Posts by: David Lomas
Manufacturers: Are You Failing to Monetise Your Innovations?
UK manufacturing is often most successful when it is both agile and innovative. Consequently, many manufacturers put a lot of time and...
Is Low Tyre Pressure a Priority for Fleets?
An AA Populus poll revealed that in 2015, nearly a third of UK accidents, where vehicle defects were a contributory factor, involved low...
Startups: Can You Achieve Break Even and Beyond?
Understanding the total costs involved in launching a business and bringing a service or product to market can be a stumbling block for...
Procurement: Is it the Enemy of Innovation?
Is procurement about putting dogma before dynamism? There are perceptions that procurement is process and compliance driven and that it is...
Will Pre-Action Protocol Rules Help or Hamper Debt Claims?
A new set of rules came into effect on 1 October 2017 governing how debt claims can proceed. The Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims has...
Launch Events: Are you Focused on your Brand?
How do you build up momentum in the marketplace for your new product or service? You could organise a launch event, but how can you ensure...
Why is Cash Flow Always a Problem for SMEs?
The one issue that consistently concerns SMEs is cash flow. Uncertainty about the UK’s political and economic future may hamper growth,...
Energy Efficiency: Is it Catch-22 for Business Rates?
The environment is the place we work in. A business environment might be offices, or retail space, a factory or workshop, or a school. For...
Why Is Driver Fatigue a Business Risk?
New research from the Department for Transport has found that driver fatigue contributes to more road accidents in the UK than...
Could Independent Schools Lose Their Charitable Rates Relief?
Independent schools have charitable status and this comes with tax breaks on their rates. Although there has been an on-off debate for some...
