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- In The Bleak Midwinter – The Freezing Out Of Our Young People
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In The Bleak Midwinter – The Freezing Out Of Our Young People
I’ve recently returned from the splendid carol concert I attend each year just a little way down the road. It is on the peripheries of Wythenshawe; a high school which performs miracles and is recognised as such by Ofsted. It … Continue reading
Let’s Cut To Sharp’s Value
This morning sees the announcement of another £10m of funding for Manchester’s Sharp Project: Sharp Project – as it is awarded what must now be in excess of £30m, is there, please, a cost-benefit analysis to hand? The mainstream digital … Continue reading
Shadsworth, Jobsworths & Human Worth
We went to Blackburn on Monday morning. Driving in, at about 8am, the flow of traffic was if there wasn’t even an economically viable city there to slow our progress. But the factory of our host for the morning was … Continue reading
Cluster Not Bluster – A Strong Way Forward For NW Digital
Expertise on the wing I was talking to a friend the other day who told me the story of how a friend of his has become hugely successful trading in a particular sector of musical instruments. It sounded so specialised … Continue reading
Personal Commitment & Fierce Determination – Politicians Please Take Note
- seeking to take stock of the lessons of our magnificent Olympics. There has been a huge outpouring of sentiment from businesspeople linking the UK’s magnificent Olympic success (both in the staging and in the competitive success) with the catalysing … Continue reading
Cleverness Without Boundaries Is Cuteness Without Commerciality
We are seeing lots of clever stuff around IT/Digital, particularly in the areas of marketing and apps. A lot of apps are staggeringly pretty, fun and sassy – Saasy even. But if the beauty is in the building, then the … Continue reading
The Eurozone’s Crumbling, The Policemen Are Younger – Just Get Rich!
You know you are old when you mention to someone that it’s sad that Davy Jones of the Monkees has died and they reply, “Davy Who, of the Who?” You know you are old when you say, “I remember Donna … Continue reading
Digital’s Fatal Flaws: More Reality Needed Behind The Virtual
We are seeing a steady steam of Digital startups (at least, they are intended to start up, not just stall on the starting blocks) which are depressingly displaying the same failings: Build it and they will come. Sitting closeted away … Continue reading
Beyond The Featurists, Futurists, Flakes & Freaks – What Chris Needs To Know
- Searching for substance within IT and Digital propositions By Chris Airey & Malcolm Evans Malcolm: We’re doing a lot around the online services sector, IT and Digital at the moment. We are working with a group of exceptional and … Continue reading
Enterprise Winners? – We’re FOURTEENTH for God’s Sake!
Yes, fourteenth – that’s where this year’s Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index places the UK. The results are to be formally announced at an event at Imperial College tomorrow. But those of us who are at the sharp edge of … Continue reading