Two weeks ago this blog set out the argument that the proposed restructuring of the NHS could so absorb Government expenditure that any future support for Britain’s enterprising businesses could be affected. The final stages of the Health and Social Care Bill are proving so controversial that the future is even more uncertain. The...
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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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PLUS Markets RIP?
Last Friday, in a rather wordy statement, the directors of PLUS Markets Group Plc announced what the whole sector has known for months: they are finished as a management team. Technically they have put themselves up for sale: “The Board of Directors believes that the Company is well positioned strategically to exploit commercially the...
Andrew Lansley: the biggest threat to SMEs
The veteran Labour war horse Peter Hain got it absolutely right. Appearing on the Andrew Marr show (22 January) one expected him to promote his new autobiography ‘Outside In’ (Biteback Publishing: 2012). It is a brilliant personal account of a remarkable man and is highly recommended. Mr. Hain, however, hardly mentioned his tome. What...
Business angels: some sanity at last
Anyone who believes that business angels are the panacea to funding entrepreneurial start-ups is living in cloud cuckoo land. The word ‘angel’ is a breach of the Trades Description Act. Most are gin soaked readers of the ‘Daily Telegraph’’, personally wealthy and arrogant, looking for some poor cash starved business person who will worship...
Has Andrew Tyrie signalled the start of the up-cycle?
The chairman of the Treasury Select Committee this week spoke some words which should fill the UK population with great excitement. They are examined below. The background concerns the economic cycle. Put another way, in the world of equity investment, bull and bear markets. In simplistic terms, the period of financial excess from Labour’s...
Britain is in a Keynesian liquidity trap
It is pretty obvious that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have little or no idea on how to stimulate Britain’s stagnating economy. The Monetary Policy Committee will meet this week and huff and puff in a self-important way. It might help if they understood what is the problem. There’s no...
Dave: we’re breaking up!
As the Coalition Government lurches onwards with zero growth and little else the Prime Minister is managing to break up three groups: a) Depressed people: stress and depression is now reaching epidemic proportions as the latest figures show prescriptions for antidepressants and sleeping pills have increased by 28%. More than 43 million prescriptions...
Congressional Reform Act of 2011 – draft
Enterprise Britain received the following proposal today. Purportedly it was originated by Warren Buffet, but as Enterprise Britain was not able to verify this we thank him or whomever came up with this proposal. British parliamentarians might want to be upstanding and follow some of the suggestions here and if not the parliamentarians, perhaps...
A Christmas message for Britain’s Middle Class: “You’re doomed.”
“What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.” (Scrooge to his nephew. ‘A Christmas Carol’; Charles Dickens) While St. David of Etonia is lecturing the Clergy on Christian morality and George is hoping that the word ‘growth’ will be avoided during his five star Christmas...
No Christmas presents from you then, George!
The recent Autumn Statement delivered by the Chancellor on 29 November 2011 was vague, meaningless and now mostly forgotten. Economic growth was non-existent and the decline continues. To detract from his hopeless position George’s friend St. David is lecturing the world on Christian morality. It is the oldest PR trick in the book. Enterprise...
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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.
