Planning

Book Review – “How to think strategically: Your roadmap to innovation and results” by Davide Sola and Jerome Couturier

I’ve read numerous books on strategy since before my MBA in 1996 and ever since. There were some good and some poor. As part of preparing for the forthcoming course on “Being more strategic” for PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ I needed to select a couple of books to recommend to delegates. Read More

2014-08-19T15:58:10+01:00August 19, 2014|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

6 counter-intuitive market trends – Books, luxury goods, universities, small businesses, feminisation and older women

Having just surfaced from a mountain of research, I’ve plucked these gems out as counter-intuitive market trends that could have an impact on your business or marketing strategy  1.     Book publishing growth  Whilst we may think that electronic books have taken over, there were 530,000 new books published in 2011 Read More

2014-02-14T12:15:23+00:00February 14, 2014|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Statistics and trends, Strategy|

UK growth ahead – Accountants Haines Watts and Grant Thornton research UK business growth prospects and optimism

Haines Watts has just released its latest Growth research into over a thousand (1,019) UK small and medium sized owner-managed businesses - to explore UK business growth prospects. The conclusion would appear to be that UK SME OMB are quietly and cautiously confident about the future. International research from Grant Thornton supports Read More

2013-11-29T16:09:43+00:00November 29, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Statistics and trends|
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