As we look to be getting closer to breaking the Brexit deadlock it appears that one of the major benefactors of the current deal will be the very reason for the present…
Jump with caution
With the recent hype on the launch of 5G wireless technology, the upgrade to the ubiquitous 4G, it got me wondering about what the potential health impacts of such an upgrade are.…
The next step
At the beginning of the year I stepped down as Chairman of the business I founded back in 2004 from my bedroom, FluidOne. Since then I have been in somewhat of a…
Win win or no deal
Since starting my first business at fifteen I have enjoyed many business audio books from the infamous Jim Collins, From Good to Great through to more recently 7 Habits of Highly Successful…
Shameful waste
It seems that everywhere you turn you are reminded about the impact of plastic waste and the damage we are doing to the environment. But wind back ten years and there was…
Killing Marketing
I read with interest the news that Volvo will be limiting all their cars to 112mph (180 kph) in a bid to reduce road deaths. We are told this is due to…
Divorce always looks better in hindsight
With only one conversation dominating our media at the moment I have been debating with myself the merits of writing a post about it. I have always been told to stay clear…
Listening to customers
When I left school I went to work for a small IT company called Software Catalogue (that became Softcat) which basically sold IT equipment and software licences to businesses. Nothing too different…
We have been here before
Over the past few weeks I have been attending a number of seminars focusing on the future of fibre for the UK and how as a country we are going to meet…
Electric goes mainstream
With Elon Musk in the papers for all the wrong reasons it looks like Tesla is going to get its stiffest competition over the coming months as some of the mainstream manufactures…
Some politicians do care
I was fortunate to attend a fundraising dinner in London recently for the MP for Plymouth, Johnny Mercer in London. Held at a private members club it was an opportunity for Jonny…
Create memories
As someone who regularly thinks about death, not in a morbid way just always have, I tend to think about what I would remember on my death bed. It has helped me…
Bye bye Facebook
For about 11 years I have been a user of Facebook. Originally as the natural successor to Friends Reunited I got interested when they started to relax registrations from just university students.…
Ariel demonstrates the genius of UK engineering
Last week I was super excited to learn that Ariel Motors, designers of the exoskeleton car known as the Atom, are designing and building a new hyper car – the Hipercar! Built…
Dogs in the Office
When we moved our offices one of the prerequisites for me was to ensure wherever we ended up we would be allowed dogs in the office. While I hadn’t had my dog…