Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Very overtired as not sleeping much but then all management team (left and right hand) suffering from the same and all looking extra haggard!
“Government won’t dig us out of this mess; entrepreneurs will drive recovery”
Richard Branson has spoken out against government meddling in private enterprise: it’s time that Gordon Brown and his cronies stood back and let the entrepreneurs clean up the mess they made for this country.
How to measure marketing spend
Marketing can seem like an avoidable expense in times like these. But if you aren’t marketing, what are you doing? You’ve probably stripped back every possibly operating expense that you can, as is sensible, but too many businesses make the mistake of essentially sitting still once they have trimmed the fat.
Internet entrepreneur makes money out of Twitter
Alicia Navarro is set to raise thousands of pounds for charity with a new project to monetise Twitter through her Shoreditch-based firm Skimlinks.
Profits down but M&S still loved by consumers
Profits at Marks & Spencer may be down 40 per cent but the retailer is apparently the store we’d all hate to lose.
FD watch
New finance directors have been appointed at companies from Central Rand Gold to Homeserve.