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Project management

The most expensive part of a project is the bit nobody plans for

Fiona Ibbetson

In this series I have written about the planning that gets skipped at the start, and the accountability that drifts...


Events

What corporate conference planning taught me about growing owner-led businesses

Suzanne Evett

Post 4 of 4. Suzanne Evett on what years of running complex events taught her about operational thinking, client communication,...


Franchising

Natasha Doran: One year as Get Ahead’s Regional Director

Martin Newenham

One Year In: Natasha Doran on Building the East Surrey and West Sussex Region  A year ago this month, Natasha...


Business development

How to improve organisational performance

Lucy Andrews

Improving organisational performance is not about chasing a single metric or introducing more short-term initiatives. Clear and sustainable progress comes...


Project management

Who’s actually responsible? Project accountability

Fiona Ibbetson

This series has explored why projects stall before they start, when planning gets skipped in the rush to act. But...


Project management

The event debrief most businesses skip (but shouldn’t)

Suzanne Evett

The Operational Edge, Post 3 of 4 Most businesses treat the end of a project the same way. Relief that...


AI

Losing my AI blinkers

Kristy Roff

Ask most people when they started using AI, and they’ll suggest it was fairly recently, usually somewhere around when ChatGPT...


Outsourcing

Get Ahead: Business Support Service of the Year

Martin Newenham

Get Ahead has been named Business Support Service of the Year 2026/27 at the Prestige Awards. Founder Rebecca Newenham collected...