[caption id="attachment_3697" align="alignleft" width="300"] Networking in Manilva with the Mayor and representatives of the town hall and the charity[/caption] This relaxed yet highly productive Manilva networking event takes place on the third Wednesday of every month from 18.30-20.00 and offers an excellent opportunity for businesses to...
Continue ReadingWe often give great advice to friends, family, kids and clients, but how often do we actually practice what we preach? I see many beautiful and intelligent women, praise their friends, tell them to believe that they are gorgeous and have more self-confidence, but they don't...
Continue ReadingWhen people think about the Costa del Sol many assumptions jump to mind, whether it’s the glitz and glamour of Puerto Banus, the beach clubs and nightlife, stunning luxury villas or the high rises of Torremolinos and package holidays. They are all there (although much more...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_3677" align="alignleft" width="300"] Should we judging work like this, or just giving praise?[/caption] At the end of last term we got the second school report for our 3 year old son, who has just completed his second term in Spanish state school. It's very early to...
Continue ReadingThe Costa del Sol’s pioneering centre for innovation in tourism and business Andalucia Lab has recently launched an English version of their website http://www.andalucialab.org/en/ and announced exciting plans and a packed programme of events to help small businesses in spring and summer 2015. They offer practical...
Continue ReadingI love a good parade and it's something that the Spanish do very well! It's brilliant that you can see great parades on the streets of the major towns and cities for Christmas (3 Kings), Carnival in February and Easter, as well as a few...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_3662" align="alignleft" width="225"] The Mayor of Manilva Introducing our charity networking event[/caption] As I explained in a previous blog post corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an excellent way to do good and benefit your business at the same time. It can be difficult to know how...
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One of my favourite books of all time is Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson and so when I was thinking about how I should share my experiences of living and working in the small village of Manilva on the Costa del Sol, I thought that I would call it Notes from a Small Spanish Village as a bit of a homage.
I do hope that I am not infringing copyright or aiming too high by aligning myself with one of the funniest, most observant authors, but hopefully he can inspire me to relate my tales in an entertaining way.
Let me begin by giving you some background. My partner and I have been living and running a marketing agency on the Costa del Sol for seven years, but always in the cosmopolitan town of Marbella. Whilst Marbella is a small place it has a real buzz, an International population, loads going on and great bars and restaurants and we loved the lifestyle there. However, when we wanted to capitalise on the property market crash and buy a property, our budget would only buy us a small apartment in Marbella, so we started to cast our net wider and see what was around.
Don't be like 75% of people and have a fear of public speaking! As I shared in a previous post, if you can speak to someone then you can speak in public, but fear paralyses people and makes them commit so many errors that they fall...
Continue ReadingThere are many ways in which living and working in Spain is a really difficult challenge, and as a marketing agency on the Costa del Sol for the last 7 years, we've lived through a lot of up and downs. However, what is never in...
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