The Last Hurdle

We are a digital marketing agency offering full digital marketing services including website design and management, social media marketing, content writing, brand and logo design as well as traditional marketing services.

The Last Hurdle

We are a digital marketing agency offering full digital marketing services including website design and management, social media marketing, content writing, brand and logo design as well as traditional marketing services.

Managing the Unmanageable MD

Managing the Unmanageable MD By Ellie Green, The Last Hurdle Ltd Office Manager and PA to Founder Jules White For the past two years, I’ve had the pleasure of working for an incredible person – Jules White, the MD of The Last Hurdle. In that time, I’ve learned a lot about organisation, flexibility and the[…]

How to Stop Selling Your Time

How to Stop Selling Your Time If you run a business in the service industry, you’re probably familiar with the idea of charging by the hour. It’s something many of us do. You land a job, inform the customer how long it will take and charge £X per hour. While this may work fine if[…]

The Importance of Sustained Growth

The Importance of Sustained Growth Every business wants to grow and for many, the quicker, the better. However, rapid expansion without the necessary infrastructure in place can lead to serious challenges. The business landscape is filled with examples of companies, both large and small, that have been overwhelmed by their own success—whether by launching a[…]

How to Run a Successful Event

How to Run a Successful Event Running an event can be an excellent way to raise your business profile. Whether it’s an informative workshop, training programme, exhibition, charity fundraiser or something else, there are simple steps common to all events that, if followed, will give it the best possible chance of success. The first thing[…]

Features vs Benefits

Features vs Benefits The key to a successful sale is aligning the benefits of your product or service with your customers’ needs. Think of it as offering the solution to a specific problem they face. Today’s salespeople are problem solvers, using their product or service to make life easier for their customers. Features vs Benefits:[…]

How to Write Brand Guidelines

How to Write Brand Guidelines If you’ve been in business for any length of time, you’ll know how important your brand is. Most large companies have a strict set of guidelines for external organisations that are authorised to use their branding. Without brand guidelines, there’s a risk of misrepresentation—such as logos being incorrectly placed, stretched[…]

UK Business Growth

UK Business Growth A recent House of Commons report, compiling business statistics since the turn of the millennium, has shed some interesting light on how the UK business landscape has changed over the last 14 years. The number of private sector businesses has grown from around 3.4 million to just over 5.2 million, with the[…]

Complaint Handling is an Opportunity to Impress

Complaint Handling is an Opportunity to Impress If your business has never received a complaint from a customer, you’re either very lucky, extremely good at what you do or you haven’t been trading for long! All companies receive complaints from time to time. If you’re adept at handling customer complaints, you can make the difference[…]

Ask The Chancellors

Ask The Chancellors On Monday this week, I had the pleasure of visiting Facebook’s office in London for a special event. I received an email invitation just a week prior—short notice, but I was delighted to confirm my attendance. Although I was bursting with excitement, we were asked to keep the details of the event[…]

How to Become An Effective Home Worker

How to Become An Effective Home Worker On the face of it, what’s not to love about working from home? No rush hour traffic, and you can stay in bed until five minutes before you start work! You don’t even need to get dressed if you don’t want to. Who wouldn’t want to skip the[…]

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