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The Great Business Rate Scandal

A new cafe has opened up in Marylebone near my residence in  Westminster. It’s owned by an Oriental couple and you can sense on visiting how hard they are trying to make their business successful.  It’s situated next to Pret but many prefer a  family type concern to a  formulaic [...]

April 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

Keeping up with the technos

I belong to the Blackberry generation. Not really. I belong to the pen and ink generation. I was brought up to write handwritten thank you notes, not send an email. My parents’ notion of consumerism was expressed by my great grandmother ‘s dictum “We can only afford the [...]

January 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

Supermarket v local trader

Yesterday our godson and his mother came for lunch. My wife and I did our regular shop at M & S. We were attracted to the weekend deal of a main, side and dessert and bottle of wine for £10. After lunch, our godson’s mother complimented us fulsomely on the roast chicken, garlic [...]

December 15, 2013 // 0 Comments

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INTERNET v HIGH STREET?

It’s a well written tale that the Internet has caused huge problems for the High Street and has dehumanised shopping . But has it? I know somebody who regularly lectures to business groups on the Internet as his company Cheapflights is a such a success story. Indeed my friend  has written a [...]

November 8, 2013 // 0 Comments

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