by David Cottrell | 21 Mar 2019 | Brands, News
£450k for an old Bentley. What a beauty https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-47651741
by David Cottrell | 16 Apr 2018 | News
Whenever we look for intelligent life, why do we always point the probes away from Earth??
by David Cottrell | 2 Mar 2018 | Leadership, News
Transformation from bug to butterfly! Transforming a business is fraught with risk. Just look at the UK and EU in the middle of Brexit negotiations! here are a few steps that can be taken to avoid catastrophe: 1. Decision-making cannot be done by rigid hierarchies...
by David Cottrell | 27 Sep 2016 | News
The Paperless Office should have been with us for almost 20 years. Business Week forecast that paper would be dead in the office by 1990. Some 16 years on there are claims that it really will happen now. 2007 was the peak of office printing and copying and paper...
by David Cottrell | 20 Sep 2016 | News
39% of all American workers (about 41 million people) do not receive paid sick leave. This means people turn up for work and infect their colleagues when illness strikes. It’s even worse when they infect the customers. At fast-food restaurant, Chipotle, workers...
by David Cottrell | 22 Aug 2016 | Customer Satisfaction, News
Loyalty schemes are commonplace in everyday life. It’s quite nice to cash in nectar points for a free trolley of shopping or take a free coffee in Costa But these loyalty schemes are just adept at capturing past purchases and then tailoring new offers. Smart...
by David Cottrell | 18 Jul 2016 | Leadership, News
The UK’s New Boss, Theresa May sent a clear message with her new Cabinet. Out with the public school posh boys and in with good state educated, working class stock (apart from Boris but he’ll be out of the country most of the time). Our ‘new...
by David Cottrell | 11 Jul 2016 | Leadership, News
Does your boss sit impassively as you present new ideas or report on your work? Instead they might bounce around the room with excitement. What do you prefer or need from a boss? Andy Murray held aloft the Wimbledon tennis trophy for the second time yesterday. Since...
by David Cottrell | 7 Jul 2016 | News
Brexit: After the UK voted to leave the EU, the country faces the prospect of having to establish new trade relationships – both with the remaining 27 EU members and other countries around the world. As a member of the EU, the UK has been included in trade deals...
by David Cottrell | 5 Jul 2016 | News
Will the Bank of England be cutting interests rates to 0%? One of London’s biggest government bond investors has predicted that base rates will be cut to an unprecedented 0% by the end of summer. The prediction is also that stimulative money-printing cannot be...
by David Cottrell | 28 Jun 2016 | News
The UK has to build new alliances now the process of leaving the EU is underway. Instead of getting bogged down in negotiations with the EU, lets get trade deals with Japan and the USA done and dusted. What about new partnerships? Together with Canada and Australia...
