There's no doubt that craft and the Crafts Council are in a state of flux. We've witnessed an unprecedented rise in the popularity of making, encapsul...
When I started my apprenticeship in 1986, I knew I was joining a company that would provide me with the skills and training to have a successful caree...
Germany's pro-business regulation, strong economy and high-speed fibre optic links to the European mainland mean it holds a competitive advantages. Germany will need to continue to expand and leverage its fibre and infrastructure to sustain its impressive progress.
After the First World War, much work was done to find a way to measure fatigue but it was deemed such a subjective concept as to be impossible to develop any meaningful way of objectively measuring it.
It's funny how true the old adage is, that things are like buses, you wait for ages for one and then they come in threes. A psychologist would no doub...
The efficiency, productivity, and cost savings benefits of the IoT have been widely reported. Yet, it has been difficult to get a full view of the IoT to truly understand how far businesses have progressed and whether they still believe it can deliver on its promises.
Manchester United, on Wednesday, announced a ...
Now would be a good time to get the most out of half the working population who are being devalued, and about whom some more imaginative thinking is needed to bring properly and fairly into the workforce. In other words, we need a Royal Commission.
In the UK, we have largely built our towns and cities, so a better question might be: 'How could we enhance our cities by overlaying a digital layer?' This layer, spread over the physical, helps us to understand our cities better and create services that allow citizens to interact with the city - and each other - differently.
Risk. What is even a risk? In the current world we live in it is no surprise that the word 'risk' is associated with something negative. With the popu...
Acting - or any role that involves regularly presenting in front of an audience - probably seems a bizarre (or masochistic!) career choice for somebod...
From cuts to social care to business closures to the rising gig economy, there are some huge issues facing the UK economy. Government and big business don't appear to have the answers, so a rising wave of entrepreneurs are taking matters into their own hands - by working together.
It's impossible to underestimate the shift in Britain's political landscape since I wrote my last blog, with the newspaper headlines dominated by the ...
Moving away from spreadsheet-based information towards a new technology is a big step for those who rely on data for critical insights. However, the new generation of business leaders will have the digital appetite to do so, and others will be duty bound to follow.
I am making a statement to the public.... At TSSC or any company I run in the future: We will never have slides, ball-pits or any other item which s...
Business rates. You see... some of you are already nodding off! Business rates - how they are calculated, how they are billed, enforced and collected...