With an election around the corner and having been involved in the process of selecting a new candidate for my local area, I am mindful that now is the time to take…
Electrifying Future
I have always been enthralled by electricity in our homes. It’s immediacy, efficiency, and cleanliness. No smell, no mess. Obviously, the actual impact it has a lot to do with how it is…
You are what you eat
Having worked with Gutology for the last few years I have been continually suprised and delighted by the increasing levels of understanding, especially in the public domain, surrounding gut health. For a…
Give children the right start
Back in February 2019 we broke ground on a new project I supported which was to build a dedicated children’s nursery in the heart of Warwickshire. When my first daughter was 6-months…
Two Jobs
From a young age I was introduced, by late step father, to the German and Austrian culture. Being a proud German but having lived in England most of his life he had…
Kickstarter
One of my hobbies is inspiring and mentoring a new generation into the world of business and entrepreneurship. As I am quite a practical person I find one of the best ways…
Gutology for life
One of the fascinating things of being involved in start-ups is the opportunity you have to learn something new and disrupt age old thinking. However with Gutology, a start-up I am involved…
Show do not tell
Growing up I struggled in a traditional education setting and hence without a degree or particularly good A-levels I wasn’t able to talk my way into great jobs, so I had to…
About to go splat
I have written before that nearly two years ago I was convinced we would be heading for recession in 2020. Call it a vision, foresight or just blind luck but thanks to…
Positive thoughts, positive actions
With lockdown in full swing I have been interested in the different responses by small businesses to the crisis. Businesses that usually operate on a day to day basis and have nothing…
Will marketing spend reduce our ability to rebound
With the ever-changing events as the country slowly walks into lockdown to protect against Coronavirus there is an interesting dilemma in that even successful companies, during this period, are rethinking their marketing…
Downturn was on the cards before Coronavirus
For the past 18-months I have been convinced we would see a recession in 2020. Not for any morbid reason, just that I felt 2020 would be the year we would see…
We can do better than Entrepreneur Relief
LinkedIn is awash with investors, entrepreneurs and accountants talking about the upcoming budget and the potential possibility that Entrepreneur Relief will be cut, if not abolished. This relief to those that haven’t…
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…