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In a previous post, we outlined six of the most frequent causes of business start-up failure. Considering around 50% of start-up businesses fail in the first three months, we thought it was important to address this and provide a little advice to ensure our customers’ business ventures are successful.

You’ve got your qualifications and gained some valuable experience. It’s time to take your passion for painting and decorating to new heights. Starting any new business is a daunting prospect. It can be difficult to know if it’s the right time and most importantly if you’re well and truly ready to make the leap.

P&D LIVE 2018!

The Sandycroft Community Centre in Redditch is a Charity that supports local people with a variety of needs, they run counselling and training courses and are heavily involved in domestic abuse support and wellbeing support.

The Dulux Academy has extended its reach across the UK by opening a new training facility in partnership with Lincoln College. The new partnership forms part of Dulux Academy’s commitment to upskill 10,000 UK professionals by 2020 and was officially opened with an event for local business in the painting and decorating industry in the area.

As a professional decorator, the difference between a good job and a perfect job is the finish. You can spend days on preparation work, which is very important, but if the final coat of paint you apply looks inadequate then all of your previous hard work has been wasted.

The new EU General Data Protection Regulation is the biggest change to hit data privacy law in the last 20 years. As a business owner, knowing what this means is important.

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We are delighted to announce that places for DTLR 2018 are now open. Come and join Team Dulux for this cycling festival of fun, colour, spirit and emotion - we promise you it will be the most amazing and memorable weekend of cycling you'll ever have.