Category Archives: General
Crunch time coming for “Brexit” in 2016
My latest article in South East Business magazine the full article can be found here
New NED position
I’m very pleased to have recently been appointed to the Board of the Cavendish Consortium. Cavendish Enterprise (the trading name of Cavendish Consortium Ltd) is a group made up of six of the largest enterprise agencies across England, together with … Continue reading
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
Discussing the thorny issue of immigration
My recent article in South East Business Magazine discusses the thorny topic of immigration and what it means for the business community. Immigration seems to be a political “hot potato” for any Government but the events of the … Continue reading
New column in “Platinum Business”
Mt new column in Platinum Business magazine launched this month, some more contentious topics to come for sure!
Time to celebrate successful leadership
Those of you who attended the Gala Dinner for the IoD London and South East Director of the Year awards back in the spring, will I’m sure like me, have been very impressed with the excellent … Continue reading
Who leads the field in good governance?
My latest article for South East Business Magazine on the issue of good governance You can find the full article here SE Business article You can find the full IoD report here IoD report
Evaluating a company Board or management team before making an investment
When a company decides to invest in another business, it’s expected that due diligence is undertaken to audit the finances of the business and that commercial potential is assessed before any decisions are made to proceed with an investment … Continue reading
PyTerra in “The Water Report”
My colleague David Arscott has written an interesting article on the future of water services along with colleagues from Ricardo-AEA and WSP. It details how the delivery of water services could be reformed by democratising, integrating and optimising the delivery … 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
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