Steve Ballmer’s recent reference to the new PC (the personal cloud) brought back memories of Pootle in the Flumps being followed round everywhere by a gloomy cloud…strange how the memory retains some useless trivia but can fail to retain other key information!
However, the personal cloud should provide a much more… Read more »
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Will the personal cloud bring sunshine to your life?
August 11th, 2010Can Vince convince the banks to lend more?
July 25th, 2010So tomorrow sees the publication of the green paper on banking. This will undoubtedly see an element of bank bashing as well as proposals to try and force the banks into increasing their lending.
Whilst I have some (albeit limited) sympathy with the banks I do believe that they have to step… Read more »
Don’t be complacent about your technical capabilities
July 22nd, 2010I have just been listening to an interesting article on Radio 5 about whether Dan Brown is a good novelist and why his books were such a big success, despite being derided by the literarchy (not sure whether I have just made that word up!). This got me thinking about the… Read more »
Incurring costs without delivering value
July 19th, 2010George Osborne has been asking for suggestions on how the public sector can reduce costs and cut government waste. I understand that the most popular suggestion is to cut overseas aid which is no surprise given that it is a popular saying that charity begins at home. Whilst this highlights an area… Read more »
The importance of clear directions
July 12th, 2010Firstly, apologies for our recent absence from the world of blogging. Despite our best intentions we have let this slip due to heavy work-load (something we promised we wouldn’t let happen when we set out on our journey!) Hopefully we haven’t ended up too far off course and can get… Read more »
Icelandic irresponsibility
April 18th, 2010Apologies we’ve not blogged for a while, life has been getting quite busy for us. MaxAim was recently asked to undertake its first international assignment in the US, great news for the firm, and for Ian who jumped at the opportunity. However, following a week in Arizona Ian now finds… Read more »
Repo 105, Lehman’s, Linklaters and Ernst & Young – a sorry tale
March 17th, 2010The Valuka report into the collapse of Lehmans confirms that “rules based” accounting standards do not serve the needs of investor and stakeholders.
It would appear that there was no breach of accounting policies in the Lehman debacle but surely when a firm goes to such lengths to disguise its balance sheet… Read more »
Why resist change ?
March 16th, 2010Some things are simply inevitable, the changing of the seasons, the evolution of species, the competition trying to steal your crown. Change is a robust defence strategy.
BA’s dominance of the UK’s airline industry has long been a target for younger, fitter corporate upstarts. The sustained attack was started 25 years… Read more »
Security threats on the network
March 12th, 2010A great moment at the Finance Yorkshire launch event this morning when the Rt Hon Rosie Winterton fielded a question from a businessman who provided security software for high speed broadband networks and how he could get more access to government projects/ tenders.
Clearly, still deep in thought about yesterday’s announcement… Read more »
UFFB and Finance Yorkshire – will they deliver value?
March 12th, 2010It has been a hectic and positive 24 hours in Leeds with the launch of Connect Yorkshire’s “understanding finance for business” (“UFFB”) on Thursday evening, followed by the launch of the Finance Yorkshire £90m fund on Friday morning. Both venture are government funded – the UFFB to the tune of… Read more »