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Mike has mentored over 1000 entrepreneurs personally  - and often the same sorts of problems crop up. Hence "Ask Mike"...

What makes a great business? Here are my thoughts in ten 'tweetable' points of less than 140 characters! 1. Vision Vis...

Pushing water uphill has never been a winning strategy, yet this is what many businesses try to do. I've been reminded of th...

The Office for National Statistics says that retail sales grew by 0.9% in January when compared with December. That was a su...

Life has never quite been the same for accountants since John Cleese created the stereotype. He famously described us (yes, ...

For those on the speaking circuit, spring is always a busy time. For me, this will involve a ten-date tour for the Federatio...

I urge you not to buy a football club. Along with running an airline, it's believed to be about the best way to lose a lot o...

Do you remember Project Merlin? It was the promise by the big five banks to lend more money to small businesses in order ...

It's back to the bankers for this edition of my blog. Stephen Hester is the chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the ba...

Last week, Fred "the Shred" Goodwin, erstwhile Chief Executive of the stricken and now taxpayer owned bank, RBS, was "debase...