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Would you sue your son to get him out of the house?

Published on: 13 May 2013

For any business that leases or sub-leases a property it’s vital that a good legal agreement is in place. Not only does the agreement clarify things for both the landlord and the tenant but it also provides opportunities for legal action should any problems occur. For the tenant this could be when the landlord fails [...]


Can a bottle of Coke save a child’s life?

Published on: 21 Apr 2013

Coca-Cola is one of the worlds’s largest companies and is certainly one of the best known global brands. The company is good at lots of things and one thing they are extremely good at is working with their bottlers and managing the Coke distribution channel. After all, the distinctive Coke bottles and cans can be [...]


Would you have done this with a new car launch?

Published on: 16 Apr 2013

If you were in charge of a car company and you were going to launch a new car model, how would you do it? Land Rover has just released the new version of their Range Rover Sport model and they appear to have launched it pretty well and have “ticked all the boxes” as they [...]


Does this help you concentrate?

Published on: 02 Apr 2013

The Journal of Consumer Research published the results of five experiments into how the level of background noise can impact on performance when someone is working on creative tasks. The  results are interesting and in simple terms found that a moderate level of ambient noise is better for enhancing performance on creative tasks than both [...]


Do you know the link between fashion, strategy and Ostriches?

Published on: 24 Mar 2013

What do you normally do when you go on holiday? Do you a) visit some historical sights, b) relax and put your feet up or c) buy a £5,500 handbag? Two luxury fashion brands have just released their financial results and for one of them tourists have had a significant impact. Fashion retailer Ted Baker [...]


Will her next murder mystery novel involve an accountant?

Published on: 18 Mar 2013

She is one of the most successful authors in the world and has sold over 100 million books featuring the character Dr Kay Scarpetta. She’s earnt a lot of money from her writing and has estimated earnings from her writing career of £300 million. In the 4 years to 2009 alone she earned more than [...]


Is your corporate logo truly global or does is only stretch to cover a single continent?

Published on: 18 Mar 2013

104 years ago Theodor Tobler and Emil Baumann invented the chocolate bar Toblerone. The name is a play on the names “Tobler” and “Torrone”, the Italian word for honey and almond nougat. It is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and anyone that has travelled through a major airport will almost certainly [...]


Momo is certainly a unique lady…

Published on: 11 Mar 2013

Discrimination in the workplace due to gender, race, religion or sexual preference is not only unethical but is also illegal in most countries. Importantly though if an organisation does undertake discriminatory activities in for example deciding not to recruit certain people it can miss out on good quality employees from the “excluded segment” of the [...]


What does your car number plate tell us about you?

Published on: 07 Mar 2013

The US state of California has a lot going for it. It has some of the most scenic coastline to be found anywhere in the world, some great wine and with Hollywood and Silicon Valley it  has a wealth of artistic and creative minds. What it also has however is a budget deficit of around [...]


What’s in a pair of shoes? Quite a bit if it’s a Jimmy Choo shoe but…

Published on: 06 Mar 2013

With celebrity clients such as Angelina Jolie and Victoria Beckham, Jimmy Choo is one of the most famous shoe brands in the world. It is a real success story having been started 14 years ago by Tamara Mellon, a former editor at Vogue magazine, with a loan from her father of £150,000. There are now [...]