Fear of failure…or fear of financial guilt?
Having attended the London launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 (GEW) on Monday morning, interesting points were raised by a number of speakers around the cultural differences between the UK and the US when it comes to wealth creation and entrepreneurial success.
Dr Carl Schramm, a respected developer of entrepreneurial talent and CEO of the Kauffman [...]
Pound on the plunge again…
Looks like the pound is on the plunge again and it was welcome to hear Mervyn King joining the chorus of people calling for greater export in Britain. With massive debt both in the Government and consumer sectors, growth in the economy will not come from these areas. If we are to achieve economic growth [...]
‘Worst’ translation about, wait for it …Babel!
Liverpool and Dutch fooballer – sorry, soccer player – Ryan Babel (no joke!) has hit back at reports linking him with a move away to Ajax, stating that the English Press had sourced woeful translations (nothing to do with us, thanks) that ultimately created the unfound rumours.
When questioned about his intermittent involvement in recent Liverpool [...]
Exports rose by 5% in July
For a long time now we have been banging on about the fact that if Britain wants to get out of this recession and repair the big hole in the public finances, then we need to export more as a country.
The ironic thing is that for some time we’ve also had an amazingly favourable [...]
Britain coming out of the recession according to ICAEW
The headlines this morning (apart from England winning The Ashes – well done Freddie & co!) profess that, all of a sudden, Britain is almost out of the recession. Brilliant!
Thanks to a study into the “confidence of business professionals”, it seems the recession, according to some commentators, was just an overnight problem after all. So, [...]
Holiday Translation Tool: “In’t reet gud” according to ALS staff member
Just seen a funny (gimmicky, yet useful) post about a UK travel company that has launched a new online search facility – it lets users search by typing in phrases in their own dialect.
Lastminute’s new ‘Pronto’ tool translates pre-set search terms in Scouse, Geordie, Manc, Brummie, Bristolian and Glaswegian dialects. Alternatively, the more skeptical (confused) [...]
UK Missing the Export Boat
GDP figures for Japan, France and Germany were released this week and they showed over 0.3% growth, great news in that it shows that the global economy is definitely on the mend. One of the main driving factors of this unexpected recovery is export, which is also great for the Euro Zone and something I [...]
Lending figures add up to bad news for UK business
Just read an interesting story on BBC News about the recent war of words between the Chancellor, Alistair Darling and the British Bankers Association (BBA) concerning the supposed (disputed) increase in business lending.
Following comments made by the Chancellor, that he was “Extremely concerned” about lending levels, the BBA promptly released figures that showed an increase [...]
