Tax Relief!
After weeks of anticipation, speculation and selective leaking, the Budget has acquired something of the atmosphere of the Fyre Festival! Thankfully, the Chancellor has reaffirmed her commitment to just one fiscal event each year, so this particular circus will not...
No such thing as bad publicity
Oscar Wilde observed that “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” Phineas Taylor Barnum, the showman immortalised in The Greatest Showman, put it more bluntly: “there is no such thing as bad publicity.” Both might be surprised at how...
This too shall pass
In moments like this, when noise and uncertainty prevail, it’s worth remembering an ancient truth. The proverb ”This too shall pass”, which was popularised by Abraham Lincoln, reminds us that both hardship and exuberance are fleeting, and perhaps...
Turning the page
“….will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights” was The Sun’s famous headline in 1992, often credited with winning the Conservative Party the General Election that year. If you have been doomscrolling LinkedIn or other media forms in recent weeks,...