Behind the Business & Innovation Magazine…

The Business & Innovation Magazine: launched in May 2017, a regional bi-monthly business publication, covering Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and North Wiltshire, it is an essential source for business and industry news. From NK Media, Nicky Godding is the Editor-in-Chief and Kirsty Muir is the Commercial Director of the magazine. With their experience, they connect

Real or a Scam? Know your emails

Some scam emails are hard to differentiate from the real thing, especially when it’s an email you’ve never had to deal with before. There are thousands of different types of scam emails, from banks requesting your information to a domain name renewal and most recently, an email claiming there is an invoice attached that needs

The importance of adding an SSL Certificate to your website

Each passing month, Google are giving further priority in the organic search results to websites which are encrypted with an SSL certificate. An SSL certificate changes the URL of a website from http://www.brace.co.uk to https://www.brace.co.uk and also shows your website with a green padlock when on the site. An SSL certificate’s primary objective is to

How to streamline your marketing

There are now more than 5.5 million registered businesses up and running in the UK, online and offline marketing has never been more crucial. In order for businesses to be successful, they need to ensure their branding messages are high-quality, targeted, easily found on the web and promote their unique selling point (USP) to gain

7 Steps To Improve Your Online Reputation

If your business has a perfect review score, then you’re one of the lucky few! Studies show that 94% of online customers read reviews before making a decision to purchase a product or service, so if you have negative reviews, they could be affecting your sales. What are the most powerful review platforms? If you

Google Maps – Now You Can Be First!

Over the past few months, you may have noticed a new feature appearing at the top of the Google Maps search results. Google is now offering the option to advertise your business at the top of the Google maps results as an add-on to your current or future pay per click (PPC) campaign. Although this

Introducing: Brace

Our Rebrand From Brobuild To Brace We have rebranded to the new name of Brace! the evolution from brobuild to brace Brobuild and Brace; different words but with the same meaning. We may have changed the face of our company, but the core of who we are has stayed the same. We have simply aligned

What does your business stand for?

How much do you know about the business you work for? Why do you exist? What was your founder’s vision? How do you pass on your brand’s DNA to ensure people know who you are and how you came to be? For our rebrand, we didn’t want to have a meaningless name like “Lollipop”, “Purple-Hippo”

Finalists at the Gloucestershire Business Awards!

Brobuild is a finalist for digital business of the year 2017! We are absolutely delighted to announce that Brobuild is a finalist for ‘digital business of the year’ at the Gloucestershire business awards. Last year we were also a finalist in the awards, so it’s fantastic to be nominated again this year! Digital is what

the gloucestershire apprenticeship awards 2017

  On Thursday 6th July, more than 200 finalists, guests and colleagues joined the Brobuild team at Cheltenham Racecourse for the sixth annual Gloucestershire Apprenticeship Awards. These fantastic awards celebrate the talent of apprentices within the county, and the dedication and commitment of employers. “If you have any doubt the future of business is in