Just finished writing a book with Flying Start - very proud - it’s rather good.

9th March, 2010

Just a quick one and just for you a quick sneaky peaky at the first part of a new book aimed at helping young people start businesses.

Commissioned by Flying Start (a great organisation who are dedicated to getting student and graduate businesses started) this little beauty is something I am very proud of.

My first book with videos to be released as well, is to hit the internet by the 14th of March - so keep your eyes peeled :) 

ARE ENTREPRENUERS MADE OF DIFFERENT STUFF?

26th February, 2010

A chap who came to one of my talks over the last couple of months texted me the other night with a great question:

Were you made an entreprenuer or born one?

A very BIG question which links into everything we are about as a company ..... the question needing answering and rephrasing.

ARE ENTREPRENUERS MADE OF DIFFERENT STUFF?

Which nicely linked into a book I am writing with Dr David Bozward - which you can help choose the title for…. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GFS7FHQ

One in ten private sector employers plan to outsource jobs abroad this year in a bid to grow staff

17th February, 2010

One in ten private sector employers plan to outsource jobs abroad this year in a bid to grow staff levels at a lower cost, a new report suggests.

According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), almost half of IT firms, and 17% of manufacturing companies, plan to relocate some jobs to other countries.

Half of these jobs will go to India while a third will go to Eastern Europe, the report found.

But what can we do as small businesses? Here’s an idea and a recommendation.

Job cuts signal start of public sector recession - maybe they will need a little help?

15th February, 2010

Survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development warns that almost a third of public sector employers are planning to cut jobs during the first quarter of this year.
In a survey of 700 employers, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) said today that redundancies in both the public and private sectors are set to accelerate during the first three months of 2010.

The CIPD report showed that one in four employers across all sectors planned to make redundancies in the first three months of the year, cutting an average 6.2% of their workforce, compared with 3.8% taken out by employers making redundancies in the previous quarter. But there is a bigger threat than cuts faces the public sector.