02 Feb 2012
Embracing Entrepreneurs
Sat on the train once more in an overcrowded carriage, I am fortunate to still be able to see the FT. Luke Johnson's weekly column on entrepreneurship in the Business Life section really caught my eye. He highlighted that the approval of entrepreneurs, so necessary to help us out of this recession, can 'only come gradually, through education, experience and solid examples'.
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27 Jan 2012
Bring in the interim!
With more fears of a double dip recession and debt still firmly at the forefront of European governments' thinking, the marketplace is one of extreme caution and difficult trading conditions. Traditional management styles and skills seen over the past 20 years have focused on growth and development but, in this uncertain environment, different abilities are likely to be needed.
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26 Jan 2012
2012 - a year full of Olympic-sized opportunity
We have started the new year with trepidation: the Euro is still in a calamitous state, the government's cost cuts are taking longer to enact than they envisaged and there is an increasing likelihood of industrial action from the public sector.
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24 Oct 2011
History Lessons
Current market volatility is attributed, in no small measure, to the debt crisis in Europe, where a solution is made more complex by the existence of monetary union without political union.
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