creatively yours website design news and blog

creatively yours website design news and blog

Website Design News from Creatively Yours, with a dash of Small Business Helponomics. If we feel it will help our customers we will publish it, if we come across useful information we will pass it on. Also from our own desks, perhaps some bits and pieces that might shed some light on running a business.

5 Things a small business should avoid – Part 5 Balancing Quality with Growth

By Simon Measures | July 16, 2021

In common with a lot of our customers, we are a growing SME business and as such are currently or have previously experienced a number of the same issues. These are many and varied, as is working for yourself, but in this series of posts, we will look at 5…

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5 Things a small business should avoid – Part 4 Founder Dependency

By Simon Measures | July 6, 2021

In common with a lot of our customers, we are a growing SME business and as such, are currently or have previously experienced a number of the same issues. These are many and varied, as is working for yourself, but in this series of posts, we will look at 5…

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5 Things a small business should avoid – Part 3 Avoiding Fatigue

By Simon Measures | June 28, 2021

In common with a lot of our customers, we are a growing SME business and as such, are currently or have previously experienced a number of the same issues. These are many and varied, as is working for yourself, but in this series of posts we will look at 5…

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5 Things a small business should avoid – Part 2 Money and Accounts Management.

By Simon Measures | June 21, 2021

In common with a lot of our customers, we are a growing SME business and as such are currently, or have previously experienced a number of the same issues. These are as many and as varied, as is working for yourself, but in this series of posts, we will look…

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5 Things a small business should avoid – Part 1 Over Dependency

By Simon Measures | June 21, 2021

In common with a lot of our customers, we are a growing SME business and as such are currently, or have previously experienced a number of the same issues. These are as many and as varied, as is working for yourself, but in this series of posts, we will look…

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You really need a Website Project Manager

By Simon Measures | February 2, 2021

Are your current developers too big to care – Or too remote to be bothered? (In Case you missed it Part 1 can be read Here) Have you experienced the frustration of spending your time, chasing for information, trying to find out when your project will be finished or if…

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Are your current developers too big to care? – Or too remote to be bothered?

By Simon Measures | January 18, 2021

Have you experienced the frustration of spending your time, chasing for information, trying to find out when your project will be finished or if the updated information you sent has even been received by the right person? You are not alone in this, but why put up with it?

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Everything and the Kitchen Sink.

By Simon Measures | December 17, 2020

So this pandemic is not looking like it will be over in the next couple of months, and perhaps ‘traditional shopping’ may not come back to the High Street as we know it. Many companies are now looking more intently than ever at selling their products online, even if they…

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Building or Ruining Your Perceived Value

By Simon Measures | November 27, 2020

At this time of year, you could be forgiven for feeling a bit of panic and slashing your prices. But should you? We ask the question not to be provocative but to start you looking at the perceived value of your products and services and what indicators there are that…

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Are we over the worse yet?

By Simon Measures | September 19, 2025

You know things are bad when the only positive numbers are those shown in the Business Distress Index (produced by Real Business Rescue). This looks at the financial health of UK SME’s and gives a regional breakdown of distress levels. Regionally it shows that, compared to the same period in 2024, the South East has…

Interested to know of any concerns you have – A seemingly simple question?

By Simon Measures | August 26, 2025

We were contacted recently by the constituency office of our local MP asking a seemingly simple question “interested to know of any concerns you have relating to the future of your business, both due to issues affecting you nationally, as well as locally.” I say ‘seemingly simple’ as we all know, as SME owners, the…