As the former CEO of Tavistock it was big news when John West left in 2014 to set up his own agency Belvedere Communications. But on September 5 the administrators moved into Belvedere. The word on the street is that it had not been paying its taxes and it was HMRC that pulled the plug.
The first of the five salmon being cooked for the Sharestock supper on Saturday. He is enormous and getting him in the tray was a struggle. He's now cooked and in the fridge, number two after the school run, another enormous beast.
What's the difference between a fund manager and a shopping trolley. Both get filled up regularly with vast amounts of food and booze but while one has a mind of its own the other manages other people's money. Anyhow this trolley was filled up by myself yesterday evening.
After the latest bombshell from Switzerland HERE it is all the more amazing that Vince Cable’s favourite entrepreneur still has her MBE. Perhaps events unfolding at her last still trading UK enterprise might persuade the new Government to finally address this national embarrassment.
Net World Sports is a rapidly expanding but privately owned supplier of sports good ( soccer nets and the like) based in Wrexham. Its glistening new main building is just a few miles from chez Winnifrith. Its annual report is just out and the strategic report, pages one to six is pure genius. This makes Wetherspoon's Tim Martin look like a Guardian reading drip. Enjoy.