Many of the professionals I work with in insolvency related professions say that despite the double (or triple) dip recession, they are not experiencing the increase in work that is typical following a recession. In the past, the trend was that the peak of insolvencies occurred about 18 months after Read More
The other day there was a piece about the lack of women on UK Boards in the Evening Standard http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boardroom-doors-are-still-closed-for-women-8084093.html The key points were that: Not one woman has joined the board of any of Britain’s biggest companies in the past year In the past two years, of 87 executive Read More
On Friday I trotted along to the offices of Smith & Williamson to hear from the second Financial Times/Managing Partner Forum research by Meridian West (formerly Lighthouse) into effective client adviser relationships. Richard Chaplin mentioned that professional services is the largest sector in the UK and the only one to have Read More
Are you App-Aware, App-Agnostic or App-Happy? I have monitored the introduction of Apps by professional service firms (PSFs) in the legal, accountancy and property markets over the past few years and even built a spread sheet analysing their key features and relative strengths and weaknesses. I intended to write a Read More
Branding is tricky at the best of times. But when you have to apply the process to yourself or your own business it becomes almost impossible. When I established my first company - Practical Marketing Consultancy Ltd - way back in 1994 the world was a very different place. Almost Read More
