While I don’t think BP should deserve too much sympathy I am concerned by America’s obvious double standards in the wake of on the Gulf of Mexico spill. Granted there has been…
Easynet is offloaded
We laughed in the office on the news that Easynet is finally being sold off by Sky as I have been saying it would happen for over a year. Some believed me,…
Don’t mess with the detail – provide clear guidelines
Unlike the rest of the population I am not a fan of the government’s recent tax on banks. I feel it is too needy and will, like most taxes, reduce the tax…
Companies watch the football instead of work
Never before has the internet played such a key role in bringing public events to the masses. First it was the election, then football, Wimbledon, cricket and even the budget brought to…
Practice what you preach
I think it is very important when selling a product that the business itself uses whatever it might be. This definitely helps to iron out those annoying issues that a customer may…
Private Equity the solution to our economic mess?
I attended a very interesting breakfast meeting hosted by The Stone Club in association with Coutts. The topic was around private equity and it’s involvement within our economy, and how opportunities exist…
Going Green ISO style
I had a meeting last week with our Health & Safety advisors in respect to Fluidata’s new environmental commitments and working towards our ISO 14001 standard. This accreditation is a relatively new…
Networking chamber style
As Fluidata supplies the London Chamber of Commerce with internet connectivity part of the deal was that we became members of the chamber. It wasn’t a difficult decision considering the low membership…
Striking is so last century
Royal Mail, I am intrigued as to what the union believes it is going to achieve. Yes, in the sort term, they may get some concessions by holding management by the short…
Problem with being first is you can’t stay there
News last week on Britain’s abysmal performance in the global rankings on broadband speed. Apparently Britain is 25th out of 66 countries across the world, dropping us one place over last year.…
Weekend reading in the FT
A short article in the Financial Times this weekend on my early stages in business and how Fluidata came to fruition. Mike Southon, who wrote the piece, has a weekly column in…
Clouds in the sky
I am one for endorsing the merits of cloud computing, as previous articles will testify, however it does have one very major headache to overcome, the connection to it. As I have…
Banking in the old days
I had a nice lunch last week courtesy of Natwest at one of the oldest banks in the country. Child & Co was established in 1664 becoming a fully fledged bank in…
A true entrepreneur?
Tonight sees the next installments of Gerry Robinson’s television program on Channel 4 called ‘Gerry’s Big Decision’. Basically he reviews a number of failing businesses in a view to invest in them…
The next generation of business
For those of you who are members of the Institute of Directors you might have seen my mug shot in this month’s magazine, Director. For those of you who haven’t you can…