Category Archives: Manufacturing & Engineering
Exporting for success
My column for the November issue of Platinum Business magazine
The Volkswagen debacle and the lack of good governance
With every day that passes we see a further unravelling of the disaster that’s affecting VW Group. It’s been interesting to see how this has affected their multitude of brands and how it will impact on new models, R&D and … Continue reading
Solving the productivity conundrum
Recently the new Uk Parliament published a paper on productivity www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06492.pdf in an attempt to further raise the importance of the subject with our politicians (who probably aren’t the most productive bunch themselves – but that’s another story). Jonty Bloom’s recent paper … Continue reading
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
Flood tech gets smart
The following is an article created with PyTerra partner WSP describing how our smart system for “harvesting” water is being developed Flood tech gets smart 17 November, 2014 | By Julie-Anne Ryan Land owners that store … Continue reading
Back to No10
Visits to No 10 must be like London buses- you wait forever and then two come along at the same time. After a visit to 10 Downing Street with members of IoD Council two weeks … Continue reading
Managing Manufacturing Risk
I recently wrote a guest article for Zurich Insider detailing how smaller manufacturing companies could manage and mitigate risks to their business. The article can be found here http://insider.zurich.co.uk/market-expertise/managing-manufacturing-risk/
Improving The Effectiveness Of Your Board
Improving The Effectiveness Of Your Board How to Choose the Right Person to Succeed You Interestingly most organisations don’t succession plan very well. This probably goes back to the fact that many don’t do thorough risk management. Within a process … Continue reading
Open Sesame – SME success for South East Business
My latest blog on the DMH Stallard “SME Rocket” is about a small business in Surrey with an innovative solution to help those confined to a wheelchair. You can find the story here http://smerocket.net/2014/10/09/sme-success-southeast-business/
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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