11 Sep 2009 | Uncategorized
All from the UK Sector Skills Body for EnterpriseFact:Over 95% of enterprises (4.5 million) in the UK are micro enterprises with fewer than ten employees. A fair share of government skills and support funding to start ups, self employed and micro enterprises will...
19 Aug 2009 | Uncategorized
Many will have been shocked by the news from the US of the missing Madoff millions – or rather billions. One of the features of this scandal was that a high proportion of his investors knew Mr Madoff personally and trusted him with their money. It perhaps...
7 Jul 2009 | Uncategorized
You don’t want those! You want CASH and CHOICES! Growth and profits help the business to fulfil your personal objectives. You didn’t start the business so that you could have thousands of employees, and earn millions of pounds. You started is that you...
3 Jul 2009 | Uncategorized
People have some number blindness particularly when they’re trying to be positive. I come across this all the time, and in particular, in this recession, people are keen to feel good about their jobs and their houses. So they forget what the numbers really mean...
17 Jun 2009 | Uncategorized
Where is the economy going on? And equally important, in what timescale? I wish I knew! Unemployment is up a whole 10% in the last quarter to 2.26 million. Yet there has been a bounce in the stock market, and our oh so short term memory is leading us towards the end...
16 Jun 2009 | Uncategorized
Denis Healey’s First Law of Holes – “ When you’re in one, stop digging!” A very good thing to keep in mind when you are Chancellor of the Exchequer. And also a very good thing to keep in mind when you’re in business. Because, I have...
