Agrotourism Conference Sarawak Highlights
Here is a brief look through day one of the AgroTourism Conference and Expo in Sarawak.
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The worlds most expensive fish
At the end of August I and Linda had the opportunity to present at the Agritourism conference in Kuching in Sarawak. We went having no idea what to expect. We were asked to feature Chestnut Brae as a case study to the delegates. We were in for a big surprize as the agritourism industry is
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Agri tourism Borneo reflections
Linda and I had the opportunity to attend the SE Asia Agrotourism Conference held in Sawark,B orneo.The media asked us to do a short segment for the radio.You can watch and listen here
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How does a Town become a Ghost Town ?
That was the question I was asked when I presented recently on ABC Nightline, the national radio programme in Australia. I was invited onto the programme because of my E Book and workshop entitled “Ghost Town ,Clone Town, Home Town”. As a business consultant I define a “Ghost Town” as a community where at least
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Inspiration drives businesses
I joined forces this month with Lisa Christie from Virtual Edge, a merchandising and display company in New South Wales, Australia to present a merchandising and display workshop for the future in Sydney. Lisa mentioned that a well displayed store can increase its profit by a factor of two based on three strategies. You start
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International Roving Workshop attracts delegates from 6 countries
In early February 40 farmers from around the joined John and Linda Stanley, John Stanley Associates on a roving workshop around the northern part of the UK. Delegates arrived at Manchester Airport from Czech, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Scotland and the USA. This tour was more than a look and see, each stop included a one
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Bundle Retailing – Today Tonight
John Stanley talking about bundle retailing on Channel 7’s Today Tonight.
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Local business is 2012 Export Award Winner for West Australia
John and Linda Stanley’s business last night was awarded The Belmont Small Business Awards 2012 Export Award. This award goes to the small business in Western Australia in recognition of their contribution to exporting. John and Linda’s two person business is unique in that it is not products they sell to overseas markets, rather they
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Where is John Stanley?
August and September are always busy months in my life. It is the time of year that the airlines enjoy a lot of my company. This trip starts on the Gold Coast in Australia for a conference and then I move on to Chicago and the I.G.C. University workshops at the I.G.C. Trade Show. This
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The Future of the Garden Centre Industry
I will start with June which has been a busy month developing a “White Paper” entitled 20/20 Vision with Trevor Cochrane and Malcolm Scott on the future of garden retailing. Many small business are finding it difficult to see the way forward, hence the White Paper to give you some guidance on what to expect
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