By Brian Buck | 22.01.15
Unilateral Disarmament
Jim Murphy, the new leader of the Labour party in Scotland, was interviewed on the radio recently and the issue of…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 15.01.15
Pour oil on it
There is one group for whom cheaper oil is bad news — oil producers, who’ve been having an amazing run between…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 08.01.15
Over, under…and done!
One of our clients was close to an agreement with a bank to offer a few preliminary services, which could…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 18.12.14
Pipes of Peace
On Christmas Day 1914 the guns fell silent on no mans land. English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish Soldiers emerged from their…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 11.12.14
Chore wars
Who does thehousework in your house? Seems this is a much bigger issue than you might think. Or maybe it…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 04.12.14
Bhopal
An American President(depending on your politics it could be any American President since Eisenhower) visits a class of 9 year-olds.…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 01.12.14
The sin of greed
It is a very simple equation to look at how margin is impacted by the price a company charges for…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 20.11.14
Accountants are all torque
At first glance there may not seem much in common between Formula One racing and chartered accountancy. So the news…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 13.11.14
A winning package
There has been much weeping and gnashing of teeth lately amongst the chattering classes and politicians in the UK and,…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 06.11.14
Yes but…I have a strategy
Frequently people want to talk about their negotiating strategy. My immediate (if private) reaction to this is “oh dear!!” Negotiation…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 30.10.14
Infallibility
There is a sweet story about a car mechanic who is fixing the engine of the car belonging to an…
Read the post By Brian Buck | 24.10.14
Business. Survival of the nastiest
There are three things that stick out for me from the new series of The Apprentice. The first is that at…
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