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2013.05.16: Courting Justice in China
2013.05.15: Severn Trent rejects informal bid: But does it matter who owns our utilities?
2013.05.13: The need for a compassion-led solution to economic recovery
2013.05.13: Aim high, act now
2013.05.07: The importance of five years
2013.05.03: Unsafe at current speeds - China's industrial juggernaut
2013.04.29: Learning lessons from the 'beautiful' game
2013.04.28: LEPs: suffering from a lack of confidence, confusion and short-termism, says BIS Ctte Report
2013.04.24: How much can we trust economists?
2013.04.23: Chancellor breaths huge sigh of relief. But the deficit reduction plan has stalled.
2013.04.23: Will Germany's 'plum blossom' strategy continue to work in China ?
2013.04.20: Housing 'Help to Buy' Omnishambles?
2013.04.17: Transatlantic shenanigans
2013.04.16: Curing the economic crisis - the need to fix some fundamental problems
2013.04.14: Why do Englishmen drink standing up ?( a Chinese visitor asks)
2013.04.10: Margaret Thatcher, British manufacturing and the rise and fall of Japan's economy; what lessons can we learn?
2013.04.02: Off Track? Osborne's Infrastructure Plan is too little too late.
2013.04.02: Would buying British get us out of the economic crisis?
2013.04.01: Why George Osborne needs a New Base to his Pizza
2013.03.30: Salty and Sweet? A PepsiCo - Mondelez deal is no substitute for creating real economic value
2013.03.28: Turning over a New (Electric) Leaf?
2013.03.26: Cyprus 'saved' but worse to come?
2013.03.25: China - turning Ronald Reagan head over heels
2013.03.24: Cyprus - a case of geopolitics clashes with economics and sentiment?
2013.03.20: The need to use the 'accelerator' principle to stimulate economic recovery
2013.03.18: Electric Cars: Sparking an Interest?
2013.03.18: Looking at China - from the inside out
2013.03.14: Sector focus drives growth
2013.03.13: Apprenticeships and their importance in economic development
2013.03.12: Markets matter - the LEP fails them
2013.03.11: Getting the region exporting - "Superb" Export Insight visits are a good place to start
2013.03.06: Reflecting on Dr. Beeching's legacy
2013.03.04: Big Banks cut Lending while taking the Funding-for-Lending Cash
2013.02.25: Goodbye Triple A. Hello Triple Dip?
2013.02.25: Should we fear the rise of the 'machines'?
2013.02.21: A gift horse for the Local Enterprise Partnership, maybe ?
2013.02.20: Part 2: From Jaws to 'The Claws of Doom'
2013.02.19: The realities of life in 'squeezed' Britain
2013.02.19: Beyond the Jaws of Doom? Part 1
2013.02.19: Low carbon vision, the £880 billion proze
2013.02.18: JLR: sales up, profits down.
2013.02.12: Dare we use the C word?
2013.02.08: Energiewende
2013.02.06: The C word in Banking, it's Competition we need
2013.02.04: Corporate governance - what will really change?
2013.02.01: It's not all doom and gloom
2013.02.01: White Knight saves Black Cab?
2013.01.30: The Big Fish gobble up contracts for local services
2013.01.29: Has Apple lost its sweetness?
2013.01.24: Sickness absence, a new approach
2013.01.22: Rolls Royce to close part of Ansty site?
2013.01.20: Economic reality killed the videostore
2013.01.14: US Auto Market booms as Europe's suffers
2013.01.14: Plenty of opportunity to trade, a market for everyone and support to get you there
2013.01.13: What really motivates people - an analysis of MP's pay?
2013.01.08: Learning from Germany
2013.01.07: Hello John, Got a New Motor?
2013.01.06: Avis, Zipcar and Car Sharing...
2012.12.31: A Postcard from China Beach
2012.12.31: 2012 - a game changer?
2012.12.30: The Eurozone Crisis hasn't Gone Away.
2012.12.29: A postcard from the night train to Hue
2012.12.29: Education and training - the need to reinvent 'wheels'
2012.12.28: The UK Economy: will we see a Happy New Year?
2012.12.26: A postcard from Ha Long Bay
2012.12.23: A final thought...
2012.12.22: A postcard from Hanoi
2012.12.18: China: trade surplus - good; 'understanding' deficit - not so good
2012.12.12: When will things get better; and how?
2012.12.12: Sir Mervyn offers A Shot of Rhythm and Blues...
2012.12.12: Birmingham equal pay claims headache - silver linings?
2012.12.11: Autumn statement begins pulling on growth levers
2012.12.09: China's got 'China's got Talent' - and then some . . .
2012.12.06: The LEP is dreaming, I fear
2012.12.04: Technology and how it continues to impact on our lives
2012.12.04: Energy Bill - worth the wait?
2012.12.03: Funding for Lending, is it working?
2012.11.29: A postcard lost in translation
2012.11.29: A postcard from Qingdao
2012.11.27: What do high street retailers really want for Christmas?
2012.11.27: Post card from a Chinese ATM
2012.11.27: The Richard Review and the ambition for Apprenticeships
2012.11.26: The Autumn Statement, time to prioritise resources
2012.11.26: A postcard from 30,000 feet
2012.11.25: What happened to AWM's Assets?
2012.11.25: Getting Graduates and young people into work
2012.11.21: Europe: What happens next?
2012.11.20: Getting a visa - credits and debits
2012.11.18: Leveragers are out of time - and caused the problem in the first place
2012.11.13: China - a view from ground level maybe.
2012.11.12: Is there a better way to run our organisations?
2012.11.08: The end of the road for QE ?
2012.11.06: Change in leadership in America and China: economically what does it mean for us?
2012.11.06: LEPs: The Clock is Ticking for Business
2012.11.05: Ford closure: Euro slowdown and Ford's strategic shift away from the UK
2012.11.02: Hezza: "Continuing as we are is not an acceptable option"
2012.11.01: Inspiring more women-led businesses to explore overseas trade
2012.10.31: Birmingham gives 'Green Deal' green light
2012.10.31: Heseltine Review, time for action on growth
2012.10.30: Creating opportunity for economic success; the influence of Nick Clegg and Lord Heseltine
2012.10.29: Much ado in Beijing - and not a little in Washington
2012.10.26: New teaching training tests, 7 out of 10
2012.10.23: Back to the future (again); how does economic theory assist us?
2012.10.23: California Dreamin'
2012.10.22: Black Day for Black Cab firm
2012.10.22: Looking for Growth - design and innovation led companies are outperforming all the way
2012.10.18: GCSEs and the 65% target
2012.10.16: Time travel is food for thought in China
2012.10.16: Understanding the behaviour of people in organisations: social norms and corporate psychopaths
2012.10.12: A decarbonisation target for 2030 or a sensible target ?
2012.10.11: Apprenticeships, lets have quantity and quality
2012.10.10: Spherical Objects
2012.10.10: Supporting innovation and creativity, still the way to achieve economic growth
2012.10.08: Housing should remain a key priority
2012.10.06: From Autos' 'Location of Choice' to Supply Chain Rebuilding?
2012.10.03: The Technical Baccalaureate, is it the answer?
2012.10.02: A Tale of Two Taxis
2012.10.01: An examination of 'cool' brands and the decline of a once loved company
2012.10.01: 'Clear and Present Danger' - Attacks from cyberspace on the rise
2012.09.30: Jiàoyù, jiàoyù, jiàoyù*
2012.09.24: Beware of creating ire among the plebs
2012.09.24: A Bank for Business, but what will it look like ?
2012.09.21: Taclking youth unemployment - the mismatch of skills
2012.09.19: The spectacular rise, fall and recovery of Iceland's economy - are there lessons for us?
2012.09.18: East vs West: the anti-dumping debate continues...
2012.09.14: Employment reform - jam today not jam tomorrow
2012.09.12: The Regional Growth Fund: Another Damaging Report
2012.09.12: What is the point of work (and leisure)?
2012.09.11: Industrial strategy, the case for cross govt action
2012.09.04: Improving airline food
2012.09.03: Globalisation - happening at a mall or apartment block near you - now !
2012.08.31: Help for the "forgotten army" of a thousand West Midlands mid-sized businesses
2012.08.30: Paradigms, ways of seeing the world and learning to cope with economic uncertainty
2012.08.29: Not another blog about Julian Assange...
2012.08.23: GCSEs, are they broken and should we fix them ?
2012.08.20: Raw material shortage, the looming crunch begins
2012.08.17: Homeward Bound? Seizing Manufacturing Onshoring Opportunities. Part 3
2012.08.16: A levels not just about the A, it's the STEM
2012.08.15: Homeward Bound? Seizing Manufacturing Onshoring Opportunities. Part 2
2012.08.14: Double Dip Deniers take note: this is going badly wrong. There's still time for a Plan B.
2012.08.13: China - in a brazen quest for economic gold
2012.08.13: Homeward Bound? Seizing Manufacturing Onshoring Opportunities. Part 1
2012.08.13: Supply chain risks bring production home
2012.08.10: Whatever happened to the Export-Led Recovery?
2012.08.09: ROCs set to roll
2012.08.08: The Olympics - inspiring business ? Well, up to a point ...
2012.08.03: Earn as you Learn?
2012.08.03: The economic realities of Britain's Olympic legacy
2012.08.01: The sun is out - and the Water Bill has arrived
2012.07.31: Mulling things over with George Osborne
2012.07.31: Govt failing Industry on Green and Growth
2012.07.31: Olympic Games make a splash
2012.07.25: Management gurus: purveyors of useful theory or sellers of 'snake-oil'?
2012.07.24: The Economy, where do we go from here?
2012.07.20: Clever Reputation Management can pay regional dividends, says Prof Mike Brown
2012.07.17: Young and old; recognising the issues and developing solutions
2012.07.16: High energy costs damaging business, now it's official
2012.07.14: Chairs, much more than a seat - Designer Richard Snell
2012.07.11: Credit where credit is due
2012.07.11: With Good Design we'll be Dancing in the Streets
2012.07.09: Self-Publish and be damned
2012.07.07: Glenn Howells - Achieving Excellent Ordinary Housing is one of our most important challenges
2012.07.07: Focussing on Design and Innovation could be Beautiful for Birmingham
2012.07.06: On your electric bike? Maybe.
2012.07.05: UK makers - march in lockstep with India ?
2012.07.04: A referendum on Europe? Not right now
2012.07.03: Reasons to be cheerful
2012.07.03: On a mission to succeed
2012.07.03: Banking: Time for a Real Inquiry and Real Reform
2012.07.02: Green v Growth..time for a new approach ?
2012.07.02: Bail-as-you-Go. The latest big bank bail out.
2012.06.29: Turn those lights off!
2012.06.28: LIBOR or LIEBOR? Barclays and the great Con Trick which allowed it to survive.
2012.06.28: Soft soaps
2012.06.26: Free speech, privacy and the Leveson Inquiry
2012.06.25: What is enough?
2012.06.22: Manufacturing jobs, the quiet success story
2012.06.21: Testing times - both here and in China
2012.06.19: Prisoner 46664
2012.06.19: Beauty, Happiness, Oh, and Truth too - Prof Ruth Reed on successful Urban Futures
2012.06.18: Peculiar times indeed
2012.06.18: No, it's not a wind up
2012.06.18: IDEA Birmingham's Motor Show - Birmingham Made Me Design Expo 2012
2012.06.16: Birmingham Made Me Design EXPO launches with Lord Digby Jones and Emma Bridgewater
2012.06.13: Leadership and morality; learning the not so secret ingredient of effective 'followership'
2012.06.11: On the (electric) Buses! A first for Coventry.
2012.06.11: Be your own boss - the great white lie ?
2012.06.09: Impressions of Birmingham and Design - international students' views
2012.06.08: Why quantity isn't the same as quality
2012.06.07: No Fault Dismissal is case unproven
2012.06.06: Nine day wonder?
2012.06.06: The Diamond Jubilee; time for economic reflection
2012.05.30: Back to the floor
2012.05.29: Damned statistics
2012.05.28: Back to the future - the need to learn lessons from the past
2012.05.28: Help change Industry's image
2012.05.22: Biomass fuels the energy debate
2012.05.22: Fortune favours the brave
2012.05.21: Greece and Facebook - two very different dimensions of markets
2012.05.16: China - less of an enigma than you might think.
2012.05.15: Exports break records..again
2012.05.15: Greek crisis: never mind the drachma - look out for our banks
2012.05.14: Ellesmere Port saved after GM's divide-and-rule game secures concessions from Government and Workers?
2012.05.14: Is Plan A(usterity) the best way forward?
2012.05.14: Toyota's renaissance matched by Sony's continued problems
2012.05.14: Sickness absence: time for a fresh approach
2012.05.11: Regional Slow Growth Fund?
2012.05.09: Exports to surge in march of the makers
2012.05.08: Chinese interest in Weetabix and snooker: what's next?
2012.04.30: Innovate or die!
2012.04.27: Holding government to account
2012.04.26: Double Dip.
2012.04.23: Right, let's get fracking
2012.04.22: Tackling high youth unemployment should be a key priority
2012.04.20: City Deals and a Possible Mayor
2012.04.20: India's demographic dividend - and how it might pay off for UK plc
2012.04.19: Will Apps kill the Web?
2012.04.18: The trials and tribulations of successful retail strategy
2012.04.18: The Budget one month on, any better for Growth?
2012.04.17: Time to unravel the red tape binding small businesses
2012.04.15: Birmingham- the Original Design City: still innovating... after all these years
2012.04.05: The future of employment
2012.04.05: Don't Panic - well not just yet
2012.04.04: GM Europe: No news isn't necessarily good news
2012.03.30: Flatlining. Still.
2012.03.30: Of pasties, petrol, Budgets . . . and bees
2012.03.29: Can we double UK Exports to £1 trillion by 2020?
2012.03.28: Birmingham Made Me - the Original Design City
2012.03.28: Can Apple's phenomenal success continue without Steve Jobs?
2012.03.25: Redistributing university places doesn't disguise the fact this is a very strange higher education policy
2012.03.23: GM Europe: A Spring of Discontent?
2012.03.22: Showcasing Birmingham's New Design Radicals
2012.03.21: New loan scheme welcome but needs to deliver
2012.03.18: What I'd like to see in this week's budget. More action to create jobs and less 'long road' rhetoric.
2012.03.18: Good Gadget Karma
2012.03.15: Honesty and integrity in business - should we expect more from leaders?
2012.03.13: Budget must set out vision for growth
2012.03.12: No Green Bank for Brum
2012.03.11: Globalisations unexpected consequences - how about Beijing on Shannon ?
2012.03.07: The middle ground - it's where it's at
2012.03.06: Vince Cable is Right: we "lack a compelling vision of where the country is heading"
2012.03.05: Complexity and change - appreciating the implications for strategic decision-making
2012.03.04: Is Tata about to float JLR?
2012.03.02: GM's Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port vulnerable as GM Europe looks to cut capacity and jobs
2012.03.02: Separated at birth - the Chinese Communist Party and H M Treasury ?
2012.03.01: Still Waiting For The Passion In The Mayoral Debate
2012.02.29: Not Just Horsing Around
2012.02.28: Good things come in threes
2012.02.28: You heard it first on Twitter
2012.02.28: 2011: bad for dictators, good for Androids
2012.02.27: Spoilt for Choice?
2012.02.26: The Economy: Avoiding a Lost Generation is Key
2012.02.24: Do we really need management?
2012.02.23: "Just the two of us" - making joint ventures work
2012.02.19: The Regional Growth Fund: too little, delivered too late, and with little clarity?
2012.02.16: Dilemmas of investment and attaining the dream of success
2012.02.15: Beware the (Greek) Ides of March - Beware of Greeks bearing defaults
2012.02.13: Electric Cars: off to a slow start
2012.02.13: Finance remains a cog in the engine of growth
2012.02.10: Why our dream of a return on RBS will be shredded
2012.02.07: Ian Callum - IDEA Birmingham bringing creativity and industry together
2012.02.06: EEF National Conference to address industrial growth
2012.02.06: In search of German success in manufacturing
2012.02.03: Are you making the most of your intellectual property?
2012.01.31: Can you sell your mother's apple pie to China ?
2012.01.30: West Midlands Manufacturing 1997-2009: why did it take such a big hit?
2012.01.30: Solar, So Good
2012.01.30: How much are excellent business leaders really worth?
2012.01.23: China - their city slickers may shape our future
2012.01.23: The rise and fall of Kodak - what went wrong?
2012.01.20: The Austerity Debate. The 'other side' has just got a lot bigger.
2012.01.19: A (TV Test) Card from Beijing
2012.01.19: Less about what we can teach the next generation and more what we can learn from them
2012.01.18: The new New Street
2012.01.18: Out of the crisis - lessons from British car manufacturing
2012.01.17: Red Letter Days in Beijing
2012.01.13: The train can't take all the strain - set some lights at green - now
2012.01.12: Monopoly on farmland suits only the über-rich
2012.01.09: Waste, the looming resource crunch begins
2012.01.06: UK car sales fall in 2011, but auto industry in good health
2012.01.04: Nissan sets another UK record.
2012.01.04: Triumph's success no easy ride.
2012.01.03: Mixed Picture for UK Manufacturing but latest figures suggest we're heading back into recession.
2012.01.03: No White Christmas, but a Green Deal for all in 2012?
2011.12.29: All aboard? Bombardier, train making and industrial policy in the UK
2011.12.22: It's a Wonderful Life - or it certainly could be
2011.12.20: UK needs a Design Strategy says CBI Head of Enterprise and Innovation
2011.12.18: JLR lines up Chinese partner as Far East expansion continues.
2011.12.16: Want to export but don't know how?
2011.12.16: COP that award Birmingham
2011.12.13: Creative innovation - a true gem at Weston Beamor
2011.12.13: Cameron's Veto - just how might it look from Beijing ?
2011.12.13: Growing a green economy
2011.12.12: 11th hour breakthrough at Durban
2011.12.09: Manufacturing some more positive news
2011.12.08: 'March of the Makers' goes into reverse.
2011.12.06: A postcard from Chengdu
2011.12.05: West Midlands - Spreading the Big D Design message
2011.12.02: Kraft-Cadbury: A clash of cultures in India?
2011.12.02: A Postcard from Shenyang
2011.11.29: Autumn Statement: Credit Easing waffle and National Infrastructure Plan woolliness
2011.11.29: A Postcard from Hangzhou Airport
2011.11.28: Durban Summit - time for a new EU approach
2011.11.28: That 'structural deficit' thing. And why it will shape the debate on Tuesday
2011.11.28: Fretting over fret boards
2011.11.25: Unfollow Friday #UFF
2011.11.25: 'Innovation : Boot strap up and act fast' - Will Hutton, Chairman, Big Innovation Centre
2011.11.24: Bread-casting ? The reception is very poor around here.
2011.11.22: More gloom predicted for construction sector
2011.11.22: Skills always sought, even in tough times
2011.11.18: Northern Rock - taxpayer losses mount, and will probably get worse.
2011.11.17: Exporting for Growth - We're all in it together
2011.11.16: Growth forecasts slashed. Where's Plan A+, Mr Osborne?
2011.11.14: OECD Economy Warning likely to be seized on by all political parties. Regardless, a real plan for growth is needed.
2011.11.14: Crises in Greece and Italy mask looming zombie debts
2011.11.14: Second City no more
2011.11.13: RGF Money is welcome but another round is needed urgently
2011.11.11: Moscow, Beijing, Mumbai... JLR's sales success driven by sales in emerging economies.
2011.11.10: School Prize Win Courts Controversy
2011.11.06: Wholesale Markets could support 15,000 jobs in Wider Economy
2011.11.03: Plan B still needed... that letter in full.
2011.11.03: The Eurozone, why it matters
2011.10.30: LEPs need to shape up?
2011.10.30: Postcard PS - a whole new ball game for India ?
2011.10.28: Could Aid Funded Business be a way forward for SMEs?
2011.10.28: Saab to be bought by Chinese firms?
2011.10.27: Eurozone Summit - taxpayers bail out banks again.
2011.10.27: Fine-tuning Acme Whistles' Curious Culture
2011.10.25: Mervyn King at the Treasury select committee: asleep at the wheel?
2011.10.25: Arctic freeze to frozen hopes - or are we looking through the wrong lens?
2011.10.24: Stop blaming Europe. We've dug ourselves into an economic hole anyway.
2011.10.24: Facebook writes users' epitaphs
2011.10.23: A Postcard from Gurgaon
2011.10.20: The Flatlining UK Economy. The Bank has made the right call. Will the government?
2011.10.19: A postcard from Bangalore
2011.10.17: Airline Carbon Off Duty-Free List
2011.10.17: A Postcard from Dubai
2011.10.12: West Midlands companies need to look overseas for opportunities
2011.10.12: Public buildings must fulfil a community need says Peter Owen
2011.10.10: New Perspectives on Birmingham
2011.10.08: We need more than QE2 even if the latter is the right call.
2011.10.08: Designing Transformational Change - Steve Jobs style
2011.10.07: Moody's downgrades UK banks - buenas notches?
2011.10.04: All aboard the Indian economic express
2011.10.03: Credit Easing made easy, Mr. Osborne - run your own bank!
2011.09.30: Are we nearly there yet. Or are we going in all the wrong directions ?
2011.09.29: Amanda Sourry - Unilever's mission to Design the 'New Normal'
2011.09.28: Brummie Bonds next year? Municipal Bonds on the horizon.
2011.09.28: Time to wake up on Waste
2011.09.27: UK Bank Bailout 2 - what's the credit limit, Mr. Osborne?
2011.09.22: Breaking China? Is the China Bubble Bursting?
2011.09.22: Achtung Nuclear
2011.09.20: JLR, i54 and the Regional Economy: Let's not forget the work of AWM
2011.09.20: How serious are West Midlands gaming companies?
2011.09.20: JLR Engine Plant investment IS a huge boost for the Region, but let's not get too carried away on the multiplier effects.
2011.09.19: Astroturfing: How to spot a fake review?
2011.09.19: Dress codes at work
2011.09.18: Revving up. New JLR engine plant to be based near Wolverhampton
2011.09.14: Birmingham - the Great Exhibitionist
2011.09.14: The Banking Commission Report: Too Little, Too Late?
2011.09.13: Real-life 'Sir Humphrey', or Permanent Secretary BIS: "British Design - one of our Greatest Strengths"
2011.09.13: Ground zero ten years on: a contractor's perspective..
2011.09.13: Green v Growth..time for a new approach ?
2011.09.12: Independent Commission on Banking Report - too late! The horse has already bolted.
2011.09.12: Independent Commission on Banking Report - Final Report, the facts
2011.09.08: Saab: A slow motion replay of the MG Rover crash? I hope I'm wrong.
2011.09.08: Making love wearing boxing gloves - or has something been lost in translation ?
2011.09.07: Let's do The Twist!
2011.09.05: Coventry's Browns Lane set for Car Assembly again?
2011.09.05: Banking Collapse Round 2 - hold on to your hats this autumn!
2011.09.04: Rolls-Royce: Ansty Angst needs resolving quickly
2011.09.02: Exhibitionism at its Best - Made By Britain
2011.09.02: China has to earn right to lecture world leaders
2011.08.30: Exporting offers a lifeline
2011.08.25: Energy sector up for shale?
2011.08.24: Birmingham and the West Midlands home to.....?
2011.08.21: LinkedIn - its just driving me conkers
2011.08.17: Finally Pickles has begun playing my kind of tune
2011.08.16: Google Plus - "VIPs only mate, you're not coming in"
2011.08.15: Seize your chance to cut red tape
2011.08.15: Kraft: Cheese and Chocolate don't go well together, after all.
2011.08.08: The Chancellor and I - and our taxing little problems
2011.08.02: Level playing field for energy-intensive industries is down payment
2011.08.01: Electricity demand - turning over a new LEAF
2011.08.01: LEPs - A Chambers 'Land Grab'?
2011.07.29: Do the values of the 'credit fuelled' generation need to change?
2011.07.28: Innovation : Design - a cast iron case for Birmingham
2011.07.27: Launching Innovation : Design Birmingham - a platform for accelerating growth
2011.07.26: UK GDP Growth Figures: only an Osborne 'weakovery'
2011.07.26: Have Enterprise Zones' bids overstated job creation prospects?
2011.07.25: Manufacturers embracing flexibility
2011.07.23: Flatliners?
2011.07.22: Second city? Brand Birmingham? Does it matter?
2011.07.22: Legal aid: slim pickings on the gravy train for fat cats
2011.07.22: The Euro Greek Bond Rescue: 21% Default, 21% haircut, 100% bank bailout
2011.07.21: Pen Handwriting Portrait: Clive Reeves, MD, Clive Reeves Public Relations
2011.07.20: And you thought the electricity market was already complicated
2011.07.19: Enterprise Zone downgrade raises big questions over Birmingham LEP strategy
2011.07.19: You know, I really I wouldn't do that if I were you . . .
2011.07.15: Are you ready for a Stress Test? Beware the GIPSI warning
2011.07.11: Linkedin - finally emerging as credible B2B marketing channel
2011.07.07: Bombardier: A 'Points failure' in Whitehall and Westminster?
2011.07.06: Are we missing a hunger for growth or just not good at advertising it?
2011.07.06: Pen Handwriting Portrait: Ed Gillespie, Co-Founder, Futerra Sustainability Communications
2011.07.05: Ratings Agencies junk Greek Debt
2011.07.04: Extend and Pretend - the European Emperor's New Clothes
2011.07.04: Growth but not as we know it...
2011.07.04: Landscape is clear for hedge funds which profit from failure
2011.06.29: Why 80% of Sustainability Managers Fail to Change Employees Behaviour and Need These Persuasion Skills
2011.06.27: Design Council Summit - 10 Design Lessons for Attaining Business Success
2011.06.27: Yes, China does still need Britain - embrace it
2011.06.26: For whom the Road Tolls? The M6 Toll Road Debate revisited.
2011.06.24: Can anything save Saab?
2011.06.23: How to create a sustainable future: don't wait for governments
2011.06.23: Waste policy, government thinking one year on..
2011.06.20: Real Takeover Reform still needed post Cadbury, Mr Cable.
2011.06.20: Birmingham - Developing our Design ID
2011.06.19: Electric Vehicles - Oui
2011.06.13: Tale of a recovering disaster-holic
2011.06.13: Future generations will force change
2011.06.11: Is This a Wind Up?
2011.06.08: Ever wanted unique advice on exporting ?
2011.06.06: Manufacturing maintains strong growth
2011.06.03: Paranoid about Android
2011.06.02: Albert Einstein: A Sex Symbol, Womaniser, Pick-Up Artist
2011.06.01: Huhne speeds towards new reduction target
2011.05.31: Is doing the right thing the mainstay for only large organisations?
2011.05.31: Bank lending, a glimmer of light ?
2011.05.31: Taking a holiday - all through the looking glass
2011.05.30: Postcard from Sweden: against the odds, Saab restarts production.
2011.05.30: The 3 Fallacies of Sustainability Awards
2011.05.27: Abolishing RDAs: Why bother having this Consultation when the Government isn't listening anyway?
2011.05.26: Hang on, Messrs Pickles and Cable! Aren't these our Assets?
2011.05.25: RDAs to LEPs: More Powers needed, and the clock is ticking for business.
2011.05.24: JLR Powers ahead.
2011.05.23: MPs find "significant concerns" but "positive signs" over Kraft's takeover of Cadbury
2011.05.20: I have seen the future and ..... ?
2011.05.19: Can being 'good' really get you to the top of the pile?
2011.05.19: Business Growth Fund launched - now we need to see access to finance improve
2011.05.18: A Post card from Guangzhou
2011.05.16: Germany's "wirtschaftswunder" puts us in the shade.
2011.05.13: A Postcard from Hong Kong
2011.05.11: Won't be greenest government ever
2011.05.10: The 'Green' elephant in the room
2011.05.10: Its all a bit Debbie McGee
2011.05.05: Carbon Reduction - this time it's personal
2011.05.04: Cash ? That will do very nicely indeed.
2011.05.03: Marketers just want to be liked
2011.05.01: Economic Flat-lining: Time to Change Course?
2011.04.26: Blacklisted !
2011.04.25: The UK's Auto Industry. At a Crossroads?
2011.04.18: April Fuel
2011.04.17: Betrayed - and from right under my nose !
2011.04.15: Is Saab about to go the way of MG Rover?
2011.04.14: Big Society? How about a 'Big Economy'? More mutuals could offer us greater diversity and more choice.
2011.04.13: Picking Winners?
2011.04.12: MG 6 Years on
2011.04.11: Independent Commission on Banking - let's hit the snooze button again.
2011.04.11: Independent Commission on Banking can't prevent another crash - of its own website
2011.04.10: Lady Bracknall, my grandma ( and Liz Hurley ?)
2011.04.06: Lies, damned lies and street parties
2011.04.06: Jaguar Land Rover sales boost.
2011.04.03: Will Friday ever come - and bring some (e) mail ?
2011.04.01: Kraft boss bags a nice little earner, despite missing targets.
2011.03.31: Time for a trim as Irish economy isn't cutting it
2011.03.30: In praise of PowerPoint
2011.03.29: Shanghai or Bust? Follow that Cab!
2011.03.27: Time Management - and making Census of it all
2011.03.25: TEDxWarwick wants to inspire you!
2011.03.24: Vauxhall Luton van plant safeguarded
2011.03.22: We need a Budget for Growth and Rebalancing
2011.03.22: University pension fund madness - city fat cats paid by profs for peanuts performance
2011.03.22: Samuel Heath - tapping into creativity - since 1820
2011.03.20: Napoleon, Halesowen ... and the Big Chill
2011.03.17: Creating a New Seat of Learning - Professor Richard Snell
2011.03.16: Kraft-Cadbury: "Your brands have been taking a very negative pasting for the last 40 minutes."
2011.03.14: MIPIM full of energy?
2011.03.13: Its the IT, innit ?
2011.03.08: Not FIT for Purpose
2011.03.08: Brooks saddles - keep springing up as firm favourites
2011.03.06: Beam me up, Scotty . . . . aagh
2011.03.05: Modec could have an electric future. Why is it in administration?
2011.03.03: What about the ex-Workers? Time for the Phoenix Four to Cough up and pay the Trust Fund.
2011.03.03: This Rabbit Can See Few Carrots
2011.03.03: Just the Ticket - NEC Arenas - Delivering sales through customer service design
2011.02.28: JLR's Global Ambitions shaping up
2011.02.25: Emma Bridgewater - Making It Here!
2011.02.22: Time to Stop Bashing the Banks. Time to Reform them properly.
2011.02.21: Authentic Brands - Quality, Heritage and Sincerity deliver higher margins
2011.02.21: Do you have to be in Digbeth to be Digital?
2011.02.18: Convicted prisoners and the vote: should we copy the French and Germans?
2011.02.10: Rolls Royce delivers - in some style.
2011.02.09: The TOAST of Berlin -Â or a Balti and Bubbly with Dieter Kosslick
2011.02.09: Project Merlin: the sword stays in the stone.
2011.02.09: Rolls-Royce: Still Flying High?
2011.02.09: Time to get out or take over the steering wheel
2011.02.08: January retail sales up (but then down).
2011.02.04: UK car sales down again... but output still flourishing on the back of exports
2011.02.03: Better watch out, there may be more posh lawyers about
2011.02.01: Manufacturing surges... but Pfizer says goodbye
2011.01.26: Dr Mervyn King speaks... like Dr Doom
2011.01.25: More power to the train
2011.01.25: Shock fall in GDP growth
2011.01.25: No Growth Strategy - whether or not the weather?
2011.01.24: Outgoing CBI boss slams slow-growth government
2011.01.24: Pensions Blog 2: Giant fees paid to look after Â£billions in public's pension pot
2011.01.21: Boost for UK car industry: output up by over a quarter in 2010.
2011.01.21: Social Media Predictions for 2011
2011.01.18: Planning for wind?
2011.01.17: Green & Black's try to escape Kraft
2011.01.17: Airbus - a case of whatever you can do I can do better?
2011.01.13: UK retailers - daggers drawn for 2011
2011.01.12: Why Desmond's Show Isn't Funny Anymore
2011.01.11: Market miscellany - come on, cheer up
2011.01.10: Virgin Atlantic is making a bad situation worse at Heathrow Airport
2011.01.07: Testing year ahead for Boeing and Airbus
2011.01.06: The worst shop I have ever been in
2011.01.04: Let Down By My 'Guardian'
2011.01.04: VAT rise - just a big fuss over nothing?
2010.12.31: Cadbury: End of Year Reflections on the Big Story of the Year
2010.12.29: MG on track to launch MG6. GM to help MG launch in the UK?
2010.12.29: We're not there yet, but there's a lot to be thankful for in 2011
2010.12.22: Learning the right lessons from the MG Rover Collapse: The 'Private Equity Business Model' still needs effective regulation.
2010.12.22: Criticism isn't always constructive for Birmingham
2010.12.17: Prediction for 2011 - I predict a riot
2010.12.16: WikiLeaks and those perfidious Swedes
2010.12.15: Pension Blog 1: It's time to make some use of pension billions in our regions
2010.12.14: Climate Change - crumbs of comfort?
2010.12.13: In the bleak mid-winter euro banks crisis: in the grip of GIPS
2010.12.10: Silence is golden on Twitter
2010.12.10: Phil Riley, Orion Media Group - Birmingham's Creative Challenge
2010.12.10: Empowering Citizens via Social Media Surgeries (and WikiLeaks?)
2010.12.08: UK manufacturing - expanding, but from base which is too small
2010.12.06: Mapping Britain's Creative Hotspots
2010.12.05: Football Is Not Coming Home
2010.12.05: We did warn you... Kraft to stick up two chocolate fingers to the HMRC and slash its UK tax liability
2010.12.03: No Longer In Awe Of The Paxman
2010.12.02: Glenn Howells - Landmark Cities: Birmingham has huge opportunity to get it right
2010.12.02: Rolls-Royce - time for some communication
2010.12.01: WikiLeaks - welcome to the new dangerous age of public transparency
2010.11.30: Case Studies - driving Green Sales through Smart Eco-Design
2010.11.30: Smart Eco-Design can change consumer behaviour driving Green Growth
2010.11.29: Not Every Girl Is Aloud To Be A Success
2010.11.29: Irish relief but...
2010.11.26: A bad November for Boeing, Rolls-Royce and even Airbus
2010.11.25: Bank Holiday - Bah Humbug
2010.11.25: Should Britain really be helping to bail Ireland out?
2010.11.24: Design is the trump card - for us...and the nation says Ian Callum Design Director, Jaguar Cars
2010.11.23: Dubai - a shining beacon in the world of business
2010.11.22: Calls for a 'Cadbury Law' are not going away.
2010.11.21: Use Design to Create Market Demand urges Professor of Design, John Heskett
2010.11.17: No formal skills role for LEPs in government's new Skills Strategy
2010.11.17: Should we be funding Ireland's Banking Black Hole?
2010.11.16: Student fees and a degree in mediaeval history
2010.11.15: Francine Houben - Libraries are the Cathedrals of this Decennia
2010.11.15: Most takeovers fail - but not all of them! Tata looking good with JLR...
2010.11.15: Design and Innovation - Unpacking intangible drivers of value added and competitiveness
2010.11.11: Return of the Zombie Banks
2010.11.09: Latest LEPs news: no adult skills role, inward investment still unclear, and Grant for Business Investment scrapped in England.
2010.11.08: Courage
2010.11.08: Cadbury Brain Drain goes on...
2010.11.08: The decline in manufacturing does not have to be inevitable and unending
2010.11.05: Online Crowd Control
2010.11.02: Getting our LEP act together in the West Midlands
2010.11.02: LEPs "in danger of failing to aid economic growth" - minister's remarkable leaked letter...
2010.11.02: LEPs: A Language of Localism but a Story of Centralisation?
2010.11.01: Sir Ranulph Fiennes - Leadership, Challenge and Perseverance in the face of adversity
2010.10.29: Up, Up and Away - Birmingham Airport spreads its wings as powerful driver of growth and jobs
2010.10.29: The Put-Back Problem - Financial Crisis, Part 3?
2010.10.27: Global trends and Challenges in the Auto Industry - Professor David Bailey's predictions
2010.10.27: Mr Egg Has Gone Off
2010.10.25: 'Re-use and Re-think' - taking inspiration from the Midlands unique cultural heritage
2010.10.23: Leaving the office with a clear conscience
2010.10.23: Takover panel tweaks rules on hostile bidders but rejects real 'Cadbury Law'. No surprise there, then...
2010.10.22: Past and Present are tied tight - Can Cultural Heritage provide a greater source of unique design inspiration?
2010.10.20: Minister's appearance at Select Committee raises more questions than answers on LEPs...
2010.10.15: Jaguar Land Rover - flying long term investment flag with pride
2010.10.15: JLR sales boom and union agreement on cost cuts pave the way for remarkable plant u-turn
2010.10.14: The Big 6 Banks try to head off Government action to get them lending. They don't go far enough...
2010.10.14: Grapho-Persuasion Halloween meet @ Urban Coffee
2010.10.12: Sexism Sells...To Women
2010.10.12: The Lord Browne university funding principle: business should now also pay for its graduates?
2010.10.12: When you fall out of love with your shopping
2010.10.11: Love is all around - apparently
2010.10.08: In another Pickle? U-turn on LEPs shows policy is badly thought out.
2010.10.07: Lord Hutton: public sector pensions - Crisis? What crisis? Don't panic!
2010.10.05: Local Enterprise Partnerships - review of SQW Report - 'A new era begins?'
2010.10.04: Never might so much have been forgotten by so many about so few
2010.10.03: GM Luton awaits key plant decision.
2010.10.03: Making It - The Big Move to Making Things Smaller
2010.10.02: Manufacturing bounces back. But scrapping RDAs and cuts in funding for our universities will hardly help the sector compete internationally.
2010.10.01: The fatal features that ruined email
2010.10.01: No Social Responsibilities for the Paradise Circus Jumper?
2010.09.29: The LEPs Dogs' Breakfast needs tidying up, and quickly.
2010.09.28: Small is Beautiful...and A Crazy Little Thing Called 'LIFE'
2010.09.24: GKN - as old as the industry, as modern as the hour
2010.09.24: Design and Manufacture - key to economic growth
2010.09.23: Torn Between Popes and Pole Dancers
2010.09.23: A positive message in difficult times
2010.09.22: The Marx Brothers? Comrade Cable takes charge
2010.09.21: New Wind Farm - ask the family
2010.09.21: Falling in Love again, What are we to do?
2010.09.20: The £10,000 Glass of Water
2010.09.17: Councils to compete with the private sector, says Pickles?
2010.09.14: U-Turn if you want to... but only if the facts change. And they haven't.
2010.09.13: Wake up and smell the re-used tea bags, Digby!
2010.09.09: UK newspapers and their 'Special Relationship' with US reality celebrities
2010.09.07: Bring me Sunshine
2010.09.03: HSBC to take off? Will the blackmail work?
2010.09.01: A sense of independence in South Birmingham, but what of the city centre?
2010.08.27: The Real Digital Divide
2010.08.22: A Risky Business laid bare... General Motor's IPO.
2010.08.21: From RDAs to LEPs: why the Regional scale is vital for innovation
2010.08.18: National tabloids don't sing when we're winning
2010.08.17: GM gears up for privatisation.
2010.08.17: CRC - A LAST MINUTE STAMPEDE?
2010.08.17: Banks still flying on funny money: a new definition of 'profit'
2010.08.16: Housebuilder confidence dented by fragile recovery
2010.08.14: The Financial Storm three years on. What have we learned? Not a lot, it seems...
2010.08.13: Tax Simplification - Monster or Myth?
2010.08.03: Business loans - blood out of a stone?
2010.08.03: LEPs: Roads, Rates and Rubbish?
2010.08.03: Birmingham: Young, Dumb and Full of Cumbersome Old Names From Celebrity Past
2010.07.29: Less thinking, Vince: more action!
2010.07.26: Who's afraid of the big bad social media explosion?
2010.07.26: It doesn't matter if you are stupid
2010.07.23: Climate Deal - Next stop Cancun
2010.07.23: Who own's your company Facebook page?
2010.07.20: Take a break
2010.07.19: Weather for summer; climate for life
2010.07.15: Making the most of LEPs
2010.07.13: Reckless or courageous?
2010.07.13: 60 sec interview: David Pierpoint, Construction Event Organiser
2010.07.12: After RDAs: Look before you LEP
2010.07.08: The curious tale of the apostrophe and the Presidential decrees
2010.07.08: Everyone has to pay the piper!
2010.07.07: Recovery from set backs
2010.07.05: Social media bad for innovation? Yes, a waste of time (2/2)
2010.07.04: Social media bad for innovation? Yes, a waste of time (1/2)
2010.07.02: National sport - another fine mess
2010.06.30: RDAs: Don't throw the Baby out with the Bath Water.
2010.06.29: Will social media make Direct Marketing less annoying?
2010.06.29: What a curry on
2010.06.29: Images and token gestures
2010.06.25: Emergency Budget 22 June 2010
2010.06.24: Green Deal Pending
2010.06.23: Osborne rolls the dice...
2010.06.22: Osborne's poodle?
2010.06.22: Budget for bankers!
2010.06.21: Retrench or refresh your construction business?
2010.06.21: Pouring PR oil on troubled BP waters
2010.06.15: Living in a Post Advertising World
2010.06.14: Energy from oil proves more popular than Green
2010.06.14: The South East got us into this mess - they won't get us out of it.
2010.06.11: BP - Balancing Perspectives
2010.06.07: Come on England! Let's treat everyone like Premiership footballers.
2010.06.06: RDAs: West Midlands still in with a hope for regional development cash?
2010.06.06: Crunch Time in Germany for GM Europe: UK Coalition also needs to back the auto industry
2010.06.02: Kraft needs to stem the Cadbury Brain Drain
2010.06.02: After Cadbury. Takeover Panel starts Consultation on M&A Rules.
2010.05.28: Krafty Kraft off-the-hook despite Takeover Panel Censure
2010.05.28: JLR: The Cat is Back, and is going East.
2010.05.25: How Libor-ious - it's Eurosausage time!
2010.05.17: Sometimes a Mars Bar really is just a Mars Bar
2010.05.17: Is Social Media Manager a silly job title ?
2010.05.16: Can Con-Vince er... convince?
2010.05.13: A Green Coalition?
2010.05.09: Politicians shouldn't be afraid of the markets; the markets should now be afraid of the politicians
2010.05.05: Who are the Top Green Leaders in the Region? (2/2)
2010.05.05: Who are the Top Green Leaders in the Region? (1/2)
2010.05.04: Considerate Constructors Scheme 2010 National Awards
2010.05.03: New government - new energy?
2010.05.02: A Hung Parliament isn't something to fear from an economic point of view
2010.04.27: Sell! Sell! Sell! It's a dead cat bank bounce!
2010.04.26: Politics, Markets and Morality: The Corrupt Crap Game
2010.04.26: A Tricky Dicky Moment for the Ratings Agencies.
2010.04.26: Home. At Last.
2010.04.23: Rage Against the Leaders' Debate
2010.04.21: Foggy Bottom Diaries Part 3. Blogs from the Other Side of the Pond.
2010.04.21: Foggy Bottom Diaries Part 2. Blogs from a Stranded Academic.
2010.04.20: Foggy Bottom Diaries Part I. Tales of a stranded academic
2010.04.19: Iceland upsets everyone, again
2010.04.15: Act of God? or Act of legally scared authorities?
2010.04.14: PR Pitch: Blogger-Columnists are not Journalists
2010.04.11: Walk on by...
2010.04.11: Boing Boing... We're up. Can we have a proper celebration this time?
2010.04.10: Labour to accept need for Cadbury's Law at last?
2010.04.09: Mobile Marketing: The new point-of-sale
2010.04.06: Renault and Daimler set to confirm tie-up
2010.04.06: Kraft left with Creme Egg on their face. Business Select Committee MPs deliver hard hitting report which deserves to be followed up.
2010.04.05: Tories still in a spin over industrial policy despite Dyson Review...
2010.03.31: Non-voters missing the importance of a democratic election
2010.03.28: Chinese car firm bags Volvo
2010.03.27: Google Android Car coming to Brum? No, not an early April Fool's joke...
2010.03.26: BUDGET 2010 - Just Green Enough
2010.03.26: Digital Economy Bill - what was the point ?
2010.03.26: BUDGET 2010 - Green Enough?
2010.03.25: Budget boost for Brum?
2010.03.23: Takeover debate hots up. Let's make this an Election Issue.
2010.03.22: Invite to The Art of Soft Seduction in Construction
2010.03.22: Pick'n'Mix? Kraft shake up the Cadbury Executive Selection Box. It's all Kraft on the top tray.
2010.03.21: Come on Irene...
2010.03.21: Time to tax public spending in the private sector to cut the deficit?
2010.03.20: False Accounting - M.P.s aren't the only ones
2010.03.18: Nissan and Ford come up trumps - but what happens when the scrappage scheme ends?
2010.03.18: Where is Roberta the Builder?
2010.03.17: Nissan to turn over a New Leaf?
2010.03.17: MIPIM 2010 - A Public Sector Fest?
2010.03.16: Social Media develops a middle age spread
2010.03.15: Mandy's Auto Assistance Package finally coughs up - to GM.
2010.03.15: Construction Down 15%
2010.03.10: Eco-home refurb: ÃÂ£21k cost for 70% carbon cut and ÃÂ£3k profit
2010.03.10: Feed in Tariffs: What it Means for You
2010.03.10: Toyota UK: Job Cuts, Wage freeze, and return to full-time working.
2010.03.10: Tory RDA Confusion continues: "policy is a bit of a mess"
2010.03.06: A Bitter After Taste? Takeover Panel to look at Kraft's Statements during the Cadbury Battle
2010.03.05: Let's slow money down - learn from the Greeks!
2010.03.05: Facebook users - narcissists or voyeurists ?
2010.03.03: Tories Flip-flop on RDAs again
2010.03.03: How I've Built it: My ÃÂ£27m Construction Business
2010.03.02: Mandy talks tough on takeovers. But actions speak louder than words...
2010.03.02: Sterling stoops to where others fear to go
2010.03.01: The Top WM Clients, Contractors and Specifiers
2010.03.01: MIPIM - it's not all champagne and canapes
2010.02.26: 2010: better watch out, there may be a constitutional crisis about
2010.02.25: RBS C.E.O. Hester - Let's pay our investment bankers what they're not worth
2010.02.24: Northern Rock PLC - savings no more safe, or less safe, than any other bank?
2010.02.22: Zero Waste to Landfill: Are You Rational?
2010.02.22: Frank Haslam Milan on Sustainability
2010.02.19: To save, to spend or to slash and burn?
2010.02.17: Beware - automatic surcharge will hit on 28 February
2010.02.17: Ageing leaders in construction...
2010.02.17: A morality tale for the twenty-tens
2010.02.16: Renewable energy feed-in tariffs offer hope
2010.02.13: Tories backtrack on RDAs: Cameron's Clarification needs to go further.
2010.02.11: Partnering in Construction: What's the future? (2/2)
2010.02.10: Google Buzz: Will social networks replace email ?
2010.02.10: Kraft's hollow assurances leave a bad taste... and we still need a 'Cadbury Law'
2010.02.10: Partnering in construction: What's the Future? (1/2)
2010.02.07: Bad British Architecture
2010.02.03: Crowning for Cameron? Land reform is the 'right' thing to do
2010.02.03: IPCC another fine mess
2010.02.02: Will Greenpeace one day challenge the construction industry SERIOUSLY?
2010.02.02: An Aide Memoire for Mandelson: Some questions for Kraft which you'll need to follow up.
2010.02.01: Mutuals: Brown needs to put his Money where his Mouth is
2010.02.01: Why did Google lumber us with Personalised Search?
2010.01.31: Tories forced to re-think plans for RDAs after business backlash
2010.01.27: What exactly is - and should be - Tory Policy on RDAs? Part Two.
2010.01.26: What exactly is Tory policy on RDAs? Part One.
2010.01.25: Kraft needs to come clean on plans for Cadbury
2010.01.25: GM seals Saab Deal with Spyker at last?
2010.01.23: JLR and Unions agree to disagree
2010.01.21: UK windfarm contracts heading overseas
2010.01.21: Kraft - Cadbury: It's a "bad deal". We told you so.
2010.01.20: A Cadbury's chocolate teapot: U.K. industrial strategy
2010.01.19: Bankers' Fee Bonanza as Cadbury throws in the towel to Kraft takeover bid
2010.01.18: Cadbury End Game: Another chunk of UK manufacturing about to be taken over as Kraft ups bid
2010.01.17: New Windfarms Offer Hope!
2010.01.14: Choc Wars End-Game Approaches. Cadbury can still see off Kraft and we still need new rules to limit takeovers.
2010.01.14: Twitter flat-lines: is the Tweet separating from the Chav?
2010.01.12: Northern Rock - Rock Solid under Hoffman, as long as it stays public.
2010.01.07: Kraft sells pizza business to see off Nestle interest in Cadbury
2010.01.06: Northern Rock PLC - is my money safe?
2010.01.04: Global Warming - Problem Solved
2009.12.28: Copenhagen - Great Expectations, Greater Disappointment
2009.12.23: Nestle to bid for Cadbury as well?
2009.12.23: Creative Nightmare before Christmas - the agency Xmas card
2009.12.22: Competition is King, or rather should be... We need to do more to enforce Competition.
2009.12.22: Bank Charges: OFT Throws in the towel - Director General should resign and the OFT shut down.
2009.12.18: Is Tiger Woods entitled to a private life?
2009.12.18: Can we build our way out of recession?
2009.12.14: Cadbury's Sweet Defence: Choc Wars heat up
2009.12.14: The # Factor - Using social media to Rage Against The Machine
2009.12.13: Cadbury: It's Crunchie Time.
2009.12.11: Santa's Christmas Gift for Alistair
2009.12.10: Who pays the piper?
2009.12.09: The PBR: "Bingo and Boilers" - Failed on Fairness? Some initial reactions.
2009.12.07: Formula 1 Shock! Common Sense prevails!
2009.12.06: Cadbury Takeover Countdown begins: Why a Kraft takeover doesn't make strategic sense
2009.12.01: SEO Ate My Hamster
2009.12.01: Foundations of sand: Dubai government washes hands on Dubai World - can our government?
2009.11.29: Back in Black. JLR shifts up a gear... without UK government support.
2009.11.26: Bank Charges Case: The Devil's in the detail (Part Three) - The dust has settled, uneasy lie the banks.
2009.11.25: Bank Charges Case: the Devil's in the detail (Part Two) - They think it's all over: it's not now!
2009.11.25: Bank Charges Case: the Devil's in the detail (Part One) - rewind, the banks may not have won, after all!
2009.11.25: Banks win - but it should still be payback time if the politicians have courage and are on the side of the consumer.
2009.11.24: It's payback time, Mr. Banker!
2009.11.23: Why press releases don't make good blogs
2009.11.22: Here Today Goo Tomorrow? Cadbury in the melting pot. We need to make takeovers more difficult.
2009.11.18: Choc Wars Update. Ambassador, with this White Knight bid you might really be spoiling us
2009.11.15: Why did we bother to save RBS when it is now helping to fund the attack on Cadbury?
2009.11.12: The Hedge Fund Merger-Men move in on Cadbury: Is this really socially useful activity?
2009.11.12: Ansty Angst as Telecoms giant Ericsson pulls the plug on Coventry R&D and Tata stalls
2009.11.09: Transaction tax - no thanks!
2009.11.09: They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old
2009.11.08: Chocs Away? Cadbury to face hostile takeover bid tomorrow?
2009.11.06: British Airways - fighting on!
2009.11.05: The Big Debate - Ten more ideas
2009.11.04: The Big Debate: Opening Up
2009.11.04: GM pulls the plug on Opel / Vauxhall Sale. Where next?
2009.11.04: GM pulls the plug on Opel / Vauxhall Sale. Where next?
2009.11.04: GM pulls the plug on Opel / Vauxhall Sale. Where next?
2009.11.04: GM Europe - A dangerous yet very interesting game begins
2009.11.04: Move over Darling Part Two... How about some basic principles to underpin your latest huge banking bail out? Afterall, we're all paying for it.
2009.11.03: The Big debate - The Big Myths
2009.11.03: General Motors Board of Directors to decide at last on sale of GM Europe
2009.11.02: Move over Darling. Your Banking break up doesn't go far enough. We need econo-diversity to ensure real competition and choice.
2009.10.28: When the Irish Tiger stopped roaring...
2009.10.27: Data is what we want - but why?
2009.10.23: UK Recession - Out of the frying pan into the fire?
2009.10.19: Cadbury results will be critical
2009.10.18: Jobless Total already well over 3 million. What is to be done?
2009.10.16: Strength in numbers
2009.10.15: Deja vu, sadly. LDV goes east as Chinese firm buys its assets
2009.10.15: Measuring the impact. It's a beach.
2009.10.15: Au contraire... Whose land is it anyway?
2009.10.15: Pay back time?
2009.10.14: GM Europe sell off to go ahead as workers and government 'Unite' to save British jobs
2009.10.14: Aux armes, citoyens...
2009.10.08: Mixed messages but ECB and MPC leave rates on hold
2009.10.06: Is Tesco beginning to feel the pinch?
2009.10.05: UK retailers to face another bleak Christmas?
2009.10.02: Why Calthorpe needs to go. Or Good Night, Good Knight, and Good Luck.
2009.10.02: House prices back to 2008 levels - are you kidding?
2009.10.01: BAE Systems and SFO - Bring It On!
2009.09.28: Bangers and (More) Cash: Car Scrappage extension a good move
2009.09.28: Why Cadbury needs to stick up two chocolate fingers to Kraft
2009.09.25: JLR aims to maintain jobs in the Midlands: 2-into-1 does go. In fact, it has to.
2009.09.25: Jaguar Land Rover - Opening the door to potential
2009.09.24: JLR factory closure does actually contain some positives
2009.09.24: Is it a question of "Can" or "Why should" the Midlands' Creative community drive the UK economy?
2009.09.21: Revolution or Refresh?
2009.09.17: Just how much money was taken out of MG Rover?
2009.09.16: Local work for local people?
2009.09.11: ÃÂ£42million for the Phoenix 4.... and ÃÂ£30million for the accountants. Now that's what I call engineering.
2009.09.11: MG Rover's Bosses: the Unacceptable face of Capitalism
2009.09.11: Can the Midlands' Creative Industries Revolutionise the UK Economy?
2009.09.11: MG Rover Report: Too many questions left unanswered
2009.09.10: Can small business make a big impact?
2009.09.08: New Bank Charges? Yes, please. How much do you want pay me, Mr. Banker?
2009.09.07: How aiming higher up the value chain will help creative industries prosper
2009.09.04: Help us get The Big Debate rolling
2009.09.03: Darling Clutches At G20 Global Spending Claws
2009.09.02: US auto sales heading back to the slow lane?
2009.08.29: The Car Plant behind you is a Toyota...
2009.08.28: Problems in Japan send a warning to the UK economy
2009.08.28: Euro funding to help unemployed workers goes unclaimed. Why?
2009.08.27: Mandelson backs RDAs in turf-war with Treasury over regional venture capital funds
2009.08.27: Customer Care!
2009.08.27: Lord Turner's colours are nailed firmly to the mast
2009.08.26: GM Europe's long and winding road
2009.08.25: Longbridge in Limbo? Big questions for Shanghai on their intentions at Longbridge.
2009.08.23: It's not too late to help many workers keep their jobs
2009.08.21: Car production still falling but scrappage schemes helping
2009.08.18: GM offloads Saab - finally.
2009.08.17: 'Do you want Cash-Back with that?' Yes please, Barclays and HSBC.
2009.08.11: JLR says 'thanks but no thanks' to government cash
2009.08.10: SFO set to announce on MG Rover. Let's hope the workers get some answers soon.
2009.08.07: How much to 'Pay Per Read' your online newspaper's content? 29p? 59p? How micro will Murdoch micropayments be?
2009.08.06: What a Contrast !!!
2009.08.06: Scrappage Scheme has an effect; car sales up at last. Good news, but don't get too excited.
2009.08.02: Tories still miss the point on RDAs, unfortunately.
2009.07.30: We gave the banks a clean slate - shouldn't every taxpayer in the UK be given one too?
2009.07.28: Friday is a red letter day for all self employed taxpayers!
2009.07.28: Magna ups its offer for GM Europe - it's still a two horse race
2009.07.28: Standards are Poor at Standard & Poor's? Who Rates the Raters (who landed us in this mess in the first place)?
2009.07.27: Banks Can't Lend/Won't Lend? Then Cut Out the Middle Man, Darling, and Lend Direct.
2009.07.27: JLR loss for 2008 tops a billion dollars. Not the right time to for brinkmanship or leaking letters, Mr. Mandelson. Sort out a loan guarantee deal, please.
2009.07.26: West Midlands MPs' call for action to support the region's economy
2009.07.24: Be careful what you say
2009.07.23: Are You a 'Dead Linear Viewer'? The New Media Words That Will Condemn You or Define You.
2009.07.17: Commons Select Ctte slams government over policies for the auto sector.
2009.07.16: Confused? Don't be; the latest unemployment figures are truly awful. We need a new economic strategy.
2009.07.15: European car sales rise at last, but don't get too excited by the news.
2009.07.13: Uncertainty over the future of GM Europe as three bidders compete for takeover.
2009.07.11: GM: Government Motors revs up after Chapter 11.
2009.07.10: MG Rover: Don't forget the Workers
2009.07.10: MG Rover: Don't forget the Workers
2009.07.08: Further Nail in the Pension Fund Coffin
2009.07.07: Is "There's no smoke without fire" the worst phrase in the English language?
2009.06.30: MPs Expenses - should HMRC be the watchdog?
2009.06.27: MG Rover report is ready at last, after ÃÂ£16 million and four years. Let's hope it's finally worth it.
2009.06.26: JLR losses highlight need for urgent government support for its R&D investment
2009.06.25: LDV bids offer some hope... but we still need to look again at the administration process in the UK.
2009.06.20: Car industry downturn bottoming out?
2009.06.15: The West Brom Building Society - time to go local again...
2009.06.14: The West Brom - time to go local again, after its unfortunate foray into high risk lending and globalised wholesale borrowing...
2009.06.12: GM fire-sale of brands goes on: Saab deal close
2009.06.11: Rolls Royce still rolling despite the downturn?
2009.06.05: Our Vanishing Van industry... Do we want to make vans in the UK? If so, the government needs to do something now, starting with LDV.
2009.05.31: GM goes bankrupt... but will be back, nationalised.
2009.05.29: So have you heard of Lord Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury?
2009.05.17: LDV: Back on the road by July?
2009.05.15: Manufacturing matters. Why I'm marching for jobs tomorrow in Birmingham... along with thousands of others.
2009.05.12: Prince Charles v the architects; round 2
2009.05.05: LDV: Late-Delivery Victory? Almost, but the deal has yet to be delivered...
2009.04.29: Some good news for the British economy
2009.04.23: Bangers and Cash, but where's the Credit Gravy?
2009.04.22: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2009.04.22: The Budget: Some initial thoughts
2009.04.15: What form of JLR does the Government want to see beyond the recession? JLR's future potential is electrifying. Short term, working capital is still needed.
2009.04.14: Is this the 'acceptable' face of sexism?
2009.04.07: The EIB Loan to JLR: a welcome starter - but we're still waiting for the main course...
2009.04.06: JLR in line for ÃÂ£270m European Investment Bank loan - but the deal is not yet done and the British government still needs to stump up cash as well.
2009.03.30: Chrysler given just 30 days to finalise tie-up with Fiat, or there's no more cash. GM boss forced out.
2009.03.28: Thinking Outside of the Box-Van. City Council throws LDV a lifeline, and backs a greener future. It's a shame the government has yet to act.
2009.03.23: LDV: The last dregs of supping up time at the last chance saloon? Yet the firm can still pull this off if Gordon puts his money where his mouth is.
2009.03.23: Winners and losers in the green car stakes
2009.03.23: Give the electric van industry a break
2009.03.13: Mandy has a point.
2009.03.12: Mandelson admits support for auto sector has been too slow, and points finger at the Bank of England
2009.03.10: Warning for Sub Contractors - BPSS
2009.03.09: Innovation in the West Midlands
2009.03.06: UK construction's Droitwich debacle
2009.03.02: Mandelson's letter. Could do better, much better...
2009.02.23: Last chance saloon
2009.02.23: Another one to add to the list
2009.02.20: Where is the creative thinking?
2009.02.18: Deskilling ourselves job cut by job cut
2009.02.17: Seeing Brum as others see us (part 2)
2009.02.16: Improved efficiencies on your pensions - or a waste of your time?
2009.02.09: Leadership today is not plain sailing, it needs navigation skills
2009.02.09: The 'letter' of the rules or the 'spirit' of the rules?
2009.02.09: Time to get ahead of the green game for once
2009.02.09: Memo from the Banks - "Thanks for saving us, but we will fight for the right to be unfair, and use your money to do it!"
2009.02.08: Toyota's Surprise Losses Highlight the Dire State of the Global Auto industry: An Unprecedented Situation, needing Urgent Action
2009.02.07: Is it wrong to do well in a downturn?
2009.02.06: Zero per cent it's official
2009.02.05: 'Community Capitalism' and Long Supply Chains. Why Jaguar Land Rover really does deserve support.
2009.02.02: Backing Winners, not Picking Winners: The Auto Industry and Jaguar Land Rover
2009.01.29: Airport - Now is the time to get serious
2009.01.27: The Auto Support Package: Too Little Too Late?
2009.01.26: There's something weird in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call?
2009.01.23: The Annuity Game - Heads Government Wins Tails Pensioner's Lose
2009.01.18: The devil's in the detail - Business Payment Support Service "BPSS"
2009.01.17: Stakeholder Capitalism or Venture Socialism? Either way, 'the Times they are A Changin'.
2009.01.15: Politicians in a spin - or is it all spin!
2009.01.09: Moira's plea hits home on Christmas Day!
2009.01.07: The Name's Bond... Brummie Bond!
2009.01.05: A "great and inspiring instrument"
2009.01.02: ÃÂ£14 million and counting... Let's hope the DTI / BERR Inquiry into MG Rover is worth it! It's anyway about time that it reports its findings.
2008.12.28: Jaguar Land Rover: It's NOT a bail-out, we're running out of time, and the costs of inaction could be huge...
2008.12.19: Darling's New Year's Resolutions
2008.12.19: Your Leadership Challenge - 2009
2008.12.16: Unwelcome New Year's Gift from HMRC
2008.12.15: Obama, Churchill and learning to speak in public
2008.12.07: Can Wagon be Kept Rolling?
2008.12.05: The US Government can't afford not to help the 'Big 3', but needs to link aid to new green technologies.
2008.12.03: PR's new target audience is un-human
2008.12.02: Thank you Mr Bevan
2008.11.30: Time for New Priorities? Make it hurt the Banks more to push the Liquidiser Button.
2008.11.24: Who's paying the piper - the results show!
2008.11.16: Distant Voices. The Fate of the MG Rover Workers Three Years on.
2008.11.12: Ding Dong Bell - Pensions in the Well
2008.11.03: The power of the media: Brand, Ross and the US Election. (Oh, and don't forget Fife too)
2008.11.03: World Champion Tax Exile
2008.10.31: Whatever happened to the DTI / BERR MG Rover Inquiry?
2008.10.31: Trick or treaters could face up to 10 years in prison
2008.10.30: Who's paying the piper for Gordon's tune?
2008.10.30: Trams with plans: a golden opportunity for Geoff Hoon
2008.10.28: Furry dice are a pretty blunt instrument for fighting a recession
2008.10.28: EU "Rules" - OK?
2008.10.23: Lending to Lemons or Investing in Peaches?
2008.10.21: The Pip's won't squeak any more!
2008.10.21: Seeing Brum as others see us
2008.10.20: Times is hard when PR fluff gets frozen out by Icelandic banks
2008.10.14: Getting a foot in the door
2008.10.14: The warped world of incentivising
2008.10.13: Why leaders fail? 11 things to keep an eye on!
2008.10.10: Intestacy trap - facts exposed
2008.10.09: The credit crunch - Catch-22 for the 21st century?
2008.10.06: Good morning, Nitenite and bye-bye
2008.10.03: The Tories brought us a pound sign and lots of noughts. But is that the best measure to use?
2008.10.02: The risks of buying a camera on eBay
2008.10.01: Tax simplification ideas
2008.09.30: Simpler Tories?
2008.09.28: Birmingham is the UK's capital for the next week
2008.09.25: The changing face of taxes
2008.09.19: There's a scary monster hanging over the country
2008.09.17: The new political battleground
2008.09.16: Winning hearts and minds through business support for schools? Not with this recipe.
2008.09.15: Should we take kids on holiday during term-time?
2008.09.15: Have chickens come home to roost for Lehman workers?
2008.09.12: Small-minded debates do our city's reputation no favours.
2008.09.11: Inheritance tax 'Burden' - fair or foul?
2008.09.10: Birmingham - The Uncreative City?
2008.09.08: The online battle between Birmingham and Manchester. A no-score draw.
2008.09.05: Second guessing the economy and TV interviews
2008.09.03: How affordable is this interest free loan?
2008.09.03: Pubs feeling the pinch
2008.09.02: My first blog as head of business
2008.09.01: Stamp Duty Debacle
2008.08.31: Authentic leadership in the USA? Obama shows the way!
2008.08.28: Does Brum need its own Boris Johnson?
2008.08.27: Revenue encourages online filing - but what about security concerns?
2008.08.23: Executive Coaches to facilitate change
2008.08.20: Beleaguered Housebuilders - HMRC to issue Revenue and Customs Brief - but is this enough?
2008.08.17: The history of the world, according to a potato
2008.08.15: An Englishman's home - is it really his castle?
2008.08.14: Leadership and the story of delegation
2008.08.11: Rising manufacturing output prices create a vicious circle
2008.08.07: Taxing times ...
2008.08.06: What's wrong with regional accents?
2008.08.03: Car Makers' profits warning highlight global shifts and the scale of the financial crisis
2008.08.02: MG born again at Longbridge? Not yet, but some encouraging news... at last.
2008.07.29: Don't hold out much hope for transparency from private equity firms
2008.07.28: Commodities - another way for hapless banks to lose billions?
2008.07.27: Time has really come for a return to sane and sustainable capitalism
2008.07.21: A fat day in Birmingham
2008.07.21: The new homes conundrum
2008.07.18: Will John Lewis list MPs be filling their trolleys in Kings Heath?
2008.07.18: Birmingham Creatives - I can't hear you
2008.07.18: The Power 50: Is it better to have been and gone, than never to have been at all?
2008.07.07: Read this before suing your builder
2008.07.02: Public it's not. The art of first impressions.
2008.06.23: Are we talking ourselves into recession?
2008.06.22: Indiana Jones and the Search Engine of Revelation
2008.06.19: The weighty issue of the recycling business
2008.06.13: OGC gave me OCD
2008.06.13: Time to revisit stamp duty
2008.06.08: Social Media's hidden legacy
2008.06.03: What on earth is that pylon doing in Victoria Square?
2008.06.02: Hold your breath as the Olympics forces up world prices
2008.05.22: Sex, Lies and Video Games
2008.05.22: What's in a name? (or welcome to the Kings Heath International School Fete)
2008.05.21: Tall buildings: friends or foes?
2008.05.19: Support your local music enterprise...
2008.05.17: Tory plans to scrap RDAs won't help the region's economy.
2008.05.16: The 1952 Birmingham Big City Plan
2008.05.14: Do we need our own Brummie money?
2008.05.13: How multiplatform entertainment could save your life
2008.05.07: Boing Boing... Eh? Where's the celebration then?
2008.05.07: Should we abolish trial by jury?
2008.05.06: The Custard Factory - a lesson in avoiding gentrification
2008.05.06: Now it's one and a quarter will fashion outlets need to reprint all their price labels?
2008.04.29: Getting to ExCeL is a real pain - but London still gets it right
2008.04.27: What's the point of a special offer?
2008.04.25: Rover's Return? Not quite, but still good news for Longbridge.
2008.04.25: Are Britain's builders crooks?
2008.04.24: High Heels in the White House? Whatever next...
2008.04.20: One big wiki
2008.04.18: Memo to the Government: Urgent Longbridge Answers Needed... it's not just a "Private Matter"
2008.04.17: Local elections are disruptive for local business
2008.04.16: What's Brum's best new building?
2008.04.16: The problem with the UK economy...too many people own a house
2008.04.16: Climate Change....who cares (?)
2008.04.15: Single White Female
2008.04.15: The Financial Crisis: Between a (Northern) Rock and Hard Place
2008.04.15: Didn't we abolish boom and bust?
2008.04.15: Do we have any right to lecture China?
2008.04.15: Electric van anybody?
2008.04.15: The Scrabble for supremacy
2008.04.14: Raising money the social media way
2008.04.14: Gelato, Italian Elections, and the Euro...
2008.04.10: Reassurances needed on Nanjing's and Shanghai's intentions at Longbridge
2008.04.09: How much will the London Olympics cost?
2008.03.31: What's wrong with property developers making money?
2008.03.31: Free... it's the magic number
2008.03.31: Energy minister to back down after revelations in Post blog?
2008.03.28: Why ÃÂ£millions in climate change grants probably won't get spent
2008.03.26: Who wins when companies free pitch?
2008.03.24: Let's get lost - harnessing creativity through experimental web exploration
2008.03.22: Life in the long tail
2008.03.19: How do you solve a problem like the Library?
2008.03.19: Why today's Daily Star is a PR text book classic
2008.03.17: Brum - the 55th most liveable city in the world
2008.03.14: The Lacy/ Zuckerberg SXSW Keynote: A Post of Two Halves
2008.03.12: I don't see how this budget encourages green business
2008.03.10: Is it wrong for ordinary hard-working people to line the pockets of expensive consultants?
2008.03.09: South by Southwest Day 1- Engaging Your Online Audience
2008.03.06: Big names get friendly with Social Networking
2008.03.06: Taking the credits
2008.03.06: What really goes on at MIPIM
2008.03.05: Once upon a time in the West (well South by Southwest actually)
2008.03.05: TV and the Web: Two Tribes Go To War
2008.03.04: The value of celebrity
2008.03.04: Facebook Reunited
2008.03.03: I don't get Beetham Tower
2008.03.02: Should the media give coverage to a PR stunt?
2008.02.29: Why should fossil fuel prices effect green energy?
2008.02.28: Not all lawyers are leeches
2008.02.28: Emerging markets are not the answer to our productivity gap
2008.02.28: Tata is right for Jaguar and Land Rover
2008.02.27: Creativity - not counting - is the West Midland's strong point.
2008.02.27: West Midland car manufacturing still strong
2008.02.27: Stuck in the middle with you: traditional to new media
2008.02.27: Documenting the life of a small business
2008.02.27: Where was the breaking news on the earthquake?
2008.02.27: Blogs: It's (not) all about me
2008.02.25: Are we letting the web get in the way of the message?

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