Tag Archives: Banks

Sightpath – Success comes to those who plan for it

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

Right now I’m in the middle of reading a great book by a friend of mine; Robert Copping: The Heart of Business Success – How to overcome the Catch-22s of growing your business  It is available from Amazon right here … Continue reading →

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Meet The Cash Coach…

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

‘Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is reality’ I’m guessing that you’ve heard this phrase before – but what does it mean in the real world: Well, I’ve seen too many businesses spending their time chasing low-margin orders, … Continue reading →

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Barclays – Taxation and the need to engage

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

The banks are in the news again.  This time Barclays is being publicly berated for supposedly not paying enough tax.  The headline on BBC Breakfast made reference to Barclay’s “Offshore tax arrangements” in a clear attempt to leverage the anti-bank … Continue reading →

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Project Merlin – Why did it take so long?

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

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 →

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HMV and Credit Insurance

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

On January 6th, in my post about HMV, I commented that the issue for SMEs will be what happens if or when the insurers pull cover: When a big retailer sneezes it is the suppliers that catch the flu.  The … Continue reading →

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Money has to move to be of value

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

Stationary money is of no value.  It just sits there.  Doing nothing.  Achieving nothing.  Rotting away as inflation eats into it. Money needs to move.  Stretch its legs.  Be exchanged for goods and services so that the next owner can … Continue reading →

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Success? It’s down to you all the way: Lord Sugar

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

This morning I read a fantastic article by Lord Sugar on the Telegraph website. Success? It’s down to you all the way: Lord Sugar What I really love about his article is the simplicity and honesty of it.  Lord Sugar … Continue reading →

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