Weather What is normal British weather now? 2018 was UK’s joint hottest summer on record. So far, it’s been too hot, too cold, too wet or too dry for farmers, so will impact food prices. Feb/Mar: sub-zero temperatures. Apr: cold rain. May: unseasonally warm. Jun/Jul/Aug: baking hot. Sep/Oct: unusually mild. Nov/Dec: ????? Guessed the…
Endeavour Our human spirit of endeavour to discover something new. 1768 – small coal ship, built for reliability not speed, left Plymouth for the uncharted South Pacific sea. After 2 years, huge Atlantic storms, Cape Horn & tip of South America, it found New Zealand & Australia. And changed our view of the world…
Influencer We’ve always had influencers.Celebrities promoting brands & products. Royal Warrants. What’s changed is who we trust – from those with power to those who resonate with us. “People like me” are the most trusted sources of information.But regulators should force influencers pushing goods/ services to declare any commercial relationship Guessed the Word? …
Value-added tax Lower VAT rates reduce the ‘black economy’. Self-enforcing VAT is 1950s French invention. Instead of a levy on final sale of a product/ service, it’s imposed at every step of production, with a refund for the tax paid at the previous step. Each firm reports the VAT the previous firm in the chain should’ve…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 33 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 32 spelt C-I-G-L-O (LOGIC) Series 31 spelt P-O-N-Y-M-A-C (COMPANY) Series 30 spelt K-R-O-W (WORK) Series 29 spelt R-O-P-Y-J-A-D-E (JEOPARDY) Series 28 spelt G-U-I-L-D-B-I-N (BUILDING) Series 27 spelt F-R-U-I-T-E-X (FIXTURE) Series 26 spelt H-O-N-K-W-O-W …
Optimist Unusual business model, based on optimistic faith in the community to do good, can work: Wikipedia is 5th most popular website on earth. New global platform for multilingual, quality news soon. Journalists/volunteers will publish facts. Supporters donate, so no ads, no paywalls. Measures to stop fake news, spread by eager/unwitting volunteers, have failed. Fight…
Licence Members of an occupation love licences as they keep others out. 1 in 5 UK workers – twice as many as 15 years ago – now needs a permit from government to do their job, including security guards, art therapists, social workers. Are they any better than they were? Work life is tied up…
Gamify Lessons & tests turned into games are more captivating & fun Our ever-evolving sense of play is a wellspring of creativity. Video games replace the spectacle of violence with the basic joy of splattering mud pies around. UK: average gamer is female, mid-40’s, highly educated. US: female gamers aged 33+ outnumber teenage boys. Play the game Guessed…
Increment Achievement is through incremental steps. Giant leaps are fiction. Small, relentless improvements from ground-up, not imposed from top-down. Sustained success is a long-haul affair, achieved through continuous effort Guessed the Word? Series 32 (4/5) [pic: zoltan tasi]
Cheese UK cheese sales recovering after falling for 2 years. Spend on bestseller cheddar up 3.9%. Shops’ own-labels growing ahead of branded cheese. 1/2 the top 20 brands are now in growth. Cheese-making is both art & science – from identical ingredients & recipes, different cheese makers make different cheeses Guessed the Word? …