by Nicole Higgins | Nov 4, 2024 | Business Tips, Exporting, Fashion, Trade Shows
8 Essential Tips for your first trade fair visit As a buyer I’ve sourced products from trade fairs across the world from the enormous canton fair in Hong Kong to UK trade fair Top drawer finding suppliers & brands for anything from home...
by Nicole Higgins | Nov 4, 2024 | Business Tips, Christmas, Fashion, Retail, Retailers, Sales
Between 25-50% of your yearly turnover will come in Q4. These are some of the best practice tasks for you to check off your list before & during your Q4 trading season. I’ve spent 20 years in retail working as a buyer and head of buying for the likes of Primark,...
by Nicole Higgins | Oct 18, 2023 | Business Tips, Finance, Investment, Legal, Podcast
Are you looking to bring in investors to help your start or scale your business? What do you need in place to make sure that this process goes smoothly? Babs Neilan is the founder of Jamieson Law, and an expert in business law, brand protection and helping businesses...
by Nicole Higgins | Jun 5, 2023 | Business Tips, Exporting, Fashion, Investment, Manufacturing, Podcast, Trade Shows
Alison Lewy MBE, is a fashion industry expert, author and founder of Fashion Angel, who provide mentoring, business support and access to funding for the fashion industry. Alison was a guest on Episode 79 of my podcast Start, Scale Succeed and shares her top tips for...
by Nicole Higgins | May 1, 2023 | Business Tips, Investment, Podcast
How do you take an idea and put it into practice? Elena Daccus is serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO with over 20 years of mergers and acquisitions experience and is the founder of the Bossy Heels club, a community for female coaches. Elena was a guest on episode...