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Category Archives: Business
Company Valuation Methods – You Need to Plan Ahead
There comes a time in the life of many a small businesses when the owner wants out. There can be a variety of reasons; retirement, the call of a new opportunity or simply boredom. This is the point where the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Finance, SME
Tagged Adrian Fowles, Business Valuation, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Country, Exit Plan, Finance, Profit, startup, Strategy, Theo Paphitis
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Project Merlin – Why did it take so long?
On the 9th February, the banks and the government signed a lending and bonus deal. Under Project Merlin, banks will lend about £190bn to businesses this year – including £76bn to small firms. There has been a lot of talk … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Finance, SME
Tagged Adrian Fowles, Banking, Banks, Business plan, Credit Crunch, Entrepreneur, Federation of Small Businesses, Finance, FSB, Lending, Merlin
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No Plan Survives First Contact With The Enemy
Having met a few entrepreneurs over the years, it is interesting to hear their views on planning. Some of which are quiet dismissive: What is the point of planning, something different always happens Planning just ties you down – these … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Finance, SME
Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Coaching, Deming, Entrepreneur, Finance, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Mentoring, Planning, Stephan Bungay, Strategy
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National Apprentice Week
It is very appropriate that the final of Michel Roux’s Service should be followed by National Apprentice Week. Although it is a bit of an overused phrased, we need to remember that the young people of today are the wealth … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Apprentice, Coaching, Engineering, Entrepreneur, Graham Snowdon, Manufacturing, Mentoring, National Apprentice Week, startup, Vince Cable
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Michel Roux’s Service – The Finale
What can I say, but what a fabulous close to such an excellent series? I am referring of course to the wonderful Michel Roux’s Service. Which came to a close last night with a little twist at the end of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Coaching, Food, Fred Sirieix, Mentoring, Michel Roux
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Proactive Positive Laziness – Part Three
Let me tell you another story: Many years ago I went to work at an organisation as a factory accountant (I love factories) for a technology company. Part of the role involved the cross comparison of large tables of data … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Coaching, Finance, Mentoring, Pareto
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Entrepreneurs Business Academy – Update
Do you think you and your business would benefit if you spent a day with half-a-dozen millionaires sharing with you their secrets of success? I thought it sounded like a great idea so on Saturday I did just that. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Bev James, Coaching, Entrepreneur, Finance, Guy Levine, James Caan, Nic Rixon, Peter Thomson, startup, Steve Clarke, The EBA
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Fred Sirieix
Something that I always find inspiring is seeing passion and great achievement emulating from an unlikely source. And so, over the last week or so, our house has been spell-bound, mesmerised and overjoyed as we watch the TV. The program … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Food, Retail
Tagged Adrian Fowles, Coaching, Food, Fred Sirieix, Mentoring, Michel Roux
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Recruitment – It is like a Two Ronnies sketch
I’ve been thinking about the recruitment business and, to be honest, I think it is a very imperfect model. My thought process has been driven by a real concern about the ability of small businesses to access real talent. Small … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Coaching, DISC, Entrepreneur, EQ-i, Finance, Myers-Briggs, Recruitment, startup, TKI, Two Ronnies, Webrecruit
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