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Simon Beechinor

Creditors and your money…

19 Aug 2010 | Filed under: Cost management

Every business needs to prepare for this new world order by getting a grip on costs and that includes weak credit control – If a business doesn’t have its’ creditors under control it is effectively providing a relaxed credit line to those businesses. Rest assured if you are running a business and you are weak [...]

Are you really bothered about cutting business costs?

18 Aug 2010 | Filed under: Cost management

Only a small percentage of firms and individuals have energy audits done and, of those who do, only about 50 per cent follow through on proposed suggestions. A recent study reported that there was no tool that could show consumers how their electricity bills have crept up quoting “If your car went from burning 20 [...]

UK retail sales growth slows in July…

11 Aug 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Forensic attention to cost management might help? UK retail sales growth slows in July as confidence falters – Telegraph.

Bank of England and poor forecasts

10 Aug 2010 | Filed under: General business

Well, Alan Greenspan never seemed to get it right to me, the BOE don’t either, so can anyone know what’s happening? Bank of Englands poor forecasts have rained down on the City for too long – Telegraph. We might sneer at the tales of old ladies who read tea leaves but they are no more [...]

US economy ‘on the road to deflation’…

06 Aug 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Back in 1996 I was living in Hong Kong and it was around the time that Alan Greenspan made his “irrational exuberance” speech. Roger Bootle, now of Capital Economics fame, wrote the book “The Death of Inflation” – it is an easy read for an economic study and well worth it. It should be required reading [...]

Recession: how to survive the recovery – Accountancy Age

05 Aug 2010 | Filed under: General business

I thought this was a useful article and so post it here. Recession: how to survive the recovery – Accountancy Age.

All Leicester city councillors to get iPads next year?

04 Aug 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

All Leicester city councillors to get iPads next year?. I’ve seen this syndrome before in companies where as soon as a senior manager gets the latest upgrade, the IT department are beset by other managers and staff wanting to upgrade too. Leicester seem to be taking this new “arms race” to the nth degree. This [...]