Due to the upcoming election, it will be hard for some people to not look at the chancellor's Budget on 18 March as more of a performance review than a series of fiscal measures designed to secure the economic future of the country.
This week I'm going to battle for apprenticeships – as the future of a number of industries, including my own, is at stake.
One of the biggest threats to a business is complacency. We’ve all just escaped from a deep and devastating recession and the economy is heading in the right direction, but none of us can afford to stand still.
After last week’s column about Labour’s plans to decimate UK business by hiking the top rate of tax, there have been a few comments that entrepreneurs should keep their political opinions to themselves.
Entrepreneurship is under attack and the election will be the battlefield where Labour aims to stick the knife in to business owners, who are actually the saviours of the economy.
The success of a good entrepreneur is marked by the success of the people they surround themselves with.
I see that the next series of Benefits Street is going to be back on our screens soon, and it got my blood boiling.
It doesn’t matter if it’s an entrepreneur like me, who started with just a bag of tools and a battered old van, or someone like QPR footballer Charlie Austin who’s gone from playing non-league to Premier League in a handful of seasons; we all love a good story about people who beat the odds to succeed.
Having seen what has worked well during the last year and period of current government control, I know exactly what I'd like to see during 2015.
It seems to me the only bullet-proof profession is the banking sector. No matter what they do to our economy and the state of the country they seem to be Teflon.
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