Valley Shorai Karate & Kickboxing Club has its training facilities in Ewood Bridge (Haslingden). Sensei Neil Holroyd runs the club & has been involved in karate & kick boxing for over 30 years. As a 3rd Dan Sensei Neil is extremely experienced & has a fantastic team of instructors, with a strong track record of training students to black

Good day. Yes. You’ve guessed it. It’s business book review day… This week I’ve re-read a business classic. Richard Koch’s ‘The 80/20 Principle’. It’s amazing to think this book was first published in 1997. The principles though are timeless & just as relevant today as when first discovered over 120 years ago. For those that

Good day. I hope you don’t mind. This week’s book review is a couple of days early due to the bank holiday weekend… Not sure if you’ve heard of Marshall Goldsmith? Well. For those who haven’t. He’s 1 of the world’s most accomplished and in-demand executive coaches. With a client list of the highest-level global

Our ‘exposing the hoodwinking’ video series has been running for 3 straight months… For those who haven’t seen it. Each week we discuss a dodgy contract clause hidden in an existing service agreement for office equipment like printers, photocopiers & telephones. We’ve uncovered some unbelievable clauses. Covering multiple price rises, hidden extra charges, massive hourly

Good day. Yes. It’s business book review day… Today we’re reviewing the untold story of ‘Marvel Comics’ written by best-selling author Sean Howe. Whether you’re a Marvel fan or not. This book has something for you. In essence. It’s the inside story of Marvels rise from producing Lone Ranger rip offs in the 1930’s. Employing

This is absolutely brilliant… 1 of our supporters has created a remix rap of a recent showcase 🎥 that we did for Vicky Crosby of Crosby HR. The remix raps how we installed a free photocopier & all Crosby HR pay is a (guaranteed never to increase) low cost per page. Service & consumables are included too. No

Done correctly. Being a leader of anything. Is hard. It takes honesty, commitment, understanding, determination, empathy, courage, fairness & selflessness… Leading our team in our technology solutions business is an honour. But I do often feel unqualified & inadequate to take on such a task. It’s so important. Peoples futures are on the line. Not

Good day. That’s right. It’s business book review day… Phil Knight started NIKE way back in 1964. Selling Japanese running shoes out of the boot of his car… For years I’ve wanted to understand the journey that Phil Knight undertook to establish NIKE, as the world’s leading sports shoe & apparel company. Shoe Dog is

Marvel films may never have happened. Back in 1961. Like in the latest Avengers movie (End Game). Stan Lee was forced to make most of his team extinct. The company (then called Timely Comics) was on its last legs. And Stan Lee was on the verge of quitting. Only his wife managed to talk him

Good day. It’s my favourite day of the week. Business book review day… Today’s book review is about a business turn around on a gigantic scale. Lou Gerstner biographies his epic challenge in keeping IBM from extinction. After decades of unrivalled success. In 1993 when Lou Gerstner joined as CEO. IBM were set to lose

David Bowie was not just a musical genius & style icon. He had a brilliant mind & was a futurist too… In 1999 during a BBC interview with Jeremy Paxman when discussing the internet Bowie said: “I don’t think we’ve even seen the tip of the iceberg. I think the potential of what the internet

Good day… Seth Godin has written another best-selling marketing book. ‘This is Marketing’. We’re going to review it today (thanks for the swap Jak Spedding). In this book Seth sets out how he believes organisations should be using the power of the internet & social media platforms to create & tell honest stories that resonate

Welcome to episode 9 of our video series ‘exposing the hoodwinking’ Each week we bring to your attention a clause (usually hidden deep) within service agreement terms for office equipment like printers, photocopiers & telephones. Which could cause you many extra charges in the future. Today were going to discuss charging rates for ‘office moves’… Somewhere in your agreement could

Good day. Tom Fitzsimons started drinking at 13 & alcohol was an addiction before he hit 20. Eventually downing 20 pints & 1/2 a bottle of whisky every day. I first met Tom a few years ago. He gave a group of us a talk about the challenges in his life. How running became his

NIKE has spent billions to teach millions of people that the ‘swoosh’ is a symbol for human possibility, achievement, status & performance… Swoosh is a sound we hear when something zips past quickly (like a Michael Jordan dunk). The Swoosh was designed to show an arch of movement and stands for fast sound, speed &