| Freakonomics | |
| By Howard Graham on27/03/2008 16:02 | |
| | Last year I read a really great book called Freakonomics. For those of you who like an interesting spin on conventional topics, this is a must read. It is written by an economics lecturer at the University of Chicago together with a writer from the New York Times and follows a series of Blog postings that the two of them made back in 2003. |  | |
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| Just in time!! | |
| By Howard Graham on18/03/2008 14:07 | |
| | Over the years, I have made connections, friendships and alliances with people from all walks of life and in many different situations and I value all these relationships as part of my ongoing business development. One person who I met recently, Mike Bird, has kindly participated in a podcast and also provided a testimonial for our company formation service. He also writes the excellent “Bloomstorm Briefing” as part of his site www.bloomstorm.com. In his most recent issue, he writes an article about “living with change” making particular reference to the subject of timekeeping. | | |
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| Hello my darling! | |
| By Howard Graham on14/03/2008 10:27 | |
| | I suppose the biggest event of the week, even speaking as an accountant and tax adviser, has to be the postponement of the Cheltenham race festival. The budget passed by with hardly a whimper, much as I suggested in my earlier posting.
Apart from the fact that it was so benign and lacking in anything controversial, you have to say that anyone with a name of “Darling” starts off at a great disadvantage. | | |
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| Oh what joy! | |
| By Howard Graham on12/03/2008 11:17 | |
| | I don’t know about you, but whenever I look back at old photographs of my youth and innocent years(!), I am struck by a number of things particularly:-
· Who is that young handsome, dashing man with all that hair.
· Despite all the hair what an awful look.
· How could I possibly wear clothes like that.
There is absolutely no question that what once seemed fashionable and trendy so quickly just simply looks naff. Our feelings at the moment of a particular incident are so different when we look back in hindsight. | | |
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| Enterprise Culture | |
| By Howard Graham on11/03/2008 12:46 | |
| | have been involved with the SME sector; (with emphasis on the S part) for almost 25 years and have always felt that generally, the small business in particular gets somewhat of a raw deal from government. On the one hand, they are saddled with the responsibilities of new legislation brought in because of the indiscretions of larger businesses, (Enron etc) and on the other hand, they bear the brunt of tax initiatives which were largely introduced to tackle far bigger businesses. | | |
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| Batten down the hatches | |
| By Howard Graham on11/03/2008 12:38 | |
| | Yesterday morning, driving into the office, I could literally feel the car being battered by the strong winds and driving rain. Reports on the radio from other parts of the country, particularly the south west were of 80 mile an hour winds, trees being uprooted and general mayhem as river levels rose and the threat of serious damage rapidly grew. | | |
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| More on business kissing | |
| By Howard Graham on29/02/2008 08:13 | |
| | In an earlier posting I wrote about the subject of business kissing and I have received some guidance from friends and contacts on this irksome and sensitive subject. Thanks to you all although I am no clearer than I was before. | | |
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| Working from Home | |
| By Howard Graham on27/02/2008 08:31 | |
| | A recent article in The Times focused on the growing band of nomadic workers who are setting up offices in coffee shops in Britain. They have been labelled the “new Bedouin” by the media in America where the trend started in the coffee houses of San Francisco. | | |
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| Money Laundering Regulations - yuk! | |
| By Howard Graham on25/02/2008 15:26 | |
| | Many of you will know that my “day job” is as a partner in a firm of Chartered Accountants. That means that I have an obligation to keep up with my professional education and development. Quite recently, I noted that the money laundering regulations have been changed again. | | |
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| Business Kissing | |
| By Howard Graham on14/02/2008 16:01 | |
| | For a long time, it’s been an issue for me as to the procedures and protocols relating to the subject of business kissing. It’s come to my attention over the last few years that people tend to kiss each other a lot more in business. Predominantly, this is men and woman but not as infrequently as you might think, also men to men! | | |
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