A mid-winter’s country hike
“Let’s see how far we can walk before it gets dark today” I said to Richard Colston when, on one Sunday in early January 1960, we two Boy Scout patrol leaders went out into the Essex countryside for an exploratory...Read More →
New Lives for an Old Rod
“You need a new fly rod!” Sandy told me bluntly. I lived in Thurso in northern Scotland, fifty years ago, and used an old fly rod, inherited from my grandfather to fish for salmon on the River Thurso. The Thurso...Read More →
Scottish Opera
Scottish Opera delivers excellent productions locally in North East Scotland throughout the year, as well as throughout Scotland, broadly. Some of these are open-air, “pop-up” productions, delivered from a mobile, truck-mounted trailer stage, complete with musicians, in local parks and...Read More →
Alan Finn Sorts Out Business Tangles
My lifelong hobby of fly fishing for trout and salmon has also taught me lessons that have proven useful in my business career. One is sorting out business tangles – not so different from tangles in fishing line as one...Read More →
Retaining Employees Knowledge when they leave the Business
The retention of experienced employees’ knowledge is critical in today’s fast-moving technical and businesses environment. Companies struggling to attract and retain talent cannot ignore the hard-won skills of key employees. Retaining the knowledge –the core “knowhow” of key workers –...Read More →
Silchester Control Systems Limited
FINNbiz Consultants are working closely now with Silchester Control Systems Ltd of Four Marks, near Alton, In Hampshire ,UK. Alan Finn is renewing existing business and researching new businness opportunities in electrical controls and panels and in process control systems...Read More →
Technology has changed marketing management
I studied for the Chartered Institiute of Marketing’s post-graduate diploma in marketing management in 1985-1986 and then later took a specialst MBA in strategic marketing (Hull University) in 1993 to 1995, before, and then just as, the internet and computing...Read More →
Alan Finn’s latest business book now published by Hodder and Stoughton
“MBA in a Week”, the latest business book by Alan Finn, is now published by Hodder and Stoughton in both e-book and in print formats. This book is aimed principally at aspiring and junior managers, most probably working in offices...Read More →
The value of independent assessments of businesses
Most businesses see the value to be obtained from an independent assessment of their strengths, weaknesses, risks and opportunities by a trained, qualified and experienced business expert. But not all grasp at these opportunities. As the UK economy improves and...Read More →
The most important guideline for growth…
It’s simple to say but often hard to put into practice, the most important guideline for successfully growing a business is to trust your judgement and other people. The old saw but the best advice I can give is –...Read More →