Last week I waved bye to the Atom after taking the difficult decision to sell the car. Weirdly it was easy to make the decision to put the car on the market…
Set a clear vision
One of the hardest challenges I find in running a business is coming up with a clear strategy. As a founder or MD people want to see a clear and bold vision…
Recognition time
It seems to be that in the run up to the summer quite a lot of organisations are holding their award ceremonies, and this year Fluidata and I have been the beneficiaries.…
Time for a holiday
Interesting comment pieces in the news over the past few days over the criticism of our Prime Minister going on holiday so soon after the horrific attack on the soldier in Woolwich.…
Cars are taking a pounding
With the recent good weather, well the bank holiday weekend only, saw the Atom dust off its winter cover and managed 250 miles buzzing around four counties (Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire).…
Great value from Avios
Every day we are bombarded by customer promotions and loyalty cards. One of the most successful must be Tesco who literally wrote the book on customer loyalty programs. However it is a…
Give women a chance
With Baroness Thatcher having her funeral this week I thought it was interesting to read all the related ‘women leader’ articles that appeared. I am not going to argue positive or negative…
Daylight robbery
With the recent announcement that Cyprus will soon have to steal money from peoples savings in order to qualify for a bailout (€17bn compared to Spain’s €400bn) to support their banks I…
Back in love with video
Many moons ago I used to spend a lot of time taking video on the family camcorder, upload it to my computer and spend days editing it. I used to enjoy taking…
Integrated to perfection
I spent an enjoyable night last week at one of London’s newest hotels, Citizen M. The hotel chain has a number of properties across Europe and this one located just behind Tate…
How safe is safe?
Having returned from a recent skiing holiday I was struck that for the first time since I started skiing I was now the minority on the slopes skiing without a helmet. For…
Train hard, fight easy
With Christmas nearly upon us plans in the office have turned away from eating lots and relaxing to our next Tough Mudder challenge in May. Tough Mudder is the 12 mile obstacle…
Bad car design in the name of safety has become an epidemic
Something that has bothered me for a number of years and that I haven’t shared, has been the placement of wing mirrors on cars. Ok stay with me, honestly I haven’t gone…
Land Rover demonstrates what is possible
One of the benefits of owning a Land Rover is knowing that it has a pedigree for being able to climb any mountain or forge any stream. However as my own car…
Electric has a future
While in Santa Monica, California I got an opportunity to visit TESLA‘s high street showroom which was showcasing their new four door saloon the Model S. The car looks like any other…