On the news the other day there was the news article that the government is considering moving the May Day Bank holiday to either earlier in April or into October. Well my ten pennyworths is why are we looking at moving the day why don’t the government give us another day!!
So we now have less than a month before the historic referendum on changes to the UK voting system. This will not only affect our lives but also those of our children’s. Have you even thought about how you are going to vote?
The choice is simple, stick with the current...
I had the pleasure of meeting a friend in London yesterday for a superb lunch. However when we planned it we were not aware that there was the TUC march going on at the same time. This caused a lot of disruption and we had to find alternate ways to get from the east side of Whitehall to the...
I was shocked over the weekend to see the images coming out of Japan with the Earthquake and Tsunami and the devastation it has caused. It’s horrific to see these images and realise that there are human beings affected by them. My heart goes out to all those impacted by this.
Over the last few years one of the biggest mantras I have heard is that a business must focus on shareholder value and that should be one of the major drivers of the management teams in those organizations.
I was astonished today to see that if you had invested £100...
Well theres a revelation that has been far too long in the making. The billions that have been wasted on these projects is staggering and yet time and time the same mistakes are made.
The most obvious area to focus on is the people that manage these projects. I am an...
I have been astonished to read the recent articles in the Telegraph around the Public Finance Initiatives (PFI) that have been set up over the last few years.
The fact that we (THE UK TAX PAYERS) have to eventually pay £200billion for £50billion of assets. The is...
I hope everyone is watching and joining High's Fish Fight. the campaign to stop the practice of "discard" that is imposed by Europe on Fishermen.
Nearly 60% of the catch has to be dumped at sea dead if over quota fish are caught. This is an insane practice and...
So England didn’t get the FIFA world cup in 2018 even though they had the best Technical bid; the best Commercial bid; stadiums already built and promised a fantastic legacy. We also have the most watched league in the world with the greatest players in the world.
This...
