This month’s blog allows me to use my current favourite word, ‘meme’. I am not allowed to use this word at home as my wife says she is sick of it. Apparently, there is no meme evident in our children’s lunch. They just happen to like cheese and tomato sandwiches. There is a common meme […]
Read moreIn Catalonia they have a lovely old expression when bidding farewell to a friend. “Que no haya novedad”. “Let no new thing arise”. Because as we know, change usually means trouble. But in business change must be seen as an opportunity to be embraced. Possibly the biggest change to hit business in living memory was […]
Read moreYes, that is a word. ‘Shoreditchification’ refers to the London Borough of Shoreditch and its transformation from a post-industrial backwater into Hipster Central. This is slightly different to ‘Gentrification’ which is simply estate agents calling an area something different and hiking the house prices. Personally, I still call ‘High South Gosforth’ Longbenton but I am […]
Read moreOrganising a photo shoot for our newest staff member Kayley McKnight was not rocket science but it meant I had to ensure everybody knew where they had to be and when. This done, I sent out an email headed “we are ready to shoot Kayley. To be informed that I had probably blipped the radar […]
Read moreNobody looks forward to the financial year end and doing their tax return. Even accountants who enjoy a seasonal boost in earnings just know a client is going to walk in a few days before the 31st January deadline with two bulging bin liners and announce “I’ve brought last year’s bills”. But this year promises […]
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