A True ERP solution without ‘Betting the Farm’ and ditching your window fabrication software It’s a dilemma we see in successful growing businesses:- Your business has grown and needs integrated systems – one set of data from prospect to invoice You need Joined up systems that don’t rely on constantly re-keying the same information (or what you hope is the same !) Spreadsheets and separate pieces of software that don’t…
“All’s Fair in Love and War”…and Business? (Thoughts on clichés and ethics!) “All’s fair in love and war” usually accompanied by a smirk from the person delivering the justification for something that you probably see as patently unfair is something we’ve all probably heard at some time or another but is it right? Part of the problem when considering ethics in business revolves around the spectrum of what is ‘right’…
At the risk of upsetting some ‘players’ it seems that what was a huge issue in 2008 when this article came out is a huge issue now and behaviours are not changing (why would they?). For fabricator just substitute whatever business you fancy, the principles remain sound! Darwin And The Survival Of The Least Fit A very experienced senior manager said to me this week that he was seeing…
There has recently been some debate around what a company’s (and therefore a Directors) responsibility is towards the health and safety of it’s subcontractors, we aren’t lawyers and you should get specialist advice but there is pretty clear guidance out there that says that even if you don’t employ someone if they are working under your direction you have responsibility for their safe working methods and environment. The Health and…
Residential repair and improvements business HomeServe announced on Friday that it has acquired shareholdings in Checkatrade in the UK and Habitissimo in Spain. The FTSE 250 firm said the two separate businesses provide access to high-quality tradespeople performing home repairs and improvements via online platforms. It confirmed it purchased a 40% interest in Checkatrade, and a 70% interest in Habitissimo, with the deals being worth a combined £37m. Speaks to…
It’s probably fair to say that 1941 was a testing year for the UK and in a speech to the house in July Churchill addressed the issue of how (specifically production) news was put about. Quite a few echos in 2016 so without apology perhaps we should bend an ear ? SUPPLY. (Hansard, 29 July 1941) We are often told that “the House of Commons thinks this” or “feels…
Safestyle have posted another set of impressive results for the period to the end of June 2016, Revenue up 12.8% GP up 11.9%. Volume of frame increased by 5.7% and leads up by 26%. So if you hold some shares the divi is up but interestingly their view is that the underlying market is down by 2.2% in this same period. Now sat on £23.6m of cash at the end of…
We are sponsoring PIGs in Birmingham again , it’s on the 29th September and signup is here… If the last events are anything to go by lots of interesting people and conversations and a general good night out, look forward to seeing you there.
A few days ago we visited Franciaflex a MAC Group business based in Rennes in France. MAC are a significant customer of 360 Innovations the Canadian Software supplier that some of you may have seen at Fit Show this year and who we helped bring to the UK. 360 has more than a thousand users in North America and Europe, and is the world leader with its software solutions for a variety of…
Forgive us if you’ve heard this before but we find it amusing in the current debate about ‘Helicopter Money’ and ‘Quantitative Easing’ A model to solve the EU crisis – Greece owes it’s landlord €20 and can’t pay. One day Germany walks into the apartment building and says to the landlord “I’d quite like a room but I want to view it first” the landlord says “That’s fine you can go…
