Posted on September 21, 2009 by Nick
I’ve wanted to write about buying technology for some time now. It’s a world that’s changing pretty fast – faster than most journalists like me can effectively communicate to the business community at large. The problem is that, ten years ago, five even, the majority of the IT-driven work in a small business happened on [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2009 by Nick
Ah, September 1st. Along with most of the UK, I’m back from holiday with a bump. In our case, a thoroughly rude awakening; because (having told you about this almost 4 months ago), we’ve finally moved office. I am writing this from the comfort of my lovely first floor view over Bateman Street in the [...]
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by Nick
You know those green shoots of recovery? And the endless discussion about whether it’s a “U” shaped recession, or a “V” shaped recession (or, the one which I think is correct – a “W” shaped recession)? Yup – we’ve all got an opinion, but there’s a lot of unpredictability in the air right now. And [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2009 by Nick
Woohoo! I am of course as excited as a five-year-old because it’s snowing. Not just the dribbles of a slushy excuse for snow we usually get here in London, but proper settled above-your-shoes snow. It’s the first time it’s looked like Christmas in at least five years. Being the owner of a modest 4×4 gas [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Nick
Astute readers will have noticed that this blog is kindly supported by the Microsoft Small Business Centre. It’s not often that Microsoft founder Bill Gates accepts the limelight anywhere, let alone here in the UK, so given his in-depth interview on BBC2 last week (for The Money Programme), I thought it would be useful to [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2008 by Nick
A couple of posts ago, I mentioned my foolhardy decision to move office. I have, of course, opened up a can of worms, but it’s all part of the process of running a business. I do, however, have to do some serious thinking, and as well as embarking on a world tour of what were [...]
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