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Guest Blog – Sarah Shay of Shayping

Good morning all you wonderful people. Are you creating an amazing day? Welcome to the first in our series of guest blogs where we will be introducing you to interesting and inspiring people doing business in Yorkshire. First up is one of our good friends Sarah Shay of Shayping. Find out how […]

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Why Thomas Edison was a terrible fisherman

I heard a great story today about Thomas Edison which I wanted to share with all you busy business owners out there. Thomas Edison was a genius scientist who is credited with inventing the phonograph, the electric light bulb and the motion picture camera. But, he was a terrible fisherman. He […]

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Serenwood in Sicklinghall

    Team Serenwood has been quiet on the blogging front and the social media world recently. But that’s because we’ve been extremely busy in the real world. We’ve moved into our new offices in beautiful Sicklinghall, near Harrogate. We’re at Carlshead Business Centre and it’s a fabulous location which […]

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7 of the most common, everyday contracts for SMEs

We’ve been out and about a lot recently, meeting new people around Yorkshire. We often get told “you don’t look like lawyers!” and then the next question is usually “what exactly is it that you do, then?” It’s a hard question to answer quickly (darn you, elevator pitch!) because we offer […]

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Buy Yorkshire Conference 2015 – converting Yorkshire business to hands-on legal advice

We had lots of fun at the Buy Yorkshire Conference held in Leeds this week. It’s the biggest B2B event north of London and the organisers (Yorkshire Mafia) did a fab job. It was an ideal opportunity to meet and connect with hundreds of small businesses in the Yorkshire region. […]

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Spring has sprung…how will your business grow in the sun?

I hope you all had a relaxing and fun-filled Easter weekend. The weather has been sunny and bright here in Yorkshire and it feels as though Spring has sprung …at last. It’s great to see all the buds coming out in blossom, the shoots emerging from hard ground and the leaves all […]

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Grandiose ideas

Here at Serenwood, we love working for small, entrepreneurial companies and particularly those with ambitious goals and grandiose ideas. After all, if you don’t have grandiose ideas in this life, how will you ever produce anything useful? It’s a well known fact that the early stages of building a business is where specialist […]

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Check the small print

Once upon a time, six thirsty bankers agreed to ‘render their firstborn child or favourite pet for all eternity’ in return for free Wifi. Is this a fairy tale to scare our kids at bedtime or is it a true story? Here are the facts. In a coffee shop in […]