Monthly Archives: October 2016
Business Insight 70 – Personal Tax (blog & vlog)
CPR made us have an official ‘opening’ which involved both the local MP and the leader of the local council (I can’t remember either’s names). We did get good local coverage. Generally, our business model was showing signs of fatigue; Read more ›
Business Insight 69 – The apprentice becoming better than the master (vlog only)
Business Insight 69 – The apprentice becoming better than the master (blog & vlog)
1984 It was decided to merge the Polegate and Storrington operations into a new 11,000 sq. ft. depot in Lewes (which was more or less in the middle), and yet again money was going to be required to put Read more ›
Business Insight 68 – Partying through the bad times (vlog only)
Business Insight 68 – Partying through the bad times (blog & vlog)
We had the most famous (in my view) and expensive Christmas do to date. There were a 150 staff at the lunch and 250 at the evening do. At the lunch, the fitters thought it would be fun to throw Read more ›
Business Insight 67 – Getting your own way (vlog only)
Business Insight 67 – Getting your own way (blog & vlog)
The only computer we had was run by our accounts department, reluctantly. Our old accountant just didn’t understand or believe in them. Accounts software was available though, and networkable. It wasn’t useful for business managers though, and didn’t help run Read more ›
Business Insight 66 – Ego (vlog only)
Business Insight 66 – Ego (blog & vlog)
It was decided that we would form a new holding company, styled Davies & Tate PLC (D&TPLC). The PLC bit was suggested by Creasy PR; it carried more kudos and whatever the rules were for styling your company that way, Read more ›