The Long View

Anyone who is making their way will understand these, even if they don’t stop to identify them in the context of their own situation. The 5 components are: 1, Product or service – you need to have something that people want and are willing to pay for. Marketing – how do they know about your […]

I think that everyone must have their own approach to shopping whether that is online or in person. It is obviously quicker to buy online. You may well get more of a choice than you would see in most shops and you don’t need to go out of the house. But, personally, I would rather

It’s April already. Did not see that coming. I know that April comes at this time every year, and I live by my diary so I see the days passing, but suddenly, or so it seems, it’s April. Mind you, I was at the Glen Mhor Hotel in Inverness the other day and they were

It’s coming up to the end of the tax year. That means that 2024/25 is just a few days away. Many years ago I came across a challenge. You started off with a certain amount of cash. I cannot now remember if it was a penny or a pound. The idea behind the challenge was

I attended a visitor evening at the BNI chapter in Inverness. Nothing very surprising there, because we have been members for nearly 9 years. The whole concept behind BNI, to my mind, is very simple. You meet 30 to 40 other local business owners every week. You chat and socialise and get to know them.

It’s not something that I ever really considered. We want to look up to and remember builders, creators, and those who add something positive to our lives. Either that or they have achieved something noteworthy in our eyes. I sometimes wonder why statues are erected to politicians. Maybe it’s because they manage to survive the

This was part of one of those old wise sayings “Before enlightenment, carry water, chop wood. After enlightenment, carry water, chop wood.” You’ll need to forgive me if I did not get it quite right. I think that what it was trying to convey was that no matter what major things may be going on

I can hear them already. “What’s happened to my tax, why is it so high and why do I have to submit 2 tax returns?” We have been banging this drum for a while but you are going to be hearing a lot more about it in the coming weeks and months. But you know

Opinions are like noses, everybody has one. There seems to be a commonly held view that everyone should have an opinion about absolutely everything. Why? The media are particularly bad for this. A few years ago, I decided that this was just not the case so, if I do not need to opine on something,

One way or another I have been producing material for our newsletters for about 15 years. There was a bit of a break back in 2020 when we moved from a monthly paper newsletter to the present format. The paper newsletter was sent out monthly for about 12 years. Anyway, after Xmas and with the