Incoherent What if official guidance is incoherent or out of its depth? Don’t rely on it! Use experience & expertise to work out how to operate safely. Arrange tests & travel support to enable workers to return to workspaces. Rearrange seating, shift patterns & work procedures to minimise Covid spread. Swim against the tide of…
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Inept A crisis reveals the truly capable & the utterly inept, in government & business. Actions speak louder than words. Announcing future moonshot, game-changing & world-beating products/ services while failing to deliver the ordinary today impresses no one. Just invites ridicule & distrust. Talk to the hand Guessed the Word? …
Guess the Word and Contact Us for Prizes! Series 58 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 57 spelt R-O-U-G-H-F-L-U (FURLOUGH) Series 56 spelt N-O-W-L-O-C-K-D (LOCKDOWN) Series 55 spelt D-R-S-I-T-U-P (DISRUPT) Series 54 spelt S-W-I-N-G-S-U-P (UPSWINGS) Series 53 spelt …
Guess the Word and Contact Us for Prizes! Series 57 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 56 spelt N-O-W-L-O-C-K-D (LOCKDOWN) Series 55 spelt D-R-S-I-T-U-P (DISRUPT) Series 54 spelt S-W-I-N-G-S-U-P (UPSWINGS) Series 53 spelt L-O-O-K-O-U-T (OUTLOOK) Series 52 spelt …
Guess the Word and Contact Us for Prizes! Series 56 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 55 spelt D-R-S-I-T-U-P (DISRUPT) Series 54 spelt S-W-I-N-G-S-U-P (UPSWINGS) Series 53 spelt L-O-O-K-O-U-T (OUTLOOK) Series 52 spelt R-O-B-B-I-N (RIBBON) Series 51 spelt …
Longest Longest & calmest ever US bull market turns 11 years old in June 2020. Will it last? Probably, as American consumers are in great shape. Their debt relative to income is lowest in 40 years, their savings rate is high, real incomes are rising & unemployment is at a 50-year low. No sign of…
Yellow Our eyes see yellow 1st, so sales stickers grab our attention. Good design – use yellow for kids/leisure goods. Otherwise as a highlight only, & not on pricey items (especially for men, as they regard it as cheap). Yellow & black is highest contrast colour combination, good for warning signs to be read at…
Exchange Most transactions now occur with no monetary exchange. Statistics only measure activities with money value, so these barter deals get omitted. Example: “Free” apps for smartphones. They aren’t really free; we get them in exchange for giving up personal data or accepting advertisements Guessed the Word? Series 41 (7/9) …
Taxi UK has 1 of the world’s largest taxi markets. Londoners spend more money – 6.9% of GDP – on transport than people in New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Tokyo & Singapore. Taxi/ limo 2016 revenues: US $19 (£14.4) bn, Japan $15 (£11.4) bn, UK $11.5 (8.7) bn, next is France <$5 (£3.8) bn…
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? …