Blogs

Last week I told you about our family ziplining adventure over a disused quarry in Wales. At the risk of making you think that I’m never at work (which is

Recently, I decamped to Wales together with my wife and children for a family weekend… The highlight was doing the ziplines over Llechwedd slate quarry. Nowadays, it’s home to “Titan

Throughout my working life, I’ve had one mission. Help company owners get to grips with the financial side of their business… …So you can run your company more smoothly and

Your bookshelf says a lot about you. And as a book lover, I enjoy scanning other people’s book collections to get a better sense of their interests. But whatever’s on

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been talking about how hard it’s becoming to attract and retain staff in certain industries. And now, like a bolt out of the blue,

In my last blog, I showed you that you have a strong financial incentive to get your hiring right – the first time. Recruiting new people is far more expensive

Everywhere I go at the moment I see signs proudly announcing, “We’re hiring.” My immediate thought? That’s great… but are you hiring the right people? You’ve heard the old adage about your

In my last blog, I mentioned that one of the railway companies I’m involved in lost their chef… He was poached (no pun intended) by another company, which doubled his

I was speaking to the owner of a beauty salon, who was trying to hire an aesthetician. “Even if I set up interviews with them, they don’t turn up,” she

Over the past few weeks I’ve become a lot more active on LinkedIn. I’ve noticed an enormous improvement in the quality of the posts since I was last heavily involved