As we enter a new year, I want to talk about the importance of balance, perspective, support and productivity and I’m here to make the case that family must come first in business. Hear me out.
Category: Columns
Columns, blogs and opinion from some of the UKs leading business opinion makers and entrepreneurs and small business owners
How taking care of yourself will help you take care of your business
For your business to truly thrive, it must be built on strong foundations. This does not only mean having a well thought out business plan, but ensuring that you are able to bring your best self to your business every day.
Change is the only constant: A year in privacy law
As 2021 draws to a close, I thought I would use this column to reflect on another strange year and look ahead to what may happen in the world of data protection during 2022.
The seven books that helped me on my entrepreneurial journey
If you take a look at any of my businesses, and you know what my influences in business are, you’ll see how much I’ve taken from the world around me and used it as an inspiration to build.
Effective marketing tips to make your business stand out from your competition
Throughout my career, I’ve been lucky enough to witness almost everything that could happen to a business throughout my careers.
What shark diving taught me about business
I wholeheartedly believe that business and shark diving are essentially the same thing. Both are exciting. Both have their fair share of risk. Both require you to be on your A-game all of the time.
Why innovation is the key to sustainable business
Running a business is no easy thing. For the past 18 years, I’ve been on that journey of entrepreneurship.
Just call me ‘Mystic Mullins’ – vaccine passports ready in weeks as my crystal ball predicted
As I gazed into my crystal ball a few weeks ago it struck me that vaccine passports were the future.
No jab, no job debate is about public and workforce safety, pure and simple
Who’d have thought putting the health and safety of your people and the public first would create such a fuss!
WFH, algorithms and multi-million-pound fines: the year in data protection
My final column of 2020 is in two parts. In this first part, I reflect on what a strange year we’ve had – picking out some of the highlights from an information law perspective
Furlough exposes employers to potential breach of contract claims
With the first UK lockdown coming with little advanced warning, furlough and other Government financial support schemes were initiated quickly and not a lot of guidance was readily available on the finer details.
Lender appetite is diminishing – here’s 3 alternatives if your bank says no
The deadline for starting an application for a government-backed loan has been extended to January 31st 2021, but lender appetite is diminishing. What should you do and who do you turn to when you need working capital and the bank says no?
Working from home leaves business owners exposed to data breach claims
Last week the UK Government u-turned on its recommendation for employees to return to the office and the official position is now that employee’s should work from home ‘if they can’.
Rishi’s latest measures are only necessary because his Government doesn’t have the stomach for a fight!
Today the chancellor put back the date when the UK will recover from the coronavirus crisis.
Three simple questions to test your business’s sales commission plan
If you employ salespeople to sell your company’s products and services, it is more than likely that you have a sales commission plan in place.
