Happy New Year everyone and yes, I am optimistic about 2012. Why you may well ask? Well, there are many reasons to be pessimistic but with that kind of outlook it is very difficult to move forward. So after joining the pessimistic crowd for a couple of years, I looked for the reasons to...
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The Devil’s Deal
Brilliant, aggressive, flawed are words which only begin to describe the hero and the villain of Richard Lambert’s first brilliant novel. Weaving his extensive business experience into the story you are led through the exciting world of small company finance in a masterful way.
Calm Down Dave
In 2010 David Cameron lost an election which, according to the author, "he should have won hands down"
In 'Calm Down Dave' Tony Drury provides overwhelming evidence for his reservations about the Cameron led 'liberal lurch' of the Conservative Party.
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FSA to stimulate next mortgage crisis
As the annus horribilis 2011 draws to a close the FSA has come up with a brilliant idea: regulate the way bankers assess whether you or I can afford a mortgage. The brilliant regulator, who spotted the banking crisis within a year of it starting, is already consulting on how the current slump in...
If it isn’t broken, break it!
Great ideas are two a penny, but great businesses are rare. Businesses that achieve scale and long-term success share distinct characteristics: vision, strong leadership, an enthusiastic and effective management team, great products or services and a clear value proposition. They regularly challenge the status quo, finding a better or different way to achieve their...
Iconic office products that could disappear from desks by 2012
From Post-Its to water coolers, check out this ‘Most Endangered’ list of iconic office products that could disappear from desks by 2012. You may scoff at the idea of ‘endangered office products’ but ask yourself this: when did you last use a hand-held calculator? Is a scanner still an integral gadget in your office?...
The veto
As the resident foreigner here on Enterprise Britain (I apologise up front to Antony Doggwiler but he is only half foreign so that makes him a local) I am sort of compelled to blog about ‘the veto’, so here we go. I have lived in this country for some 22 years now and I...
Where do you want to work?
I am going to have to save the blog I wrote for this week for another time after what I experienced this afternoon. It brought back thoughts of how important it is to provide staff with a decedent work environment. This will pay much more dividends to you as an employer than the small...
Loan application with thanks to George Osborne
I am grateful to Mr George Osborne for providing me with the text I needed to apply to my bank for a some more loans. There can be no doubt that the bank will support my application with this well thought through and inspirational letter. My bank manager will have no hesitation to provide...
Two envelopes
Over the years I have managed businesses I learned many things, but two anecdotes stand out at the moment when I watch our proud government perform. In the early nineties we had a serious recession in the UK and we were struggling to survive. We cut costs deeply, laid of dozens of people and...
Good vision requires good strategy
One of the key things in getting your business off to a success is to have a vision, set a strategy and then determine your tactics to achieve your vision. Two good books on the subject which I can recommend are “From Vision to Exit: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building and Selling a Business”...
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Goodbye Dave
Tony Drury's first book in the trilogy about the new direction of the Conservative Party, where Tony reveals his very personal reasons for leaving the party after 30 years of dedicated service to it.
In his own unique way Tony is able to capture the mood of many in the party and he has had the courage to put it in print. Along the way he adds many fascinating experiences and anecdotes.
"Goodbye Dave" is a 'must read' for anyone with any political interest.
