The Interview
If a small business was being interviewed for a job it might go something like this: Interviewer: What are your strengths and weaknesses? Small Business: I’m flexible, I’m able to react and respond to shocks, adjust my processes, products and pricing accordingly which makes me a survivor. Mis-management is a weakness, however, that can be controlled using my...
Read MoreJanuary 2012 Intermediary A-Musing
Business X-Ray Why fix something that isn’t broken? It’s always been done this way. What we do works. So, indeed, why fix something that isn’t broken? Who can blame a business with responsibilities vying for attention, choosing to put self-examination on the to-do list in favour of dealing with the more pragmatic matters such as keeping the wolves from the door? Checking for profit gaps,...
Read MoreJanuary 2012 Noteworthy News
It is becoming prohibitively expensive for the lenders, who rely on cheap short-term financing to fund a part of their balance sheet, to fund for more than 3-5 years, hence, traditional banking, which supports the wider corporate client, is facing further shrinkage in the corporate banking world. Businesses and motorists are bracing themselves after the wholesale price of petrol is set to rise....
Read MoreHappy New Year – Predictions 2012
In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship but never in want. No.1 Prediction: 90% of all the 2012 predictions will be wrong …. but…. that doesn’t stop some still wanting to read more … 2. Predictions (and hopes) for analytics in 2012 3. Experts Weigh In On 2012 4. Global Economic Forecasts for 2012 5....
Read MoreMerry Christmas
Reading an article about The Future of Shopping in all its glory, the browsing online, videoconferencing, superimposing items, click-and-collect, scanning barcodes, price-matching , Quick Response and technological advances mean the future seems less leaps-and-bounds and more vaulting and ricocheting. With a question being posed: ‘Is E-Commerce a disruption for retailers’? For the...
Read MoreThe Future Of Banking
Could 2012 see the appreciation of customers being a new currency for banks? (Space has been left for any comments of the sarcastic variety) Although…. could be as Banks, previously reluctant to join in with social networks are beginning to realise they might be missing out. Aware of the big numbers therefore potential, banks will be sniffing out the relevance for their brand and...
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