ambassadors Worcester Racecourse and #Worcestershire Prostate Awareness are hosting a PSA Testing Event Thursday 7th March at Worcester Racecourse 6-9pm

#tuesdaymotivation #growwiththrive #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship

Great to hear from our Marketing and Branding partner Rachel this morning. Rachel is one of our founding partners who can offer a diverse range of products and services through Thrive UK
If you run a business, want to share your experiences, ups and downs take a look at our community page after reading Rachels inspiring story.

We are delighted to see serial Entrepreneur Paul Haydock is back and launching Founder Fundraising.
His main focus is now on helping other founders to raise money from investors (and investing himself as an Angel): www.FounderFundraising.com
Welcome back on the scene Paul. If your a startup and seeking some advice on the best way of seeking funding, or preparing your business for funding get in touch with the team and you could be speaking with Paul before you know it!

I'm sure everyone has successfully navigated the HMRC self assessment return however surprisingly last year 750,000 people were fined £100
Some of those had imaginative (and unsuccessful) excuses for their tardiness. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed some of the "outlandish" reasons they heard last year:
My mother-in-law is a witch and put a curse on me... I'm too short to reach the post box
I was just too busy - my first maid left, my second maid stole from me, and my third maid was very slow to learn
Our junior member of staff registered our client in self assessment by mistake because they were not wearing their glasses
My boiler had broken and my fingers were too cold to type
Don't be stung with a fine, you have until midnight to submit your return.
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We have used LMP quite a lot for a number of issues that they helped us turn into opportunities.

They listen, resource then act, either doing themselves on our behalf or help us. Lee in particular had been great to work with, flexible and understanding.

They bring solutions not problems.

Can’t recommend them highly enough

We didn’t know where to turn when looking to fill a role. The team at LMP coached us in not only how to go about the process, but also with how we need to be ready with the internal processes and how to manage candidate expectations. From start to finish it was a pleasure to deal with LMP. Highly recommended.

Lee has helped us at Holdens and Co. recruit several new team members as well as offer great advice on recruitment, strategy, GDPR and been a great adviser.