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Trainer and coach John Scarrott turns his attention to effective pitching in the latest chapter of his assumptions series.

The latest in his series on assumptions, business adviser John Scarrott considers potential pitfalls and how designers can sell their services more successfully.

Spy Studio founder and creative director Simon Clark advises on how consultancies and in-house procurement teams can work better together.

Communications coach John Scarrott runs through the traps that creative directors and account managers should avoid when leading presentations, and how they can make a positive impression on their audience.

The book has been written by entrepreneur Steve Vassallo to help guide designers in setting up their own businesses, and also teach start-ups and big companies how to value design.

Studio asked nine leading industry directors who specialise in the interior design sector what advice they would give to a junior designer looking for work, how to make a lasting impression in an interview and what key skills designers need.

Studio director Lucy Painter, who specialises in recruitment within the design sector, speaks to Haptic Architects about how to integrate Scandinavian working practises into a creative business in the UK.

Equator managing director Gary Flynn draws on his specialism in integrated packaging and discusses the challenges of creating packaging that works as well online as it does in store.

The campaign has been spearheaded by filmmaker Josh Cole and designed by Studio Output, and aims to encourage 18 to 24-year-olds from low-income and ethnic minority backgrounds to vote in the June general election.

In the second of four “How to” guides, recruitment agency Vitamin T explains how you can effectively sell yourself and win clients.

Developed by Seymourpowell, the technology allows different groups of car designers and engineers to work remotely on one project at the same time.

Researchers at Brunel University London hope the technology will be used to “stimulate innovation” by alerting designers to potential patent infringement.

The retailer plans to expand its Social Entrepreneurs initiative to the country, which will see Syrian refugees and local Jordanian women produce textiles and rugs to be sold in Ikea stores in the Middle East.

In the first of four “How to Guides”, recruitment agency Vitamin T offers a step-by-step guide on how to change career.

Last week, we visited the Design Museum’s latest exhibition, which explores Soviet Russia. Now, from the Elizabethan era to modernist early-20th century, designers tell us what time period they would love to see brought to life in a museum space.

John Scarrott, trainer and coach to design businesses, looks at how improve your personal confidence in the final part of his series, which also looks at preparation, practise and performance.

We have already established how to prepare and practise for a meeting or presentation to clients and prospective clients-to-be. In the third part of this “Four P’s” series, John Scarrott, trainer and coach to design businesses, looks at how to perform.

The time spent meeting and presenting to clients or clients-to-be is more valuable to consultancies than ever before.

The time spent meeting and presenting to clients or clients-to-be is more precious and valuable to agencies than ever before.