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Renewable energy on the South Coast

This month saw the launch of a major project to provide renewable energy for up to 300,000 homes on the South Coast of England. The 400MW “Rampion” project will use 116 wind turbines to save up to 600,000 tonnes of … Continue reading

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LEP Network 2015

An interesting day spent at the Local Enterprise Network conference for 2015 Some very interesting discussions were held particularly in the breakout sessions in the afternoon. I even got interviewed in the conference video – not sure about the beard … Continue reading

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Starting out on the Non-Executive Director journey

  My latest article in South East Business Magazine.   The full article can be found here  http://www.southeastbusiness.com/print-edition/february-march-2015

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A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to friends and colleagues

  Wishing friends and colleagues an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas break and a healthy and prosperous 2015   A donation has been made to Cancer Research UK

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Interviewing key business figures

I seem to have created some sort of career interviewing people! I have interviewed Charles Morgan former CEO of Morgan Cars and Stuart Garner CEO of Norton Motorcycles in front of a live audience at the Knowledge Peers Conferences at … Continue reading

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Notes from the Farnborough Air Show

      My latest article in South East Business Magazine   The full article can be found here http://www.southeastbusiness.com/print-edition/september-2014      

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A lesson for all exporters

      You can fine the full article here   http://smerocket.net/2014/08/11/exporting-volatile-countries/

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An uplifting story of a great business

This is a blog resulting from a very enjoyable visit to a fantastic company.   The original article can be found here http://businessbeanstalk.net/2014/02/10/a-different-view-of-what-engineers-do-for-us/

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Latest article in SE Business magazine

      the latest article can be found in this edition http://www.southeastbusiness.com/section/features

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Interesting developments on “Funding for lending” scheme to help to manage a housing boom

              Recently I wrote my monthly article for South East Business http://www.southeastbusiness.com/print-edition/december-2013 in which I expressed my and indeed the IoD team’s concerns over whether the government was creating the conditions for another potentially damaging housing … Continue reading

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