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The Sunday Times and Croissants – Sunday 22nd January

John Ashcroft — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:31:47 +0000

There is something special about Sunday morning, the Sunday Times, hot croissants with honey and butter, excellent. Headlines, Bishops-at-war-with-coalition over welfare reforms. Ian Duncan Smith the self anointed pointy headed minister is trying to push a payment cap to households … Read More

The Saturday Economist : a roundup of Economics News this week

John Ashcroft — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:18:21 +0000

Saturday morning and a great chance to catch up on UK economics news this week with the Economist App and The Saturday Economist 21st January 2012 The Economist as much about current affairs and politics as it is about Economics … Read More

The iPad 3 is coming – Kaizen and KSFs

John Ashcroft — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:15:02 +0000

The Apple iPad 3 is coming and could be released in March. Despite the imminent arrival no one is really sure about the final design, look and feel of the product but the Apple strategy of Kaizen and KSFs, a … Read More

Sunday Times and Croissant – CEO’s update 15th January

John Ashcroft — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:53:38 +0000

There is something special about Sunday morning, the Sunday Times, hot croissants with honey and butter, excellent. Headlines, Cherie Blair seeks £65m for private health care clinics. Is this really a headline? Maybe husband Tony can help out with his … Read More

The Saturday Economist : CEO’s roundup of Economics News this week

John Ashcroft — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:18:02 +0000

Saturday morning and a great chance to catch up on UK economics news this week with the Economist App. The economist – as much about current affairs and politics as it is about Economics and leads this week with a … Read More

The UK Economy in black and white : Forecasts for 2012 JKA

John Ashcroft — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:28:54 +0000

We present the forecasts for the UK economy in 2012 with a forecast outlook to 2015. Exogenous Assumptions : Growth in China will continue, there will be a modest recovery in the USA and there will be no collapse of … Read More

Sunday Times and Croissants

John Ashcroft — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:37:04 +0000

Every week the Sunday Times and Croissant update on my week as CEO of pro.manchester is sent to a mailing list of over 3000 in Greater Manchester. As a members organisation it is a great way for members to catch … Read More

Sunday Times and Croissants – CEO’s update 8th January

John Ashcroft — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:44:01 +0000

There is something special about Sunday morning, the Sunday Times, hot croissants with honey and butter, excellent. First – Happy new year. I hope your Christmas and New Year break was relaxing and enjoyable. Best wishes for 2012. I particularly … Read More

Steve Jobs – the secrets of a great presentation

John Ashcroft — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:21:39 +0000

Steve Jobs CEO of Apple Inc was a great presenter. While many presenters simply convey information, Jobs inspired. OK, he had some great products to help the delivery but what is it that makes a good presenter – Carmine Gallo, … Read More

Sunday Times and Croissants – CEO’s update 18th December

John Ashcroft — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:02:43 +0000

There is something special about Sunday morning, the Sunday Times, hot croissants with honey and butter, excellent. Headlines, Whitehall plans a euro evacuation in the event of a collapse of the banking system. Yeah – The ATMs are going out … Read More