Oh dear – it seems that even when you are supremely successful at business development and generate good results for your clients, you can end up suffering at the hands of the media and your reputation takes a bashing. The mainstream and business news media devoted many column inches last Read More
Last week, the Managing Partners Forum (www.mpfglobal.com) – in conjunction with Noble investment bank – launched its professional services index signalling the maturity and importance of the publically listed part of the professional services market and addressing its relative non profile amongst investors and analysts. 70 firms are listed in Read More
While Hollywood has the Oscars, here in London we must make do with the Estas. The Londonpaper has launched the "London Estate Agent of the Year" awards and the winner will be announced next month. There are 12 nominees, and on the shortlist are: Crompton Estates in Deptford Faron Sutaria Read More
There was an interesting article in The Times last week (17th March). Sir Michael Snyder (Senior partner at accountants Kingston Smith and a former policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation) made the following observations regarding the Professional Services Global Competitiveness Group report: • The professional services industry employs Read More
When writing my book (Growing your property practice - due out in May) I researched a lot of property partnerships and companies to see how the best were dealing with marketing and promotion (amongst other things). And reading my London newspaper last week drew my attention to another example. In the distant Read More