Chamber of Commerce

This month, Ruby chats with Sharon Smith, the CEO of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce. Sharon heads up the 8th largest Chamber in the UK, having joined as Director of Finance and Corporate Services in 2007, which supports over 4000 businesses a year across the two counties. The award-winning Chamber has achieved a…

Businesses are starting to shift focus from crisis communications to adapt their key messaging, ready for the next chapter of trading – says Ruby Edwards from You Do Better PR & Communications Agency. Following on from our piece about how Integrity is at the heart of business right now, we share how we’re seeing a…

Remote working: we’re all doing it – says Ruby, an advocate for telecommuting. Indeed all of the You Do Better team work remotely and it’s the business model that’s underpinning the growth of the Agency into 2020 – and beyond. Working remotely has grown exponentially in the UK (and worldwide) over the last decade. Its…

As seen in the latest issue of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce’s Business Direction Magazine, a joint piece with Beth Collett and Lucy Allen. Chamber membership has delivered a wealth of support to our growing business: we’ve certainly maximised our membership and our clients’ too. For example, together with our clients, we’ve been…

Membership of a professional body such as your local or regional Chamber of Commerce can really support your marketing plan and business growth. We’ve placed editorial for a number of clients in the bi-monthly Business Direction magazine (digital and print) which has been both well-received and delivered an increase in the organisations’ brand awareness.  …

Public relations is one piece of a marketing strategy puzzle – a key piece that focuses on reputation management. That’s the message from today’s speech we undertook alongside Lorraine Henry from Henry Pepper PR and the local charities we asked to join us in a collaborative approach to the Chamber’s Women’s Business Forum. Lorraine said:…

We recently featured in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce’s Business Direction magazine – along with Ray Gillespie from Worcester Web Studio – to discuss how we’ve managed to join forces and collaborate in order to boost both businesses. We work closely with the Chamber, who support local industry – providing members with up to…