Monsoon by Denby

Peter Simon founded Monsoon in 1973, after travelling the world and setting up a stall on London's Portobello Road selling clothes with an ethnic origin from faraway places that, at the time, few had visited. Today Monsoon have hundreds of stores around the world selling in-house designed Read more...

How Often Should I Post a New Blog?

How Often Should I Post a New Blog? Adding a Blog to your website should be an essential piece of your overall online marketing strategy in 2015. This not only helps your ranking signals with search engines by providing fresh content which (should) be optimised for searched for keywords but also Read more...

That Time I Had Cancer

(This is a highly personal post so if that isn't your thing then you should move on.) On Friday, October 23 I breathed a sigh of relief as my oncologist told me that my six month PET/CT scan was clear. I am cancer free! High Noon It's an odd thing to sit on that thin That Time I Had Cancer is by Read more...

Keep The Tea Warm During Chilly Afternoons

Tea cosies were first documented in 1867 and have a strong tradition in England. It is thought that the Duchess of Bedford made them popular as she developed the fashion for afternoon tea and needed to keep the tea warm during chilly afternoons. This was a time for networking and keeping up to Read more...

Launch a New Site: Double Your Profit Challenge: You'll Never Know Unless You Do It!

When was the last time you had an idea of a new site, a startup or a new business model? I am sure, you get some cool ideas daily! Then you sleep on it, realize you don't have time or you have some plans or you have other commitments and you just put it away. Related posts: How We Re-Define Read more...

Royal Crown Derby to Supply Dorchester Hotel

We were delighted to read that Royal Crown Derby have been chosen to supply bespoke tableware for the banqueting division of London's five star Dorchester Hotel. Royal Crown Derby, from its beginnings in 1750 to the present day, has been synonymous with exquisite dinnerware and gift items that Read more...

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Launch a New Site: Double Your Profit Challenge: You'll Never Know Unless You Do It!

When was the last time you had an idea of a new site, a startup or a new business model? I am sure, you get some cool ideas daily! Then you sleep on it, realize you don't have time or you have some plans or you have other commitments and you just put it away. Related posts: How We Re-Define Read more...

Denby for sale?

Ben Marlow reported in last week's Sunday Times that Valco Capital are looking to sell Denby in a £25m deal just five years after they saved what was a struggling company making huge losses. The article also mentioned a possible merger with Portmeirion who have consistently performed well over Read more...

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Search Ranking Factors

Search Ranking Factors Something that often amuses me that is thrown around in the SEO industry is the importance of this factor against some other factor. I often wonder where this information originates from and what it is based on. Google certainly don't give it out. As an example, there is a Read more...

An SEO's Advice: the importance of fixing outbound links

Burleigh Pottery Factory Receives Cash from the Stoke on Trent Council

The historic Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, where Burleigh Pottery has been produced since 1888, has received a £1.8m cash injection from the city council. Using ball clay from Devon; china clay from Cornwall and the unique skilled decorating process of underglaze transfer printing, Read more...