Insects, hot water and Covid
Shhh.... I have a secret. Promise not to tell? Last night, I forgot about the NHS clap. I know, I feel dreadful about it. As the clattering – and why [...]
In the spotlight
Yesterday, as Starmer took on Raab for the first time at a mostly virtual PMQs, the Yorkshire Post printed my essay - featured in this blog - regarding the pros [...]
Show Me The Money: The CBIL Disaster
This week I was featured in The Yorkshire Post with an opinion piece on the CBIL Loan Scheme. It was featured online and also in the paper. Read the full [...]
Where to make decisions
If decision-making is the primary element of your job, as it is for me, then it’s imperative that you make the best possible decisions, given that your actions are likely [...]
99-year old Tom Moore shouldn’t have needed to do that
Today, legendary Captain Tom Moore opened – virtually – the new nightingale hospital in my hometown of Harrogate. By walking, very slowly, 100 times around his garden, Captain Tom has [...]
Where to work?
Yesterday, I considered the definition of work. Today, my thoughts turn to – where do we do our best work? Running a firm of knowledge workers, I have always been [...]
What is work? Enter: Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Before this crisis, most of us had some sort of work to perform. You might be thinking: what about the retired and the super-rich – surely, they didn’t perform any [...]
Covid healed the Brexit wound
Tonight’s NHS clap on our street was the loudest yet! Accompanying the obligatory clapping and clattering of pans were fireworks and music. Although Dominic Raab’s instruction, just a few hours [...]
Update to self: I am a key worker!
In an earlier blog post entitled Are You Important I declared that the Government did not deem me to be a Key Worker, as that was my reading of the [...]
RIP The British Economy: murdered by bureaucracy
As a small business owner, and as someone who interviews business owners for the The Harrogate Podcast, I fear for our SMEs. Most have been clobbered by COVID. My best [...]