Whilst sitting in my hotel room in the furthest realms of a cold eastern Turkey writing my piece for the latest Business in Focus News, I was reminded of one of the key lessons that Brian Ahearne, our New Business trainer and adviser, drums home to his clients on his ...

Use the quiet time over the Christmas period to look back and re-assess the year. Look at your Business Plan and the objectives that you’ve set for yourself – what went right, what didn’t and why for both?

Then think about the key objectives you will be setting for yourself ...

As my retiring Chairman and his successor Geraint Evans have commented in their recent articles in the Business in Focus News – now is indeed the time for businesses – new and old - to take advantage of all the assistance that is out there to help them grow.

While your ...

Why is it that our TV commentators wake up in the morning with just one single thought –
“I mustn’t find anything nice to say today!!”

Even when introducing a ‘good news’ item or commentating on a win by some sports team, they always have to find some barbed comment ...

As Gordon Brown prepares for a hectic round of meetings with the Heads of the World Bank, IMF, European members of the G20 and even the Pope – I can’t help but reflect upon whether the average small business owner believes that the outcomes of these meetings will have any ...