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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2019

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Cavendish hosts Shadow Minister

Very pleased along with colleagues Richard Salmon and Lisa Cowan to recently welcome Shadow Business and Trade Minister Bill Esterson to NWES’ North London offices to discuss the success of Cavendish Enterprise “Start & Grow” programme.   Fantastic success stories … Continue reading

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

                      Wishing friends and colleagues a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2017     A donation has been made to Macmillan Cancer Support    Please help by supporting this worthy … Continue reading

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Legal thought leadership reports

For the last six years I have been producing thought leadership reports with colleagues from the DMH Stallard LLP team. They cover topics such as protecting IP, exporting, ethical business, maximising cash in a business and data security in the … Continue reading

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Do we have 3rd rate broadband in the UK?

My latest column in South East Business Magazine discussed the current poor performance of communications, both mobile and fixed line broadband, in this country. At the same time, my IoD colleague Dan Lewis produced a report echoing my concerns on … Continue reading

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Energy security

I recently wrote in Platinum Business Magazine about security of energy supply, particularly with the future rise in electric vehicles requiring extra capacity from the national grid. We are facing a crisis in energy capacity due to a woeful lack … Continue reading

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Who leads the field in good governance?

My latest article for South East Business Magazine on the issue of good governance   You can find the full article here SE Business article   You can find the full IoD report here IoD report    

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The start of another political campaign

        My latest article in South East Business magazine sets the scene for the upcoming debate over the UK’s continuing membership of the European Union. The last survey of IoD members over a year ago though our … Continue reading

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Renewable energy on the South Coast

This month saw the launch of a major project to provide renewable energy for up to 300,000 homes on the South Coast of England. The 400MW “Rampion” project will use 116 wind turbines to save up to 600,000 tonnes of … Continue reading

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LEP Network 2015

An interesting day spent at the Local Enterprise Network conference for 2015 Some very interesting discussions were held particularly in the breakout sessions in the afternoon. I even got interviewed in the conference video – not sure about the beard … Continue reading

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