When the furlough scheme was introduced it was a sensible short-term measure to protect individuals whose employers had a sudden loss of earnings. But it is deeply discriminatory and worse, it’s bad for business. Those still with an employer receive enhanced benefits. Those without an employer do not. And some just fall through the gaps.…
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Learn from the world’s most exciting companies
In a recent email I talked about why evaluating your business model is essential in these turbulent times. Successful businesses are able to maximize the amount of value that is delivered to customers (and captured in the form of revenue) for the least amount of cost in operating expenses. The better the profit margin, the more options the business…
Who does the thinking in your business?
Who does most of the thinking in your business? It’s you isn’t it? In fact, you probably do all of it. You are the master strategist for all the parts of your business. You’ve been good at outsourcing the DOING of things (like operations, website creation, newsletter production, customer support, social media, bookkeeping, etc.) but you…
It make you wonder who to believe – 2
If you read my blog on Sunday you could be forgiven for wondering if you can believe anything the government and civil servants tell us about the economy. So when the governor of the Bank of England issued a statement on Monday you probably thought “At last – someone sensible. He’ll tell us what is really going…
It makes you wonder who to believe
While most of us, quite rightly, have been focused on the easing of the lock-in and when we can get back to work we have also just witnessed one of the most extraordinary weeks in the political economy. On Wednesday a young black lad brought up on the largest council estate in Europe persuaded the…
We face huge challenges, but isn’t that a good thing?
Where many seem to be struggling with the pandemic quarantine, I’ve found home isolation, and the lack of social commitments, freeing. It’s allowed me to become more contemplative, and connected to the rhythms of family life. It’s not that I’m anti-social. I enjoy limited social engagements. But since I started my own practice some years…
Who will take the lead?
I am pleased, as all right-minded people will be, that the Prime Minister is recovering from Covid-19. But either he, or someone else in government, must step up and start to show leadership. The idea that we are somehow all going back to work soon is, in reality, fading fast: Grant Shapps has now said…
Who will take the lead?
I am pleased, as all right-minded people will be, that the Prime Minister is recovering from Covid-19. But either he, or someone else in government, must step up and start to show leadership. The idea that we are somehow all going back to work soon is, in reality, fading fast: Grant Shapps has now said…
Are you thinking of working from home?
The recent outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has prompted a large number of businesses to consider asking their staff to work from home. But working from home is not a new phenomenon. The UK has one of the highest proportions of home-based workers, which has grown significantly over the last decade as more people choose…
“My customers don’t go on Facebook” she told me.
I was chatting with a successful businesswoman this week who has an in-demand service in a well-defined niche. In fact she targets females within that niche. Clever. I asked how she generated leads and found new customers to which she replied “Networking, but its time consuming and I’m not growing as fast as I’d like”.…
