Following on from our last post, we hope you enjoy this video with some of the things we've been doing recently to improve our services to our clients, new and old. https://youtu.be/8p21UkyCxc8 CONTACT

If you’ve been a client or friend of Devant for any length of time, you’ll know we’re not happy sitting on our laurels. We’ve used the challenge of multiple lock-downs to take a good look at how we work and deliver our services to you, and see how we can…

There’s no doubt that running a company can be stressful, often involving juggling many balls at the same time and a seemingly never-ending list of tasks. So it’s common for CEOs and company directors to delegate the corporate admin to their accountant, book keeper or PA.  While understandable, this can result…

Working life has changed dramatically over the last year. More of us than ever are working from home and 'zooming' has become a verb that no longer exclusively applies to whizzing around at speed! But what about our commercial contracting relationships? How has Covid impacted them?Here at Devant, one of…

Following long and drawn-out negotiations between the UK and the EU, a deal was finally struck on the 24 December 2020 that governs trade between the two sides worth more than £650bn. The agreement will inevitably evolve during its implementation, but it’s an important step in laying the foundations for our future relationship with our European counterparts.

As 2020 draws to a close, the Devant team wishes you and yours a very happy festive season, and all the very best for 2021!For the first time ever, we’re not sending out paper Christmas cards. Instead, we’re supporting two local charities that are very dear to our hearts.Launchpad is…

Although the UK officially left the EU almost a year ago, we’ve been working through a transition period. This means that even though we’re not in the EU, life has carried on more-or-less as normal (at least, as normal as anything could be in 2020!).

What is relational contracting? Relational contracting is a way of working with your customers and suppliers that focusses on the power of the joint relationship to build competitive advantage empowering the achievement of mutual vision and goals.

As an “exclusive” distributor of a new product, you might think you have secured a great deal for your company and have the market all to yourself, only to find that this is not the case when you try to enforce the terms of the deal.

At the best of times, a small client who’s unable to pay your bill is a problem. In the era of Covid-19, it’s a minefield. First of all, you need to determine whether they haven’t paid because they don’t want to (maybe because they don’t think you’ve delivered what you said you would) or because they can’t (because they have no money).