Roaring Mouse has been recognised as one of the top five small business PR advisers in the UK, as well as one of the UK’s top 50 small business advisers overall. Roaring Mouse was selected for this award by business organisation Enterprise Nation thanks to our work helping small businesses get a good start in life… Continue reading Roaring Mouse named as top UK small business adviser
Author: James Taylor
Merry Christmas from Roaring Mouse
The picture on this post, which is also the one from our Christmas card this year, was taken at the end of October this year in Seahouses, a small fishing village on the Northumberland coast in England. It was taken an sunrise, looking out to the North Sea. There is nothing but water between where… Continue reading Merry Christmas from Roaring Mouse
The School of Life: How to Start a Business
We’re often encouraged to think that the secret to starting is a business is to have a bold and entirely original idea. But the suggestion here is that all we really need is to LOVE something a little more than most other people do: that will be enough to help us stand out from the… Continue reading The School of Life: How to Start a Business
Why are the Christmas ads so successful?
We were delighted to be in pole position for a recent feature on the PR Moment website asking if retailers’ Christmas ads were a waste of money (we said no). The PR coup of the Christmas adverts is that the retailers have succeeded in making them huge stories in their own right, competitive events people… Continue reading Why are the Christmas ads so successful?
What does the budget mean for small tech businesses?
We’ve just come back from the offices of Mitchells Accountants in Chesterfield, where James has taken part in a business discussion put on by the Derbyshire Times and Destination Chesterfield and today’s Budget. Now, the devil is always in the detail when it comes to Budgets, and it has to be said that the measures… Continue reading What does the budget mean for small tech businesses?
Championing Chesterfield
We are delighted to announce that Roaring Mouse has become an official Chesterfield Champion, joining a network of organisations supporting the development of the town’s economy. Roaring Mouse has been based in Chesterfield since the start of 2016, when we moved into the Monkey Park Works facility in Brampton. It is a great location from… Continue reading Championing Chesterfield
High 5: a birthday update from Roaring Mouse
Roaring Mouse is five years old today. The extra admin associated with year end is upon us, but it is also a time for some reflection on what has been our best year yet. Roaring Mouse started trading on 1 October 2012 to provide progressive businesses with an edge in today’s increasingly digital media environment,… Continue reading High 5: a birthday update from Roaring Mouse
How to get into the news
A few days ago, we provided some comments for a feature on the PR Moment website, looking at the challenges of getting customers covered by the media in today’s news environment. Some of our advice was published in the piece, which is available here. Here is everything we contributed: There are more PR people than ever… Continue reading How to get into the news
Listen to allpago’s start-up story in the FT
Earlier this year, we arranged for Philipp Bock, the founder and CEO of allpago, to speak with Jonathan Moules of the Financial Times about his company and how it solves one of the biggest problems faced by businesses in Latin America: the lack of a localised cross border payments infrastructure. The interview has just been published as… Continue reading Listen to allpago’s start-up story in the FT