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...
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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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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”...
Cut staff to reduce bureaucracy?
One of the nice things about travelling to Holland once a month is that I get a different news flow. First I get British news through the BBC on my way to the tunnel. In France I get the French view of the world, 50% of which I miss due to the speed of...
Resist or plan change?
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a meeting of our local resident’s organisation during which some interesting business processes were revealed. The first was the way our local entrepreneurs, in the form of shopkeepers, look at their businesses and the second the way in which our local authority works. Both showed up...
Entrepreneurs are more switched onto social media
-building their personal brand: almost one in seven (14%) don’t separate private and business social networking activities - Following research* with UK- based entrepreneurs, specialist insurer Hiscox found that over half (57%) of SME business owners utilise social media for business purposes. A fifth (12%) of the SME business owners interviewed consider social media...
Heathwick – how not to invest in the future
For my sins I have been travelling through Heathrow for forty years and throughout that time it has maintained a continuously bad reputation. In the seventies, when I was still a kid I hasten to add, I flew from Amsterdam to Washington twice a year. The only connection was British European Airways (BEA) to...
PLUS goes for minus
Over the last two years I have frequently written about PLUS or mentioned its potential for smaller companies. Last week the respected small-cap journalist David Blackwell wrote an interesting article in the Financial Times (6 October 2011) about its failings. For companies of any size to grow they need funding and to get funding...
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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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