Welcome
Welcome to my blog on nascent trends. I have chosen this title because it can mean emerging directions/fashions/tendancies, etc. These trends may eventually reach a tipping point and become...
View ArticleToo Big To Fail Yet too Big to Bail: Can we get our ACT together?
The theme of this blog is a legal nascent trend. The last eighteen months have witnessed a financial Tsunami of plummeting asset prices, share prices, property prices, currency values, etc. According...
View ArticleInflation or Deflation - You Decide
This blog is a nascent trend relating to the economy. With unprescedented bank bail outs and quantitative easing (effectively printing money) we are in uncharted waters. There is anxiety from many...
View Article2nd Life? ….Get a 1st Life!!
This nascent trend is both a technological and a socio-cultural issue. Second life has become an instant phenomenon among children and techno savvy and “trend setting” adults. http://secondlife.com/The...
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An Exciting New Book for Owner Managers
The Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) is arguably the Cinderella of the UK economy. They receive no glamour, they are driven by hardworking entrepreneurs and family owners and currently are...
View ArticleWhen ignorance is not bliss
I don’t know about you but it seems to be open season with bankers now. Even some academics that were previously cheer leaders and yell captains for the banking industry are now sticking the boot...
View ArticleA Greek Tragedy
This posting has partly a socio-cultural theme and partly a macro economic theme. The woes of Greece with their huge debt problem has parallels with western society’s own personal debt and our tendency...
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The Tectonic Plates have shifted.
No I am not talking about the volcanic eruption which has caused chaos to business and holiday travellers as well as to air importers and exporters. I am talking about last week’s political leaders’...
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Is one of our largest UK companies Obama’s whipping boy? You bet your sweet BP!
The title of this blog contains the catchphrase of one of the USA’s best loved comedy shows but I don’t think this is a laughing matter.One of the UKs largest companies by market capitalisation, BP is...
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Blair Vision: Will History be Kinder to the Former UK Premier?
The recent publication of Tony Blair’s autobiography has divided a nation again. His decision to donate his £4.6 million pound advance to the British Legion has shone him in the public eye again....
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John Lennon: A flawed genius but we wouldn't have it any other way!
The last blog referred to the passing of time possibly changing the perception of Tony Blair. This blog is about one of the most famous 20th century icons, John Winston Lennon. Lennon was a member of...
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Will Sassoon recommend a Haircut for the Banks?I am not talking about Vidal Sassoon the famous hairdresser but a coalition Finance Minister. Many of you will not have heard of Baron Sassoon but his...
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The Jabberwocky: Twas Brillig in the Shadow Banking
The title of this article is based on Lewis Carroll’s nonsensical work of 1872 “Through the Looking Glass”. In one world, money talks and bunkum walks and bankers are Masters of the Universe and are of...
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