I recently completed the Three Peaks challenge with fifteen of my fellow colleagues from work. We had to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowdon within 24 hours including the travel between the…
How can you inspire someone to be an Entrepreneur?
Every year I go back to my old school to help with a few days that they put on to talk about business. Now considering what a big aspect of many people’s…
Just what London needs
I was delighted to read about the proposed plan for a 22 mile underground tunnel through central London to increase road volume for cars while reducing their impact on the environment. Obviously…
The phone line is dead. Should someone tell BT?
One interesting ‘in the small print’ pieces about BT’s fibre to the premises (FTTP) technology is that if you don’t also have a BT copper phone line then the rental for the…
Audi A7 a niche too far?
While waiting for my long delayed Audi supercar I managed to come to a deal with my Audi dealer that I could have a loan car until it arrived. Good idea too…
Surely we should have reinvented the train by now?
An interesting article in the Times today on HS2 and the proposed suggestion to cut its top speed by 40 mph from 225 mph to 185 mph reducing the energy it consumes.…
I would take the German
One of the nice past times of being a petrol bore is thinking about what the perfect garage would look like and which pieces of exotica I would include in mine. Obviously…
The importance of diversification
For a while I have been wondering how TomTom stays in business. I remember owning a few of their products and found them incredibly useful. Before the advent of smart phones they…
Get that new feeling without the new
I have a reputation in my family and at work as someone who likes everything new. I love the smell. I like the advancements in technology. I really like the perfection. Like…
Working lunch or afternoon beer?
For me that five minutes in the day when I get to leave my desk and grab a sandwich is my opportunity to reflect on my day so far and what tasks…
The Victorians would be appalled by BT’s short-sighted behaviour
I recently completed on a new flat in London. Nothing too fancy, just somewhere I can lay my head during the week, and maybe where I can enjoy some of this property…
Small is definitely more
Currently being carless I am enjoying spending the weekend in a mixture of vehicles being kindly lent to me by my understanding family. One such car has been a Fiat 500 which…
Banks, well Lloyds, unable to deal with modern issues
Since signing up for an account with Lloyds Bank I have been the recipient of a number of calls from their fraud department with regards to my credit card with them being…
Business guru or celeb
They say the media corrupts and feeding the ego of a ‘successful’ entrepreneur is surely one of the worst examples. Ultimately a business founder has a vested interest in making their company…
A wish and a prayer
At a recent awards dinner Dr Mike Lynch spoke about the difficulties in investing in new businesses and supporting innovative and growing companies. Since his departure from Autonomy he has created a…