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
Oh dear. In the same edition of a London newspaper today there were two stories highlighting the pricing problems in the professions. In one article, a chain of estate agents had sent out a mailer to home owners in the wealthy areas of Central and Greater London to say that Read More
What makes a good marketing campaign? In my capacity as a judge in the MPF (Managing Partners Forum) Awards “Best Marketing Campaign” category (see www.mpfglobal.com) I had the pleasure today of reviewing the short listed entries along with my fellow category judge in advance of the imminent judges’ dinner to Read More
Whilst on my summer holidays I spent some time pursuing one of my favourite pastimes - deep sea fishing. And while I watched and waited for a really big fish to take the bait I reflected on the idea that the science of fishing was a lot like the art Read More
Back in 2002, I presented a session for the Law Management Section of The Law Society on cross firm collaboration where I suggested that, in the broadest sense, most business development activities in a law firm could be encapsulated by integrating brand strategies with CRM (Client Relationship Management) programmes. In Read More