Category Business

I’ve built businesses from scratch, lost one in circumstances that taught me more about people than any MBA could, and started again. Twice.

This is where I write about entrepreneurship, leadership, and working life — without the LinkedIn polish.

What have the sickness bug, wind, leaves and the dog have in common?

They all are poor excuses we have all heard before. Do you actually believe them? Probably not, so why do people still use them?

How do you measure your Twitter success?

Of the extraordinary demands of large retailers on small businesses trying to do business with them.

of the benift of small independent shops rather than chain shops

Of the usefulness of going on a SEO course

Entering business awards, it is worth it?

Large retailers and green wash

Old age catching up?

large overseas investor and government incentives

We lost our local pub