How good a year was that?


2021, like every year, was ushered in with a host of predictions. In the Chinese calendar it was the year of the Ox forecasting good fortune and hard work. The UN designated 2021 as International Year of Peace and Trust and the UK media saw 2021 as the year that vaccines would save our summer, […]

I’ve just had an industry revelation.


I saw something at SPATEX that absolutely delighted me. It wasn’t one of the many new products or even one of the new exhibitors. It wasn’t on a stand at all. It was something I picked up while walking around the show and I’ve brought back home with me.

If I see another motivating quote for 2013, I think I might be ill.


A new year begins. We all want to know what it will bring and how to overcome its challenges but too much business advice is trivialised by the quick ‘sound byte’ and the snappiness of the ‘top tip’. Business is hard; we have to think hard when planning to make the best of it.