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Tesco’s Barnard Castle moment of truth

October 13, 2020January 4, 2021 ~ Simon Laffin ~ 1 Comment

Tesco, like Dominic Cummings, has a home in Durham, but not in Barnard Castle. Also, like the No10 guru, Tesco has come in for a lot of criticism about its application of the pandemic rules. It is banking £532m COVID-19 full year rates rebate, despite actually benefiting in many ways from the lockdown. As a … Continue reading Tesco’s Barnard Castle moment of truth

Sexing up the statistics. Who needs facts?

October 23, 2019 ~ Simon Laffin ~ Leave a comment

“Want Higher Profits? Hire a Female CEO, CFO” The article headline caught my eye. Aren’t we all looking for a magic ingredient that can guarantee financial success? I think that women are disadvantaged and undervalued in business. And this doesn’t have to be the case. The last CEO I appointed was a woman – in … Continue reading Sexing up the statistics. Who needs facts?

Who pays for low interest rates?

August 5, 2016 ~ Simon Laffin ~ Leave a comment

    So the Bank of England has cut interest rates again, to 0.25%, as ‘the outlook for growth in the short to medium term has weakened markedly’. It is also pumping £70bn new money into the financial sector, that is ‘monetary easing’ or ‘printing money’. Meanwhile, the government is denouncing businesses for running deficits … Continue reading Who pays for low interest rates?

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