Recent news is that BT is buying a mobile phone company – it looks like they will chose EE over O2 Those of us with enough grey hairs will remember that BT used to have a mobile phone business, and unless I am mistaken it was the business that formed the basis of what is…
A few months ago the news was full of stories about the Co-Op bank. They acquired acquired Britannia building society, and trouble lay ahead. The newspapers love to report the negative news and the disasters – There’s an old story about a foreign correspondent for the BBC who was on assignment in the heyday of…
In 2014 there will be a number of business owners who want to exit. Many of them would have liked to retire five or six years ago, but could not do so in the middle of the credit crunch. There’s an opportunity for the smart business to take a step change in growth, but it…
Many business advisors bandy around the words “strategic” and “tactical” but for me, the only real difference is the timeframe. There will be times when you have to take a decision to solve today’s problem, but it comes back to haunt you at a later date. It’s a bit like buying something you can’t really…