We are so lucky at the moment, that there are so many things to write about. Unfortunately Comrade Drury nicks all the banker bashing, politician abuse and other fun stuff, so I am left with the rest. He hasn’t gotten into the people on Question Time yet, but I am sure he will get...
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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.
Managing your business
Another bank fails
Another bank has failed, but don’t worry – it is foreign. It is the DSB Bank of the Netherlands, a small and relatively new bank. I knew vaguely it existed and was intrigued by the radio news I heard as I drove into the country last Thursday as DSB was going through its last...
Corporate responsibility
Time to get a little serious, so let’s talk about corporate responsibility. Now I do not mean the social stuff we get inundated with so our elected representatives can spend more on gardening, or films. No I mean personal responsibility in the work place. We all need to drive our businesses forward. In the...
Osborne reads Enterprise Britain finally
The party season is almost over – the political party season that is. Vince Cable sadly lost his touch, George Osborne has almost managed to say something sensible, and whatever his name is I can’t remember. I suspect George has secretly been reading Enterprise Britain, as he has started to pay some attention. As...
Gordon: remember who pays the taxes!
As Gordon goes through desperate efforts to show he is a leader he has succumbed to the public outcry about bankers and he is going to curb their bonuses. Great stuff – I look forward to it! Probably means another expensive quango first though. The first hedge fund announced its move to Geneva about...
Use complaints to improve your business
In the office we were having a discussion about telephone systems and it was interesting to note that everyone was unanimous that one company was the worst in customer care and that is? …………. You guessed it right first time – that was BT. Now I find that interesting for a number of reasons....
Mr Local Authority Man
Local authorities could not care less about Enterprise Britain.Sometimes the topic for my weekly blog hits me like a bullet. Last week I went to an event organized locally about education. Education has been struggling in this part of the world and many of us have been working very hard to try to improve...
Cut the tax suckers by 50%!
Someone started a discussion on the Enterprise Britain group on LinkedIn about what political parties should do for Enterprise Britain at the next election. All suggestions were excellent, but the discussion set me going on the need to cut back regulation and how to do it. Well my solution is simple – there are...
Don’t let your bank balance run your business – go forecasting
Some people have asked for some serious issues to be addressed, so time for some serious stuff this week. No poking fun at anyone, no comments about politicians, bankers, FSA or even the taxman – basically I am going to give all the fun stuff a rest for this week. So please be patient...
The Jehovah’s Witness guide to marketing and sales
OK, so we have our brilliant new product and we have set up the company and now all we need is customers. Ah, you say, we step into marketing. Excellent! An ad in the Yellow Pages, and another one in the newspapers and then of course a fantastic website with moving images and capable...
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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.
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