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Sona Insurance: Creating a Strategic System for Sustainable Growth
Sona Insurance, an independent broker, had grown through word-of-mouth alone — no CRM, no marketing history, no in-house infrastructure. Fractional CMO Stephen Rumbelow built a complete demand generation system from scratch, delivering a 265% increase in organic and direct website visit...
Award-winning cybersecurity: how FullProxy increased revenue by 135%
FullProxy, a Glasgow-based cybersecurity consultancy serving healthcare, financial services and critical infrastructure clients, had strong technical expertise but no strategic marketing capability. A Fractional CMO rebuilt its positioning from "reseller" to "trusted advisor," deliverin...
Growth in 2026: What Really Works (and What's Holding SMEs Back)
SME growth isn't being held back by lack of effort — most leadership teams are already busy. The real blocker is fragmentation: misaligned priorities, patchy data and disconnected marketing activity. This piece sets out ten growth principles TMC's Fractional CMOs see making the biggest ...
Brand building in 2026: a practical guide for SME leaders
Brand is often treated as a design exercise. This guide argues it's a commercial one — the clearer and more consistent a business is about who it helps and how it delivers, the faster it sells, prices with confidence, and grows. ...
How to build an AI roadmap for SMEs: a practical guide for 2026
Most SMEs don't fail at AI because the tools are wrong — they fail because they never built a plan. This guide sets out a practical, staged approach to AI adoption, starting with data foundations and ending with scaled, governed use across the business. ...
Why Most UK Businesses Are Wasting Money on Off-the-Shelf E-Learning
Every year, thousands of UK businesses purchase an off-the-shelf e-learning library. A few months later, the completion rates are embarrassing, the content feels generic, and nobody can quite remember why they bought it. Sound familiar?It is one of the most common and most expensive mis...
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Don't miss your chance to enter the Cambridge Independent Business Awards
You have until 11.59pm on Sunday, July 12 to enter the Cambridge Independent Business Awards 2026. ...
CWOW 2026 draws record-breaking 5,000+ attendance from UK’s Golden Innovation Corridor and beyond
Cambridge Wide Open Week (CWOW) 2026 welcomed a record-breaking audience of more than 5,000 attendees, marking its largest edition to date and highlighting the growing strength of the UK’s Golden Innovation Corridor connecting Oxford, London and Cambridge. ...
Nearly 500 Star Shine Night Walkers light up Cambridge to support Arthur Rank Hospice Charity Care
Star Shine Night Walk 2026 supporters turn the Cambridge streets green