How easy is it for you to get your product or service to your customers? Tesco, one of the world’s most successful retailers, have just released a new service which makes it easier for their customers to buy from them. They were one of the first supermarkets to shake up the “outbound logistics” of their [...]

I used to have a Nokia phone. It had a good battery and made great calls. Then smartphones came along and I progressed onto an Apple iPhone. It looked super slick and did a lot of things. Alas, problems with the battery and a slow processor meant that I fell out of love with it [...]

Although people have been gambling for a long time, the profile of the betting industry has changed dramatically over recent years. The bookmakers that were seen on many a high street seem to be gradually disappearing. People are still gambling though but the delivery method of the industry is switching to internet based gambling rather [...]

It’s ACCA exam results day today and congratulations to those of you that have passed. All your hard work has paid off and it’s now time to celebrate. I’ve often wondered whether the results day should be a Friday so you can celebrate on Friday night and Saturday night or whether it’s a good excuse [...]

So my plan for tomorrow night is to have a relaxing evening and settle down with a nice box of chocolates, a glass of Pinot Grigio wine and start reading the 50th anniversary edition of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” which has just been released. The only problem is that I don’t have chocolates, [...]

Tom, the postman that delivers letters to our street always seems to be happy and full of the joys of life. Whether it’s the middle of a cold and wet winter or during a hot summer (admittedly in the UK we don’t get a lot of hot summers but that’s another story!) he’s always smiling [...]

At the weekend I bought some furniture at the local IKEA. For those of you not familiar with IKEA it’s a very successful home furnishings group with over 650 million people visiting 300 stores in over 35 countries last year and producing sales of Euro 23 billion. They specialise in “flat pack”, self assembly furniture. [...]