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Semi local business are those that as well as trading in the local community also have an online element, which allows their …
When you’re starting out in business one of the most important decisions you’ll make is naming your business. Correctly chosen and your name will be talked about for miles around, chosen poorly and your business …
For no other reason than it’s Friday, let’s have a giveaway!
This is what we’re giving away: Make it Happen: The Prince’s Trust Guide to Starting Your Own Business:
Here’s how Amazon describe the book:
This is a …
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Homeless Daniel Morales, 58, last saw his 16 year old daughter 11 years ago. One day when visiting his daughter at the home of his former partner, he discovered they’d moved without …
This is the first discussion post on The Big Red Tomato Company and we’d really value your input.
Being a business owner is very much like navigating a ship through an ice field. Some of the icebergs in the …
Many people write their reviews and outline their plans for the year in the first week of January. In fact the blogosphere is awash with them. However, I read today that 78% of people fail to achieve thier goals for …
This month Chris Ducker from virtualbusinesslifestyle.com has been walkabout in the US. Visiting clients, conferences, and attending Blogworld10 (in Las Vegas), even meeting Darren Rowse from Problogger in the process.
Anyway, whilst Chris has been on …
In September I started a post about what I was reading that month. This got some great feedback, so each month I’m featuring the books I’m going to be reading that month and then posting …
Last month I started the month talking about the books I was looking forward to reading in September. This got some great feedback, so I thought I’d continue letting you know what I’m reading each …
It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes ago that I was asking readers what books they’d recommend reading this summer. Where has the summer gone? (Ok, I know it’s Winter ‘down-under’ but it’s allegedly Summer here …
This week is Birthday Week here on The Big Red Tomato Company blog – it’s the celebration of our 1st birthday, and we’re very excited.
Each day we’re giving away gifts to mark the occassion – …
This week is the first anniversary of The Big Red Tomato Company Blog. It’s the anniversary of when The Big Red Tomato Company static website and The Better Leader Blog came together here at www.bigredtomatocompany.co.uk.
A …
This is a response to a challenge set on Problogger.net. The idea of the challenge is to publish a post that is a list of 7 links to posts that you and others have …
Next week, 20th July, see’s the 41st Anniversary of the Apollo 11. The Moon landings see the achievements of President Kennedy’s 1961 dream:
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, …
Post with a difference this one. As I’m asking your help to write it.
Summer is coming and many people will be thinking of going on thier summer holiday.
Summer is the time when most people read …
Happy Independence Day to all our readers in the US. I hope that whatever you’re up to you’re having a fantastic time with friends or family.
As a UK based blog and business it’s exciting to …
When people first visit your Facebook page they are shown your wall. Depending on the posts that you have on your site visitors will either ‘Like’ your page or move on.
If you could control the …
Imagine if you could get big results quickly. Well soon you’ll be able to:
Tomorrow, 21st June 2010 see’s the 2nd Pre-Launch of our workbook – How to Achieve Your Dreams The Tomato Way.
It’s a complete …
Where ever you are in the world, 20th June celebrates Father’s Day, the celebration of fatherhood in 55 countries. Father’s Day this year, for me, will be very special if our baby (due on 19th …
Tonight, the mighty England team, led by stand in captain Steven Gerrard, will commence their quest to win the World cup in South Africa.
Every 4 years the nation goes football mad in support of the …
Has personal outsourcing gone to far? As workers move to transfer their work to low cost countries. The Big Red Tomato Company asks if this has gone to far?
What do you think?
Each year, at this time of the year, many people take time out to review what they’ve achieved this past year and look at setting goals for the following year.
The point of setting goals though, …
Until a couple of weeks ago I’d never heard of augmented reality. However, like all things these days, once you’ve heard about something you keep hearing about it. The term augmented reality has, according to …
It’s getting to that time of year when our thoughts turn to the holiday season and what gifts to buy.
Often the most fun and (useful) gifts are ’stocking stuffers/fillers’ particularly those related to business.
I thought …






My name is Matthew Needham and I'm a full time interim manager and consultant. I work with businesses large and small to help them grow their businesses, save money or improve their business processes.
I'm an entrepreneur, accountant and blogger. You can read more about me, or The Big Red Tomato Company on the