TWO MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE LESSON 1 An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing absolutely nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, “Can I also sit on my ass like you and do nothing? The...

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS There was once a boy who wanted to seek the secret of success. One day he approached a wise man living up in the mountain. When he found the wise man at the hut, he asked,...

We’ve all got views on this one – should more MPs resign over the expenses scandal??? I’m with the “Ayes” here. The seriousness of this disclosure has been washed over by all parties – why hasn’t there been an outing...

We preach and teach “change” 24/7. The old slogan ” The sign of (business) madness is doing the same thing each day but expecting something to change” – still hits the nail. We know that many times it’s hard to...

On 14th June 2002 I set up a Clickbank account to sell my book on advanced sales techniques – “How to Sell in Todays Tough Markets”. The sales website is http://close-that-sale.com Yesterday I came across, by accident, my own text,...

  P”ing Off the Tax Man The UK Tax Office decided to audit Grandpa, and summoned him to the London office.  The auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney. The auditor said, ‘Well, sir, you have...

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920’s, 30’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s !! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos...

BCC Business Convention :  A series of business surgeries will be running alongside the main Convention. Designed to make the Convention more accessible to small businesses they are free-to-attend and will offer practical advice for your business. The surgeries, 50...

Mervyn Davies, Minister for Trade and Investment, will be interviewed by the BBC journalist, Martha Kearney, on how the government is handling the recession at the British Chambers of Commerce’s Annual Business Convention. At the Convention, which will be held...

Rick Wagoner – the chief executive of struggling US car giant, General Motors has been ordered to step down by US President Barack Obama. The auto task force appointed by Mr Obama released two reports on Monday on the financial...

Stock markets have again fallen worldwide, fired by concerns that turmoil in the financial sector is far from over. On Wall Street, the US Dow Jones index fell to 6,700  points for the first time since 1997. In the UK,...

The wide range of opinion regarding both the severity and likely timescale of this recession was illustrated yesterday with comments from the BoE, BCC and IOD. Take your pick who you run with..... BoE Governor, Mervyn King says “The slowdown...

A member survey at the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) has shown that recent VAT cuts, bank lending guarantees and pledges on payment practices have had little to no effect on trading. The Government-backed Prompt Payment Code, launched last year,...

It is amazing that there are still some commentators who are hedging their bets regarding the recession. Here we are, just one week away from Christmas with, hopefully a jolly good time for us all. The outlook for 2009 seems...

Market share The tough economy will undoubtedly see its share of casualties. American Express OPEN reports that nearly 20% of small business owners felt that they are at risk of going out of business in this economic climate. What does...

Small Business Plan One of the key issues with business success is the small business plan. No plan – no direction – no progress. Each business needs to have an overall plan plus a detailed plan for each quarter, month,...

Have You Got A Website For Your Business? Let Me Phrase That Question A Little More Precisely... Have you got a website THAT GETS RESULTS for your business? Let’s show you what I mean...If you do a Google search for...

“Where would we be without those few individuals who refuse to accept defeat and who continue to soldier onwards when common sense tells the rest of mankind that there’s no use trying?” Whilst this ultra tough market place will push...

It gets worse! Just when you thought that the Envirowise advice on tea making was way too much excitement, here’s another... The Waste and Resources Action Programme – WRAP for short – is suggesting that workers should not buy a...

Listen up – here’s an important business initiative from the Quango Envirowise....use teapots instead of teabags and don’t overfill the kettle! Yep, they get £10 million a year to advise businesses on going green and they come up with this...