Spare a thought for family lawyers. And those in the residential property business. Last year the number of married people fell to less than half the population. The Office for National Statistics has now forecast that by 2031 the ranks of those who have never married will swell to 22.1m Read More
I have long been interested in generation differences (in addition to personality, cultural and other ones) amongst both the clients and staff of my professional service clients. So I was pleased when one of my former students sent me a fascinating article from www.trendwatching.com about Generation G. Generation G "Captures Read More
I was cheered to read the news yesterday. The Nationwide Building Society said that property prices increased by .9 cent compared with the previous month - the first monthly rise since October 2007. Not such good news for London though as it reports that property prices in the capital have 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
I read with interest an article in the press in the week - it related to the £7bn that the Government spends each year on consultants and external advisers (excluding those on IT projects which is estimated at a further £4.5bn pa). It showed the typical rates charged: £1,750 Managing Read More