” A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” This week’s quote is by Sir Francis Bacon, the English philosopher, from one of his essays in the early 17th century. His words still ring true 400 years later for small business owners everywhere – you will not make a success of your business…
This post was inspired by an article that I recently read on Fast Company called: Acquisition Is Sexy! Retention is Boring…Right? It’s coming to the end if the year and if you’re not in the swing of preparing for the Xmas rush I guess that your business will start slowing down as Xmas approaches. If…
On Monday, Ed Miliband made a speech about banking at the Co-operative Bank in London. In the speech he made a couple of comments that caught my eye (Source: BBC): Mr Miliband told an audience of financiers it was time to move from “casino” to “stewardship” banking. Mr Miliband said the country had endured a…
