As MPs begin their ludicrously long summer recess a zombie style apathy is covering the flu-drenched population. Animal sanctuaries are putting up ‘Full’ notices as owners simply give up and depart for long breaks. The Inland Revenue remain hard at collecting all the money they can and the banking system is in chaos. Gordon...

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Is this my Damascus Road conversion. Is this flash of realisation a turning point in the history of Enterprise Britain. Has a book made me realise the errors of my way? It is all Cherie Blair’s fault. I have just finished reading ‘Speaking for Myself’ which is her biography. It is remarkable similar to...

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“Roger who?” you cry. The answer is to name one of the few advisers who predicted the current recession. His forensic analysis of the money supply statistics is considered by some commentators to have established him as a leading UK economist. He is a God to my stockbroker pal Michael. Question: How do you...

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So is she in all probability. As we have not met we will never know. What a silly title for a blog anyway. But Dirk (who runs Enterprise Britain – “EB”) says the blogs with the more original titles get the most hits. I’ll do anything to outperform the other EB bloggers. Deborah Meaden...

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My mate Barry wrote that to me in an email this morning. Hells bells, all I said was that there is a possibility of a Labour/ Lib-Dem coalition government after the election in May 2010 and even if there isn’t David Cameron may not be able to stop the Lisbon Treaty (if the Irish...

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So now we know. Doubts are banished. The hypocrisy is exposed. On 11 June 2009 the newspapers reported that the Royal Bank of Scotland is proposing to transfer thousands of its small business customers to a new division because it cannot make a profit out of them. The Times said “the move will lead...

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The readership of Enterprise Britain is growing. As a result I am receiving an increasing number of comments suggesting that I am a bloated, self-opinionated, flatulent windbag. Those are the complimentary ones. Well you doubting Thomas’s try this one. What follows is a TRUE STORY (‘honest Gov’) Two weeks ago I decided to play...

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A national newspaper recently started an article as follows: “Having two TV Dragons fighting it out to invest in your business may signal to some inevitable fame and fortune”. This was followed by a rather dispiriting story of a member of Enterprise Britain whose trade had declined. One of the Dragons Den had put...

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Hi to all my friends in Enterprise Britain. Let’s have another quiz. From which musical is this the first line? “June is bustin’ out all over”. You are shouting at your computer screen: “Carousel”. WRONG. It’s a trick question. The first line is: “March went out like a lion Awakin’ up the water in...

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Welcome to the May Bank Holiday Enterprise Britain Quiz. There is only one question: What word is defined as follows in the Oxford Dictionary:“A chance of injury or loss or bad consequence” (Oxford Dictionary). While you ponder the answer can I discuss with you the issue of risk. You, an owner, manager, member of...

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