Dear Members, We have become accustomed to taking decisions based on plotting a path to a known or defined future. That is leadership. How do we protect our businesses, families, staff, suppliers and customers when that future is uncertain? The … Read More
Dear Members, What will happen at Christmas? is a key question. What is clear is that avoiding a second outbreak must be pretty high on the agenda. Can we trust Government to get this right? Clearly not. Unless we are … Read More
Boiled Frog Syndrome, is not a very nice idea, unless you are French, but it illustrates a point. The idea is that if you drop a frog into hot water it will jump out sharpish. Conversely, if you put it … Read More
Dear Members, If you have a look on the Blog page you will see that we have been bringing you up to date news and information on the progress of the virus often weeks before it hit the national press. … Read More
Dear Members, I thought these Two videos from Jacinda Ardern The New Zealand Prime Minister were revealing. On the 8th June 2020 New Zealand had been Virus free for a fortnight, were returning to a full normal life, and on … Read More
Dear Members,Please see below. Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill now law. On 25 June 2020 the Bill received royal assent and became the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020. The Act has introduced new corporate restructuring tools to help … Read More
Dear Members, I have just come off a Webinar “The Pub” hosted by Tom Pickering, and though it was worth sharing my takeouts. It’s a mess. In UK & US 25% taken out of the economy. 10 million jobs being … Read More
Dear Members, Please see HR update below. Info from Parallel HR Nick The Job Retention Scheme The Government’s Job Retention Scheme (furlough) has proved to be a valuable lifeline to many businesses. Unsurprisingly, the Scheme cannot go on in its … Read More
Dear Members, We have chased up the Council, and it seems that there are some small business grants available. For some reason they are significantly less than those from St Albans and Dacorum. We are taking that up with Grant. … Read More
Dear Members, As we start to come out the other side of C19 (Let’s Hope) there are some salutary lessons. It could happen Again – This Winter We need to Help Each Other – Together – to Manage downside risk, … Read More