Earlier in the year I was persuaded to take part in a ‘run’ in aid of Richard House. Initially the ‘run’ looked relatively straightforward. Fifteen Kilometeres, Greenwich park, on a Fresh March morning. I thought it would be great fun as Greenwich is one of our greatest London parks and a 15k run on a […]
If you’re a London based business and in particular look after customers and clients in the North west London area there is an event on Monday the 15th October which you may want to attend. Harrow means business is an event run jointly by the Federation of Small Business, the London Borough of Harow and […]
In our busy lives (and especially if you run your own business) one thing we often neglect is our own self development. However I believe that very often taking time out of ‘the office’ to develop our own skills and knowledge reaps reward when you go back. I find that the time I spend developing […]
Over recent years the term ‘salesman’ or ‘salesperson’ has become an unpalatable term. If you’re not sure what I mean try this…put the term “Salesman” into Google images and take a look at what shows up. The pictures are less than flattering to say the least! I’ve even used the term “Slick Salesperson” as a negative term […]
Last weekend I was attending a wedding in Poland and only managed to catch up with my Twitter feed when I returned to work on Tuesday (after the bank holiday). The largest number of comments appearing on my twitter feed by far was about an article in the business section of the Sunday Times highlighting […]
I know from the feedback I receive that there are many business owners who read this blog. I’m one too, and regardless of your industry or profession many of the challenges we face as business owners can be pretty similar. One of the things that I consistently try to focus on in our business is improving the […]
Some investments can sound and look incredibly glamorous. Investments into a portfolio of fine wines, owning a share of a hotel in sunnier shores or the chance to have a share in a piece of art from the next Banksy, Van Gough or Picasso. These ‘investments’ tend to be marketed with Glossy brochures, slick looking […]
This Blog was originally written by me on the 5th of January 2011 and the original can be found here. However with Wonga’s recent sponsorship of the ITV Saturday night show Red or Black I thought it might be an appropriate time to republish it…. One of my new years resolutions is to be […]
Whilst surfing the web this week I discovered an interesting fact. It seems that Richard Branson shares his thoughts on a Blog on the Virgin website. Also, and I’m happy to be proven wrong on this one, but I also get the impression (from the writing style and range of content) that he seems to write […]
Written on the 17th August 2012 It’s my birthday today! When I was a kid the celebration of the day of my birth was about parties and presents (my favourite present over the years were the set of Tomytronic 3d games which were ‘state of the art’ at the time). However I find nowadays my […]