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# Vistage UK Blog

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[Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business)

February 2, 2021

[![Joining forces](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Joining%20forces.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/joint-forces-decision-making)

### [How joining forces with others boosts your decision making power](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/joint-forces-decision-making)

We all make bad decisions. It’s human nature. When choices are available, it’s easy to make the wrong decision. And we can all carry those wrong decisions with..

[Economy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/economy)

January 22, 2021

[![Rebuilding business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Rebuilding_business.jpeg.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/rebuilding-your-business)

### [Rebuilding your business post-Covid](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/rebuilding-your-business)

As mentioned in our Decision Factors Report, Vistage Research developed the “Corona Curve” in April 2020 in an attempt to understand what businesses were — and..

[Vistage Members](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/vistage-members)

January 11, 2021

[![Digital marketing strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Digital%20marketing%20strategy.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/judith-oleary-digital-marketing-strategy)

### [Judith O’Leary: 5 tips for developing a digital marketing strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/judith-oleary-digital-marketing-strategy)

By Judith O’Leary, founder and managing director of PR and digital comms agency, Represent Comms.

[Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy)

August 13, 2020

[![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Don%E2%80%99t%20waste%20your%20time%20on%20economic%20forecasts%20-%20Ben%20Kumar%20interview.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ben-kumar-dont-waste-time-economic-forecasts)

### [Don’t waste your time on economic forecasts: Ben Kumar interview](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/ben-kumar-dont-waste-time-economic-forecasts)

Since the coronavirus crisis started, the papers and internet have been awash with gloomy predictions of “the worst recession in 300 years”.

[Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy)

April 27, 2020

[![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/What%20is%20a%20business%20contingency%20plan.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-contingency-plan-explained)

### [How to draw up a business contingency plan](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-contingency-plan-explained)

[Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy)

April 7, 2020

[![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/What%20is%20a%20business%20continuity%20plan.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-continuity-plan-explained)

### [What is a business continuity plan?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/business-continuity-plan-explained)

We’ve all heard the saying ‘fail to plan, plan to fail’. While it rings true in most aspects of life, it’s perhaps most pertinent in business.

[Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy)

February 10, 2020

[![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Vistage%202020%20business%20priorities%20-%20Business%20operations.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-business-operations)

### [Vistage 2020 business priorities - Business operations](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-business-operations)

How do we know what the landscape of UK business truly looks like?

[Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy)

February 4, 2020

[![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Vistage%202020%20business%20priorities%20-%20Finance.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-finance)

### [Vistage 2020 business priorities - Finance](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/vistage-2020-business-priorities-finance)

Gaining an understanding of the ‘real world’ concerns of UK business leaders helps inform our own business strategies. It provides important insights into how..

[Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy)

January 23, 2020

[![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Top%202020%20business%20priorities%20-%20Talent%20management.jpeg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/2020-business-priorities-talent-management)

### [Top 2020 business priorities: Talent management](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/2020-business-priorities-talent-management)

What are the ‘real world’ concerns of business leaders across the UK? In late 2019, we canvassed our members to better understand business leaders’ priorities..

[Strategy](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/strategy)

March 12, 2019

[![Going global Lessons in internationalisation](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Going%20global%20Lessons%20in%20internationalisation.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/going-global-internationalisation-lessons)

### [Going global: Lessons in internationalisation](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/going-global-internationalisation-lessons)

The thought of expanding your business into new territories can feel like standing on the edge of a cliff; terra firma beneath your feet and beyond, the vast..

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