For decades, studies have been showing an increase in the migration of people to cities as they search for work and look to improve their social interactions. Countries such as China have…
Dogs in the Office
When we moved our offices one of the prerequisites for me was to ensure wherever we ended up we would be allowed dogs in the office. While I hadn’t had my dog…
Do not underestimate the value of resilience
With BT currently suffering a lot of negative publicity in the last two days with two major outages caused by power issues in two London datacentres, it is a timely reminder that…
A chance to meet the Queen
Recently my business was a beneficiary in the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, winning the Innovation category for our work on the Service Exchange Platform. This platform looks to help consolidate networks into…
Diesel is bad for air quality. No shit.
It has recently dawned on policy makers that our adoption of diesel engines has meant a higher level of pollution in our cities, notably London. I have spoken before about my hatred…
Just what London needs
I was delighted to read about the proposed plan for a 22 mile underground tunnel through central London to increase road volume for cars while reducing their impact on the environment. Obviously…
Surely we should have reinvented the train by now?
An interesting article in the Times today on HS2 and the proposed suggestion to cut its top speed by 40 mph from 225 mph to 185 mph reducing the energy it consumes.…
Olympics sell its soul
Has anyone noticed that some of the global Olympic sponsors are not the type of companies you would associate with a global sporting event? How can for example Coca-Cola or McDonalds, which…
The next big dip
I was greeted from my return from holiday to not just mass looting across London and the UK but also a significant market crash. Now though that seems to have taken a…
London could learn a bit from Hong Kong
I have been lucky enough to have had a bit of holiday last week and spent it in Hong Kong, my new number one city (after London of course). Having never visited…
New York – Nice place to visit, not to work
I have been to visit my brother in New York a few times this year who emigrated with work last year. I enjoy going to the ‘Big Apple’ and being part of…
Work hard play hard (again)
I have written before about the virtues of a good work/life balance, well last week saw the introduction of a new toy to our London office. The question was what to do…
What a view!
I am overdue to do a piece on our new office; however with our launch party tomorrow I thought it best to give a little bit of a surprise. In the meantime…
Hosting for the next generation
Small news release on the recent launch of our new datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. For the last few years our clients have been demanding more from hosting and so to meet this…