Recent content by RichardFenton

  1. R

    Keeping business records

    Does anyone know what the requirements are for keeping general company records e.g correspondence with clients, suppliers etc? I know about the requirements for accounting, tax, payroll, board minutes, shareholder registers etc but is there anything relating to the more day to day mundane...
  2. R

    Business Directories

    Again I wonder whether anyone uses even industry specific directories. If I were to advertise in directories specific to the property industry, then I would just be advertsising to my competitors. My market is basically any company that occupies a commercial property in London. I could spend...
  3. R

    Business Directories

    The reason I posted this in the first place is that these directories have worked very well for me in the past, leading to some substantial fees from clients that found me in them. However, their effectiveness seems to have lessened over the last 18 months, but whether that is due to a downturn...
  4. R

    Business Directories

    I would be interested to know how many people on this forum still use the big business directories i.e Yellow Pages, Business Pages, Thompson for advertising their businesses. It is that time of year when the directories are starting to hassle about next years entrries "send the fax back...
  5. R

    Mailshots

    Thanks Richard, I know about response levels to mailshots. They used to work quite well for me, but the last two were dire. One went out about two days before 9/11 so rather got lost in events and the last one went out in early 2003 to a very poor response, although the market I pitch to...
  6. R

    Mailshots

    Has anyone done any form of mailshot recently, and if so, to what effect? I need to do one to remind people I am still around, but am wondering if the climate is right in terms of a positive response.