by David Cottrell | 23 Jun 2016 | LAUS, News
The LAUS way of working At LAUS You Talk. We Listen. Our Specialists will then Advise you on what needs to be done (and, importantly, what doesn’t). Our focus is in solving your issues in a timely and cost effective manner By now we will have a joint Understanding of...
by David Cottrell | 21 Jun 2016 | Leadership, News
The England Manager has since resigned after the ignominious defeat to Iceland. The European Football Championship is in full swing in France. The England Manager, Roy Hodgson, has an annual salary of £3.2 million, making him the highest paid manager in the...
by David Cottrell | 15 Jun 2016 | News
Brexit: Britain’s exit from Brussels Free movement of people is a fundamental principle of the European Union single market. It is the non-negotiable right of any EU citizen to seek work in any other country in the EU. If we want to stay in the EU we have to...
by David Cottrell | 18 May 2016 | News
Driverless Cars are being investigated because of concerns over the risks to passengers by the magnetic fields generated by the vehicles. The United Nations has a task force looking at the levels of electromagnetic radiation levels in these new cars. These new...
by David Cottrell | 18 May 2016 | News
A security breach of someone’s email account takes sophisticated software, powerful hardware and team of hackers, right? Actually no, just offer them chocolate. Recent research has shown that almost 50% of strangers will reveal their passwords if given a...
by David Cottrell | 11 May 2016 | News
Apocalypse: A global, catastrophic event that will kill 10% of the world population. Cheering thought! The apocalypse might not be now but it is coming and there’s a number of options. Pandemics Asteroid AI Nuclear war Climate Change...
by David Cottrell | 26 Apr 2016 | Leadership, Negotiation, News, Questioning Skills
The NHS and Junior Doctors are in Deadlock over the new work contract that is now being enforced upon workers. According to the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt there have been 75 meeting between the parties in order to solve the deadlock without success. Deadlocks occur...
by David Cottrell | 25 Apr 2016 | News
The Brics acronym was first coined by Goldman Sachs 15 (!) years ago. The term was used to capture a number of emerging-market economies that included Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa joined a year later. The main idea was that the balance of global...
by David Cottrell | 11 Apr 2016 | Customer Satisfaction, News
‘Easy to do business with’. I’m sure we’ve all frustratedly held the phone listening to a robotic voice informing us that “your call is important to us but we are experiencing heavy traffic at the moment. Please consider using our website...
by David Cottrell | 21 Mar 2016 | News
The strategy it’s called Betting the Shop when you put all of your resources into one area. So many companies did this when China’s economy was growing at double digits. Businesses ranging from coal-mines to shipbuilding decided it was the only game in...
by David Cottrell | 24 Feb 2016 | News
How can the car be more environmentally friendly than the the bicycle? That’s a joke, right? Stranger things have happened. In 2021 legislation will come into place requiring all new car engines to meet an emissions limit of 95g/km of carbon dioxide....
by David Cottrell | 10 Feb 2016 | Leadership, News
Derby County are a second tier football club in England. They currently sit in 5th place and are just 5 points off the top place. There are still 16 games left with 48 points to fight for. Sounds quite rosy doesn’t it? The team in a strong position to fight for...
