Posted on July 29, 2008 by Nick
The top story in the business press today is about Tesco’s latest assault on the high street: Britain’s No. 1 retailer wants to massively increase its financial services offering.
This is one of those announcements that makes so much sense, you wonder why we didn’t all expect it.
Firstly, Tesco is no newcomer to finance- it’s offered [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by Nick
Soothsayers and sleight-of-hand merchants, magicians and Victorian side-show owners. They’re as good a bet in understanding the current economic climate as anyone in the press.
I mean, what sort of misguided fool would proffer their opinion on this recession? Who’d be daft enough to stick their head above the parapet?
Er… me. I can’t help it. So, [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2008 by Nick
Every business (except for some of those dodgy people who promise to tarmac your drive for cash, guv) has a bank account, so I thought I’d spend some time talking about a couple of recent banking experiences.
I am with NatWest, and have been for the best part of twenty years. In general, their service is actually quite [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2008 by Nick
I want to tell you a story about my friend Paul. He lives a few doors down from me, and we went for a drink a couple of weeks back. He told me an astonishing story.
Back in the early 1990’s, he was a bit strapped for cash. Somewhere along the way, he forgot to fully [...]
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