Two Jobs

From a young age I was introduced, by late step father, to the German and Austrian culture. Being a proud German but having lived in...

Kickstarter

One of my hobbies is inspiring and mentoring a new generation into the world of business and entrepreneurship. As I am quite a practical person...

Gutology for life

One of the fascinating things of being involved in start-ups is the opportunity you have to learn something new and disrupt age old thinking. However...

Show do not tell

Growing up I struggled in a traditional education setting and hence without a degree or particularly good A-levels I wasn’t able to talk my way...

About to go splat

I have written before that nearly two years ago I was convinced we would be heading for recession in 2020. Call it a vision, foresight...

Positive thoughts, positive actions

With lockdown in full swing I have been interested in the different responses by small businesses to the crisis. Businesses that usually operate on a...

Will marketing spend reduce our ability to rebound

With the ever-changing events as the country slowly walks into lockdown to protect against Coronavirus there is an interesting dilemma in that even successful companies,...

Downturn was on the cards before Coronavirus

For the past 18-months I have been convinced we would see a recession in 2020. Not for any morbid reason, just that I felt 2020...

We can do better than Entrepreneur Relief

LinkedIn is awash with investors, entrepreneurs and accountants talking about the upcoming budget and the potential possibility that Entrepreneur Relief will be cut, if not...

Jump with caution

With the recent hype on the launch of 5G wireless technology, the upgrade to the ubiquitous 4G, it got me wondering about what the potential...

The next step

At the beginning of the year I stepped down as Chairman of the business I founded back in 2004 from my bedroom, FluidOne. Since then...

Win win or no deal

Since starting my first business at fifteen I have enjoyed many business audio books from the infamous Jim Collins, From Good to Great through to...

Divorce always looks better in hindsight

With only one conversation dominating our media at the moment I have been debating with myself the merits of writing a post about it. I...

Listening to customers

When I left school I went to work for a small IT company called Software Catalogue (that became Softcat) which basically sold IT equipment and...

The internet going around in circles

With any technology adoption there seems to always be an ebb and flow as to what has been delivered yesterday, today and then tomorrow –...