Some research identified during a recent PEST (Political Economic Sociological and Technological) analysis suggested that the traditional family life cycle model has broken down: Graduates are blue – Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that 21,000 graduates who finished first degrees last year were still out of work Read More
A week or so ago, I was invited to the offices of Vuture by a former colleague that I had worked with many, many years ago in the property sector. With his partner, he has spent the past few years developing a kind of digital asset and content management system Read More
Thanks to all those who attended the informal launch of my book “Growing your property partnership – Plans, promotion and people” last night. I had a great time and hope everyone else did too. It was great to see so many clients and contacts from the property industry – lots Read More
The new business magazine by Grant Thornton (Elevate) carries a number of articles about innovation. Amongst the most interesting points are: • There is a new £4.5m state of the art Digital Manufacturing Centre with facilities for rapid prototyping at the Metrolopolitan Works Creative Industries Centre in London. • Larry Read More
Accountancy Age reports that of this year’s top 50 firms, 39 (78%) have seen their growth rates squashed and nine saw their revenues decline. Only nine saw their growth rate increased. 3,000 jobs in the top 50 firms were lost. In the next 50 firms, almost half had growth rates Read More