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Dorset’s business owners can boost profitability at free Business Bootcamp

“If you want to get in shape, you probably won’t succeed if you set a vague goal such as ‘lose weight’. Instead, you need to set a trackable objective for example, ‘lose 4 pounds by April’. Only then are you more likely to make it happen. The same is with business – think in objectives, track your progress towards your business targets and measure it successfully,” says Russell Payne, leading business development expert and leader of Business Bootcamp Dorset.

Etape Series features in the Telegraph: Jonathan Edwards talks cycling

We’re helping to promote the Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Series. Etape Pennines is the UK’s toughest cyclosportive and Etape Caledonia is one of the most popular, selling out in just a few hours each year.

This year Olympic triple jump gold medallist and cycling enthusiast Jonathan Edwards will take part in his first cycling event, alongside over 2,000 cyclists, at the Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Pennines, an incredibly beautiful and challenging 60 mile closed road cycling sportive, on 20th July 2014 in County Durham. We’ve been placing him in many national titles. Here he is talking to The Telegraph about his challenge:

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Ultimate camping luxury at Velofest Cycling Festival, Stage 1 of the Tour de France 2014

If hot showers, sumptuous bedding and flushing loos are non-negotiable for you, your friends and family, then 2014 looks bright. Spectators of Stage 1 of the Tour de France in Yorkshire can enjoy being within touching distance of the riders by day and then sleep in ultimate camping luxury beneath the stars by night. Honeybells, the glamorous camping, or ‘glamping’ company, has launched a VIP Camping village at the Velofest Cycling Festival (3-6 July 2014), Kilnsey Park Estate in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, a short distance from the Kidstones Pass hill climb on Saturday 5th July.

Honeybells tent hire grows ten-fold

2013 has proven to be a successful year for glamping (glamorous camping) company Honeybells. The Dorset-based firm has increased the number of canvas bell tents for hire by ten-fold, from ten to over one hundred. Honeybells can now host up to 500 guests, almost beating the London Ritz in capacity. Key contracts for 2014 events include Glastonbury, F1 Grand Prix and Moto GP at Silverstone, the 24 Heure and Classic races at Le Mans, CLA Game Fair and Tour de France’s Yorkshire-based Velofest.

Cyclevox produces bike design documentaries for Open University

The bicycle has come a long way since its introduction to Europe in the 19^th century. From a wooden contraption without pedals, gears or brakes, to the light, high-tech, streamline machine of today; the story behind the bicycle’s design is a fascinating one.

Commentary, PR and production company Cyclevox has produced a series of short documentaries, Design Behind The Bike, for Open University’s free OpenLearn programme. Five films cover all aspects of bicycle design including history, aesthetics, wheels, frame and materials. The series is already proving incredibly popular, receiving over 11,000 YouTube views in its first week.