Fashion and business musings

Fashion overload - the new big tobacco

30 ottobre 2025 · fashion industry,greenwashing,sustainability,overconsumption

It is very easy to blame one group of people for any issue. And when it comes to the damaging...

Are we facing a new age for Influencer collections?

17 ottobre 2025 · fashion industry,Marketing,Business Strategy,influencers

Preface - Many celebrities have added 'Influencer' to their carousel of income streams. However,...

Is hubris holding your business opportunties back?

18 settembre 2024 · Business Strategy,Coaching,Branding,leadership,personal development

Compromise is good 'No compromise' is a natty marketing tagline for a sports brand. It conveys...

Avoid the hunger games approach to management

9 settembre 2024 · Leadership,People management,Team building,motivation

Setting the scene No one wants to go to work and be faced with a 'Hunger Games' style leader....

How to avoid the trap of constructive dismissals

30 agosto 2024 · People management,Team building,Business Strategy,Human resources,leadership

Introduction Constructive dismissal was a term coined many years ago to manage people out of...

Risky business - the need for a risk register

15 luglio 2024

Risky business There isn't an aspect of any business that doesn't involve risk. The risk of...

Networking goals

23 gennaio 2024 · Business Strategy,networking,business development,Strategy,Entrepreneurship

You are not an island You might be...

New Year - New Acronym

16 gennaio 2024 · Business Strategy,Coaching,Business plan,financial wellbeing,Organisation

Happy New Year Yes another business acronym! But let's keep this simple. There are several...

Finding your 2nd in command

1 novembre 2023 · leadership,management,startup,Entrepreneurship,Business Strategy

Introduction It is certainly lonely at the top. You have a great idea, you have done your...

Avoiding the trap of false economies

10 gennaio 2023 · money,cashflow,Financial projection,Costs,Business Strategy

Introduction There will be a plethora of money experts talking about cost savings online....

Sustainability and your business

17 ottobre 2022 · Sustainability,budgeting,Business Strategy,ethics,circular economy

Where to start with this Sustainability lark? Talk about a word that can split opinions....

Building your board's governance

8 dicembre 2021 · corporate governance,board,due diligence,role of directors,Business Strategy

Introduction When you create a limited company, the future steps include creating a board of...

Layering your marketing

10 novembre 2021 · marketing,strategy,selling,Business Strategy,Coaching

Introduction What has been intriguing the last 2 years is the emergence of brands and...

Why bother with a Risk register?

1 settembre 2021 · corporate governance,Business Strategy,project planning,Risk register,Risk management

Introduction I know, the boring governance stuff. But bear with me. Having an eye on and...

Take a Minute

4 agosto 2021 · Directors,corporate governance,Limited Company,Record Keeping

Introduction In the early days when you start a company, what does it mean to appoint yourself...

Decoding Sustainable fashion

7 maggio 2021 · marketing,Business Strategy,fashion industry,Sustainability,influencers

There is a huge amount of finger wagging in the sustainability movement. Yet we expect consumers...

Getting in an organised mindset

1 aprile 2021 · Business Strategy,Business coaching,Organisation,Planning,motivation

I don't even know where to start with a plan? Ok. You have loads of things and ideas in your...

Be careful with the optics of your messaging

11 dicembre 2020 · communication,Business coaching,strategy,messaging,optics

Introduction If you have ever watched the film The Queen, you may reflect that depending on...

Virtual shopping tips

26 novembre 2020 · Business Strategy,Coaching,Marketing,Retail strategy,Retail innovation

Lockdown has seen retailers pivot in new ways. Silently back in March and April, high spenders...

Time to increase your prices?

16 novembre 2020 · Finance,pricing,product positioning,Business Strategy,Re-positioning

Worried about raising your prices? There is a temptation to appear affordable to all. But ask...

All Categories - Fashion and business musings

Fashion overload - the new big tobacco

Are we facing a new age for Influencer collections?

Is hubris holding your business opportunties back?

Avoid the hunger games approach to management

How to avoid the trap of constructive dismissals

Risky business - the need for a risk register

Networking goals

New Year - New Acronym

Finding your 2nd in command

Avoiding the trap of false economies

Sustainability and your business

Building your board's governance

Layering your marketing

Why bother with a Risk register?

Take a Minute

Decoding Sustainable fashion

Getting in an organised mindset

Be careful with the optics of your messaging

Virtual shopping tips

Time to increase your prices?

Creative business Bant's

Having advised over 1000 businesses in the creative sector, this is my little place on the internet to muse over the business side of the industry.

Plus some tongue-in-cheek opinions about brands.

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Fashion overload - the new big tobacco

Are we facing a new age for Influencer collections?

Is hubris holding your business opportunties back?