I am sure that you, like me, have had days, or weeks or even months or years in your business that have felt tough. Whatever the state of the economy there are always ups and downs in business and some things are more challenging than others. Whether it’s losing a client, or a member of […]
Good News – says the Guardian – Manufacturing has had a storming start to 2012
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 […]
Manchester is in The Top 3 for Business!
Something we who live and build businesses in Manchester know already is that Manchester is one of the top places in the UK to run a business. There are a number of reasons for this – the fact you can get anywhere in the North West in under an hour from Manchester and you can […]
Recruitment grows at weakest rate since August 2009
Staff appointments in October increasing at their slowest rate for 14 months. Does this mean we are heading for a double dip recession? REC chief executive Kevin Green, who last month warned that the jobs market was “starting to flatline”, said: “These figures show that employer confidence remains fragile and as the role of job […]