Someone asked me the other day what running a business ‘at
cost’ means. I found that a bit odd at first but then I realised that unless
you run a business (small or large) costs against sales would have little
relevance to your life, particularly in vital public sector roles.
Running at Cost
Without teaching any of you how to suck eggs, it works like this. Basically, you have running costs and sales. So, at the end of the year, your ...
Before it is buried under the next bit of news about vaccines,
Shamima Begum or Prince Harry, I must write a few paragraphs about the new
policing bill going before parliament.
Firstly, it probably would have slipped under the radar if it
hadn’t been for the chaotic scenes at Clapham Common on Saturday. It would have
been sneaked through the back door whilst we all indulge ourselves in Covid-19
stories. With 24-hour newsreel, it is nigh on ...
I tell you what has intrigued me this week. The Tory Party
extending its lead over Labour in the opinion polls. Why is that?
Some say that it is down to the vaccine roll out that has
been a success. Others say that it is because the government are doing well in
the circumstances and that Boris is doing his best. My son made me laugh the
other day when he said that it won’t be long before Johnson gets a little
trophy for being ‘Most ...
If you want to know how you came to having your political
opinion (whatever your preference) and how it has evolved, can I suggest something?
Watch the new documentary series by Adam Curtis, called ‘Can’t get You Out of
My head’.
It is a fascinating tale of geopolitical shifts that have
allowed us to become the confused and some might say broken society, we are
today. A series of geopolitical misjudgements, coincidence, and bad luck ...
I don’t know if it is me who is losing the plot or others,
but what is so confusing about booking holidays? Anyone who follows the news must
know by now this government hasn’t got a clue what it is doing, so why look to
them to see if there is any chance of having a holiday this year?
I would like a holiday this year, but I don’t know if I can
have one or not, so I am not going to get all flustered about it. However, if I
were in a ...
