Tag Archives: Small Businesses

The Tory Party must stop manipulating Small & Micro Enterprises

Posted on January 19, 2019 by ianchisnall

My superficial historical knowledge helps me to understand why the Labour Party has very strong connections with many Trade Unions. However I recall how in the 1970’s and 1980’s the Conservative Party, quite legitimately demanded that people who were members … Continue reading →

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Small and Micro Businesses, your 15 minutes of political fame has Started

Posted on January 12, 2019 by ianchisnall

Yesterday was one of the few days in the year when thanks to advocates such as Tony Robinson and Paul Lancaster, that Micro Businesses were being treated with some respect. There are several such days each year, one is the … Continue reading →

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The impact of GDPR on the World Wide Web

Posted on May 21, 2018 by ianchisnall

Over the next few days there is a significant change that will impact many users of the internet along with people in receipt of printed correspondence. The GDPR or General Data Protection Regulation is something that most users of the … Continue reading →

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Government must work to their strengths

Posted on February 26, 2018 by ianchisnall

The public conflict that frequently emerges between parts of the Labour Party and parts of the Conservative Party regarding how public services and utilities should be owned and controlled, often appears to be a matter of ideology rather than a … Continue reading →

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The need to understand small businesses

Posted on September 27, 2017 by ianchisnall

The challenge of growing the UK economy in such a way that raises wages and increases jobs is widely recognised as being in large part, something best solved by the SME sector. As many large corporations grow by buying competitors … Continue reading →

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Small Business regulations

Posted on July 22, 2016 by ianchisnall

The debates in our media regarding how much impact Brexit has had on our economy have focused almost exclusively on the value of the pound compared to the dollar and Euro and the performance of stock market indexes such as … Continue reading →

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We need a fairer society

Posted on April 3, 2016 by ianchisnall

It is clear from this graph that the experience of those involved at the top of FTSE100 companies is very different from the lives of many of those who really do create wealth in this country. Yet whenever Government Ministers speak about … Continue reading →

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The challenge for Micro and Small Enterprises

Posted on January 30, 2016 by ianchisnall

In a recent speech in the House of Lords Prof Lord Bhattacharyya who is Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick, explained how the University partners with the Jaguar Land Rover Academy to provide education for the workers in the … Continue reading →

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The problem with public procurement

Posted on December 17, 2015 by ianchisnall

Yesterday was a bit of a challenge for at least one small business in Sussex. A major public sector purchasing consortia has just published its criteria for a national framework agreement that we had been waiting for for several years … Continue reading →

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Economic ignorance

Posted on September 29, 2015 by ianchisnall

Speeches yesterday and today in the Brighton Centre suggest that neither Jeremy Corbyn nor John McDonnell really understand some very basic principles and activities of Government in relationship to business and the economy. In practice this makes them little different to the … Continue reading →

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