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…
Do not pay using your own money
Growing up I remember my parents always argued about money. We never seemed to have enough and my parents would regularly go into debt to make ends meet. Don’t get me wrong,…
Double down on innovation
With so much talk on the economy and the challenges of a post pandemic recovery I would like to use an example close to home, well to me anyway, in terms of…
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…
Many more have had Covid19
As we approach a relaxation around the world on lockdown many pundits are using the opportunity to assess where we are and what we could or should have done better and earlier.…
Is there a path out of lockdown?
One of the biggest challenges facing our government is unpicking the lockdown. As it dawns on us that lockdown will not kill or overcome COVID-19 the new reality of what our society…
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…
New year, new electricity
I have joined the early adopters in parking my love of petrol and everything engine related and gone electric. Well partly. Having written before about my love of the hybrid e-bike I…
The oldest form of communication
Recently my grandmother sadly passed away, and while in her nineties it still came as a shock to me as not only had she bounced back from many serious illnesses previously she…
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…