As I said back in May, when I put my suggestion to Vince Cable at the Greater Manchester Chamber Annual Dinner – instead of offering an NI holiday to start up businesses who employ staff (how many start up businesses do YOU know about who start up and immediately employ 4 or 5 people?? That’s […]
Vince Cable is going to discuss me with George Osbourne – apparently!
Let me explain. 2 weeks ago I was interviewed (not just me) for a Radio 4 show which was aimed at asking the businesses of Greater Manchester what the government need to do to support business in the North West. I raised a point about the new initiative on employer NI – which says that […]
Do you know why 25% of Generation Y employees choose their employers??.
Do you know why 25% of Generation Y employees choose their employers?? In past years pension contributions were a big “seller”. Generation X employees were encouraged to plan for their future and the pension was something often talked about in an interview and was a serious consideration when taking a job. In recent years there […]
Planning to retire abroad – you’ll be lucky!!
Dreaming of retiring to sunnier climes?? You’re more likely to be still putting in the 9 – 5 according to figures which show the number of over 65’s still in work has doubled in the last 10 years. People of retirement age have been hot by falling annuity rates, falling interest rates on savings, stagnant […]
Red Tape hampering the economic recovery? You bet ya!
Our personal experience of the constant challenge of running a small business is enough to convince us that there is no real help from government. Not yet anyway. The banks can fluff all they want about people not asking for finance – well let me enlighten them as to why. I spoke to my Bank […]