The purchasing managers survey indicates that life got better for UK manufacturers at the start of 2012 after a pretty dismal end to 2011. Not only does the survey show output rising at the fastest rate for 10 months but also orders grew for the first time in seven months. This suggests that there is […]
Can the Power of Positive Thinking Affect the Economy? Why not ? The Opposite is Certainly True…
So – the press is still focusing on the doom and gloom and seems hell bent on driving us ruthlessly towards a double dip recession for the pleasure of having bad news to write about. I have therefore decided that my comments will focus solely on the good news and there is a lot of […]
Not only can SME’s not get bank funding, they are too afraid to ask!
Well – it’s not a good situation is it. SME’s who need funding cannot get it – that’s of course unless they actually don;t need it – ie they are a 100% safe bet. Or unless they are prepared to put their house and everything else they own on the line – for what might […]
LinkedIn – critical mass achieved
Question of the day…. Are you on LinkedIN? Statistically you are way more likely to respond positively to that than you would have been 12 months ago. LinkedIn has seen growth of 65 % increasing from 48 million members to 79 million in the year to March 2011 (now at over 100 million). In roughly […]
How do we boost the economy and create new jobs TODAY?
As I said back in May, when I put my suggestion to Vince Cable at the Greater Manchester Chamber Annual Dinner – instead of offering an NI holiday to start up businesses who employ staff (how many start up businesses do YOU know about who start up and immediately employ 4 or 5 people?? That’s […]