If anyone is interested I made it onto the Telegraph today. Had a good interview a few weeks back with Philip Smith who heads up the Telegraph Business Club with regards to…
Is a small company a bad thing?
In relation to my last post I just want to clarify that my position of what is a small business would probably fit 99% of all businesses in the UK economy. I…
Bullying small businesses
One thing that really annoys me is some larger enterprise customers’ perception of a smaller business and its ability to dictate the terms of business. I have talked previously that in this…
Company Benefits
I found in terms of attracting and retaining staff, extra benefits can help even a small business to flourish. For a while I thought it was only really a ‘big’ ie enterprise…
Cash flow management
In relation to running a business in the current economic climate one of the biggest issues I see is mismanagement of cash-flow. One thing I made absolutely sure with Fluidata right from…
Running a business in the current economic climate
A few people have asked me how the big shake up in the financial markets and general global gloom is going to affect Fluidata. My answer is actually I think it will…
Short termism
Back from a holiday on the south coast enjoying the tiny bit of sun we had this summer. I had a lot to read especially with everything developing with Lehman Brothers and…
Invest for gold
The great success of Britian in the Olympics got me thinking as to why it has taken a century for us to up our game and beat Europe. I think a lot…
Super Tax for the rich?
I read in the Sunday Times this week that the government are putting serious thought to bringing in legislation to increase tax to anyone earning more than £250,000 per year. Personally I…
What credit crunch?
Ok petrol is more expensive and food is just silly money (well it is if you are too lazy to walk any further than Marks) but I really can not yet see…
A chance to voice my opinion
I have been toying with the idea of starting some kind of blog for a while but it was only when I was included in Mark Samuels’ blog from Computing (http://knowledge.computing.co.uk/) that…