Having just completed my Christmas shopping I had cause while waiting for what seemed like several days in the checkout queue to reflect on the year ahead. Headlines shouted doom and gloom from the nearby news stand, and while a few heads seem to be rolling, mainly in the financial sector, I am increasingly [...]
I have just been reading about how many of the world’s big banks have been hit by a $50billion fraud. The regulation (or lack thereof) of the banking industry is thought to be to blame.
Yet another example of why just letting these rich, greedy idiots do whatever they want isn’t going to be in the [...]
I see the Queen has imposed a £50 limit on her family as a Christmas gift budget as she doesn’t want people to think they are being extravagant in these difficult economic times. While I’m unashamedly a royalist, I think she’s missed the point here. If everyone limited their spending to just £50, [...]
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Talking about global business, I came across a tender recently for the update of an interactive map, with the successful company contracted to add case studies to a Flash map. This is the kind of thing we do on a regular basis for a wide range of clients. Indeed, anyone who knows Flash [...]
Our intrepid Steve spent the day in Torquay yesterday, meeting a new client from North West England who was ‘in the area’ on business. The day went well, and despite the distance between our office and theirs we won the job. Fantastic news, but it again underlines the fact that with good communication [...]