Latest research conducted by the Bank of Scotland Business Banking shows that small business owners in the country put in an average working week of 51.5 hours. This figure is an increase of almost four hours a week from the previous year’s results.

Managers located in the north-east of England have a normal working week lasting for 51 hours.

In total the research shows small business bosses across Britain are putting in an additional 31.2 million hours per week. The research has also proven that over 7 out of 10 managers take less than 20 days holiday each year.

Advance Your Sales specialise in designing & implementing sales & marketing strategies & processes that help businesses drastically accelerate sales revenue & profitability whilst increasing efficiency.

To find out more about how our sales training can improve your results please contact us to arrange a free sales audit.

According to a recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) more than two-thirds of surveyed organizations are not immediately prepared to fill a sudden leadership vacancy.

Of the 275 organisations surveyed less than half (45%)* reported they have a formal succession plan in place.

Larger companies are paying greater attention to succession planning with 66%* of organizations with more than 10,000 employees saying they are prepared to immediately fill a leadership role and 69%* conduct regular talent reviews.

Advance Your Sales can provide sales & marketing management on an interim or short term basis.

Our specialist knowledge and experience spans across a huge number of industries and sectors making us the ideal solution in many situations where short term sales management is needed.

Typical contracts range between 3 to 12 months and we will tailor our solution to give you the best possible interim sales management solution for your organisation.

Please contact us to discuss your individual interim sales management needs and we will deliver you a flexible and rapidly deployed offering that will ensure outstanding value.

To find out more please contact one of our regional offices:

Bedford: 01234 367525 London: 0208 938 3768 Milton Keynes: 01908 313069

*Source: Succession Planning survey conducted by i4cp (July 2008).

New figures show that UK shoppers spent over £26.5 billion online in the first six months of 2008 despite the credit crunch this is up 38% on the £19.2 billion recorded for the first half of 2007*

With 17p in every pound being spent online** online sales opportunities are at an all time high.

Advance Your Sales specialize in helping a wide variety of organizations improve and maximize their sales performance. For years this has primarily been done through a mix of Sales Training, Sales Management Training & sales Outsourcing and we have consistently delivered our clients an ROI that is second to none.

We are now pleased to announce that we have teamed up with one of the UK’s leading SEM & SEO companies in order to enable us to offer search engine marketing and search engine optimization to our clients. These services can dramatically improve the performance of your website and improve the returns you receive from your online investment.

If you would like to find out more about these services and arrange a free no obligation consultation then please contact one of our regional offices:

Bedford: 01234 367525    London: 0208 938 3768    Milton Keynes: 01908 313069

Source*, **:  IMRG Capgemini Leading Industry Body For Global E-Retailing