Business

The Scottish Paradox I Can’t Resolve

Business

Yesterday we explained about our latest FP7 project, and how we resolved the paradox between the undeniable opportunity and the unmanageable risk for SMEs getting involved. We didn’t explain the problems we’ve had with the Scottish business development agencies and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in particular, so we’ll do that now. If Alex Salmond [...]

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Don’t Make Old People Mad

Just for Fun

Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By [...]

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HIE Eats My Lunch – Again

Business

Highlands and Islands Enterprise is coming under a lot of fire at the moment, as the public sector squabbles over the smaller pie Danny Alexander and his Treasury mates will allow Scotland to waste. An excellent post by a Gurn from Nurn quotes an ex boss of HIE explaining why HIEs role, and budget should [...]

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Not in the Highlands It Isn’t

Business

More on the business opportunities presented by the Internet to Scottish Highlands businesses in this report, which is encouraging. But its hard to believe. From everything I see most UK business has got its head stuck up the public sector’s Outlook. If I get one more Outlook Calendar invitation I’ll think seriously about retiring. Google [...]

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Highlands and Islands Gets Superfast Broadband

Business

Scottish Highlands businesses will be the first to benefit from the new superfast broadband. In that case all of us small business owners wanting to export our goodies will be very happy. Is this too good to be true. We’re big fans of the way Internet technologies live where we want, and work where we [...]

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Translating Consultant Gobbledegook

Business

Small business owners and managers need sound advice expressed in plain simple terms. Unfortunately consultants seem to delight in using confusing language, presumably as a way of impressing clients. In my experience that never works with advice for small business owners. They usually need somebody to translate the gobbledegook into straightforward language, like this. New [...]

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Forget the Cuts We Need a Smaller Public Sector

Comment

Public sector organisation and provision of services is bad for business. Cutting back the burgeoning public sector in Scotland will be essential for reversing the country’s endemic economic decline. And the Highlands desperately needs a change, to allow private sector businesses to flourish. Until we get that about turn in direction, declines in living standards, [...]

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A Glimmer of Opportunity

Comment

Image via Wikipedia Liberal Democrats plan to reduce the overhead on the economy by closing the quangos and replacing their role with regional banks managed by business leaders- as described by the Press and Journal. This is just about the most sense I’ve ever heard talked by a Scottish politician. But they’ll have a problem [...]

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Making Prospect Lists Make Sense

Comment

Image via Wikipedia Solving My Prospect List Puzzle by stevensreeves in Sales Manager,Starting a business Prospect lists are simple, right? except they’re rarely even close to reality. A bit like fairy tales. No wonder we don’t like making them. No wonder we’re reluctant to rely on them. No wonder we’ll change them for new ones [...]

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Avantrasara

Business

The Scottish Highlands will become a centre of excellence for Life Science industries, as is demonstrated by the P4 Digital Healthcare conference and the convergence of policy makers, healthcare providers and technology vendors. But there is already a small business based in the Highlands pioneering collaboration across Europe. Avantrasara works with research institutes, clinicians, major [...]

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