Ruby Star Associates is now a Cogent assured provider specialising in the delivery of Workforce Development (Skills for Growth), an employer-devised training programme designed to enable science-based small businesses to develop their existing workforce. Cogent has an assured network of providers throughout the country who meet rigorous standards to ensure the highest quality provision is obtained. […]

413M photographs have been tagged with #instagood Is Instagram good for your business? Instagram has more users worldwide than Twitter, over 300M users and is the fastest growing social media platform. Instagram can be used to showcase your brand, build awareness of your products and services as well as build relationships with existing and potential […]

Hello there, we’ve given our website a bit of a revamp – we loved the old site, but needed to upgrade to keep our security tip top, so we’ve had a bit of a refresh. It should now be even easier for you to find previous blogs by searching by key words, and to see […]

This month we’ve had a chance to talk to a lot of entrepreneurs about their businesses, and based on those discussions we’ve come up with a list of words that businesses could consider using more often. This week we are looking at the word: “Can you help me”   “Can you help me” Sometimes being an […]

This month we’ve had a chance to talk to a lot of entrepreneurs about their businesses, and based on those discussions we’ve come up with a list of words that businesses could consider using more often. This week we are looking at the word:  “We don’t do that”   “We don’t do that” All businesses have […]

This month we’ve had a chance to talk to a lot of entrepreneurs about their businesses, and based on those discussions we’ve come up with a list of words that businesses could consider using more often. This week we are looking at the word: Sorry   “Sorry” In a world where people feel they may […]

This month we’ve had a chance to talk to a lot of entrepreneurs about their businesses, and based on those discussions we’ve come up with a list of words that businesses could consider using more often. This week we are looking at the word: Thank You “Thank you” Saying Thanks is good manners, but it […]