I write this blog on behalf of the majority of business leaders and employers who are decent law abiding citizens doing their very best to achieve success. The frustration, sadness and anger that we are all experiencing with the MP’s expenses scandal continues. There is a small percentage of MP’s who apparently have committed fraud. [...]
We recruit executives for our clients and they tell us that we provide the best value in the industry. I say this just to establish a little credibility to this blog. There will undoubtedly be a great many constituency vacancies very soon as our existing MP’s cut and run. Now if we were asked to [...]
Bonuses paid to bankers have attracted hysterical abuse not only by an aggrieved public but also by journalistic comments. Now let’s get real. . Big bonuses paid to directors and departmental heads should be forgone. The chiefs are at fault not the Indians as they are paid to carry out orders and deliver. They are [...]
The poor embattled Archbishop could have done with some leadership and communication skills training, as should all people in high office whether in the Church, politics, public or private sector. I have to say “most in the private sector these days realise this“. Communication – the first rule – say what you mean, mean what [...]
Let me be emphatically clear there will be some businesses going into receivership and others who will be in serious financial trouble this year; their excuse will be recession. The sub-prime housing market in the USA has of course had massive ramifications in the financial industry, but come on let’s get some realism here, the [...]
The British Media appears to be on one of their favourite rides; this is “The Impending Recession Ride”. This ride is not a roller coaster as it only goes one way and the gradient of fall changes or is dependent as to how much speed can be generated at the beginning. During the last eight [...]
Young People and Alcohol Abuse The Chief Constable of Cheshire, an excellent policeman with lots of experience, suggests that the age for alcohol consumption should be raised to 21. I totally understand his logic and the extreme difficulties of his officers in dealing with drunken youths, but we send our 18-21 year olds into war [...]
Don’t trust the Inland Revenue Yesterday’s Law Lords ruling in the case of Geoff and Diane James vs HMRC resulted in the appeal by HMRC being dismissed in less than 30 minutes, a case which has cost the tax payer hundreds of thousands of pounds. This is a further example to all tax payers that [...]
Are we being conned? We do know the ice caps are melting, we do know that the sea is going to rise by a realistic maximum of 2 metres. So, what does our government do? Ignore what needs to be done in the medium to long term and tax us more to spend money on [...]
Isn’t it really amazing how we have developed a culture in Britain whereby we go from the sublime to the extremely ridiculous. One of my own personal Room 101′s would be: The health and safety executive – Britain’s new Gestapo. We all know that a few years ago there was scant attention paid to health [...]
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