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Last Christmas, we received an unusual present from our kids… …A robot vacuum cleaner, who has since been christened “Robbie”. We keep it in our house in Wales, and it

It gives me huge pleasure to interrupt my regular blogs on financial management for an important announcement… I’ve become a grandad for the first time! Baby Eve Rosemary Mumford arrived

Years ago, we were invited to help rescue a distressed business, whose finances were extremely messy. Amongst other problems, we discovered that every time they wanted to raise a sales

A few miles down the road from you, there’s another company very similar to yours. They’re in the same industry, offering a similar product to a similar customer base. There’s

In December 1944, Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda retreated into a jungle on a small island in the Philippine archipelago, to hold off the American and Philippine troops. When the war

The start of 2023 is, fittingly, all about new beginnings for me. After 35 years in the same house, Thelma and I are moving to Gloucestershire. We’ve always fancied slightly

I know it’s traditional to look ahead around New Year’s… But over the last few hours, I’ve been looking backwards. To be precise, I’ve been looking over all my emails

I miss the days when my kids were young, and wrote a wish list for Santa. Their lists could include anything from Thomas the Tank Engine to weird items like

Have you been following this huge financial scandal? A few months ago, 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world. He headed a huge crypto exchange called FTX, which

A few weeks ago, I went to a conference by the Heritage Railway Association. The economy was naturally a big topic of conversation…. But possibly not in the way you