Birmingham

So I’d be the first to admit that Birmingham wouldn’t have been my first choice as a destination for a weekend break, it’s hardly mentioned in many travellers top 10 but then we had an ulterior motive for coming as we have a son studying at the university here. The first issue Birmingham has is …

Midnight Lion

I know that the title sounds like it should be about the next Apple operating System release but they are actually a band from Glasgow (there is definitely in why so much music comes from North of the border but that’s for another time). Have a listen to the below, reminds me a little of Snow Patrol which …

"Level Playing Field"

So now we really know that it wasn’t all About The Bike after all. Where Lance Armstrong is concerned it seems that emotions can run pretty high after he finally came clean and admitted that he was the drugs cheat that everyone suspect him of all along. For me he made one interesting assertion in his chat with …

Could Electronic Download be the Saviour of the Small British Retailer?

So Jessops has been announced as the latest firm on the UK high street to go into administration, following in the footsteps of the likes of Woolworths and Comet. This is a tragedy for the people that work in those businesses and for the high streets themselves that take on an abandoned look with gaps where many thriving …

2013 Side Projects

Last year I read a book called SideProjects Book which was over 70 stories of people that had started businesses, all apps in this case, while holding down a day job. By the end of 2012 I realised that I had achieved that too with The Chubby Challenge. I think that there is a danger …