Category Archives: Innovation

Solving the productivity conundrum

Recently the new Uk Parliament published a paper on productivity www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06492.pdf  in an attempt to further raise the  importance of the subject with our politicians (who probably aren’t the most productive bunch themselves – but that’s another story). Jonty Bloom’s recent paper … 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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My latest article in South East Business Magazine about the “sharing economy”

    The original article can be found here http://www.southeastbusiness.com/print-edition/january-2015   Further information from the IoD on the topic can be found here http://www.iod.com/influencing/press-office/press-releases/let-people-earn-tax-free-in-the-sharing-economy   and the report here Share the Wealth-3

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Learning from the Young

My latest article from South East Business Magazine describing a fantastic event at IoD Pall Mall         My latest article in South East Business Magazine   The full article can be found here   http://www.southeastbusiness.com/print-edition/december-2014    

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Flood tech gets smart

The following is an article created with PyTerra partner WSP describing how our smart system for “harvesting” water is being developed     Flood tech gets smart   17 November, 2014 | By Julie-Anne Ryan   Land owners that store … Continue reading

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The challenge of change

  My latest article for South East Business magazine The full article can be found here http://www.southeastbusiness.com/print-edition/november-2014

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Managing Manufacturing Risk

I recently wrote a guest article for Zurich Insider detailing how smaller manufacturing companies could manage and mitigate risks to their business. The article can be found here http://insider.zurich.co.uk/market-expertise/managing-manufacturing-risk/

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Improving The Effectiveness Of Your Board

Improving The Effectiveness Of Your Board How to Choose the Right Person to Succeed You Interestingly most organisations don’t succession plan very well. This probably goes back to the fact that many don’t do thorough risk management. Within a process … Continue reading

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Open Sesame – SME success for South East Business

  My latest blog on the DMH Stallard “SME Rocket” is about a small business in Surrey with an innovative solution to help those confined to a wheelchair. You can find the story here http://smerocket.net/2014/10/09/sme-success-southeast-business/

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Promoting the three “P”s within IoD in the South East

It’s a great honour to have been selected to be the Regional Chairman and I’m busy now getting on with the challenge. I will be making a point of getting out to branches during the year and seeing how branches … Continue reading

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