29th January by Lawrence Jones
Its been a great start to the year. I am not able to give you profit figures yet as its a little early, however I can confirm that we had another record year in 2011. In the last 5 years we have grown 630%. If we maintained that, we'd hit £100m in the next 5 years.
We have our work cut for us if we want to keep up this momentum though as it is technically...
22nd January by Lawrence Jones
With a need to add 100 people to our already 150 strong business, recruitment and training are in the forefront of all our minds.
Trying to find like minded people is essential. Its not a case of just employing a recruitment agency and hope for the best. Our culture is so defined that the wrong people dont fit in and do more damage than good. Most don't hang around even if they get through the...
16th January by Lawrence Jones
Are you a glass half empty or a glass half full person? Are you the victim of pressure or do you thrive under stress?
I find it fascinating that people can view the same thing from completely different perspectives and say with absolute certainty that they see total opposites.
You can look at a picture and see the most magical inspiration before your eyes, and yet someone else might not give it a second glance....
8th January by Lawrence Jones
I met a very interesting professor from Stamford recently who wrote and spoke about happiness and the importance of it in business.
He explained that happiness is something that comes from within. It depends entirely on your internal state and the lens that you look at life through. So if you’re unhappy, you will probably see the bad in everything. If you’re immensely positive and happy, then you’re bound to approach life with a spring...
2nd January by Lawrence Jones
It was the perfect New Years Eve. It was 1999. I was in Vermont in the US the home of the famous film, A White Christmas. As the clock struck midnight, I walked outside in the snow hand in hand with the new girl in my life.
Its a beautiful place and at the start of the Millennium it was a landmark moment that I am able to look back at. We were not well-off, we...
5th December by Lawrence Jones
I was asked recently to be on a panel for a great event organised by the 6th formers at William Hulme School, in Manchester. I had not been there since the old days when I used to kick goals through the posts on their front field for Ruthin School. As someone who failed dismally as an academic it was nice to be asked to contribute so I jumped at the chance.
The line up consisted...
