I am very, very sad to hear the dreadful news of Lady Thatcher’s passing. I think it is a devastating loss for us all; she is a British icon. I would like to pass my condolences to her family at this very sad time.

In years to come will I be recalling the details to my grandchildren of the day I sat a few feet away from the Prime Minister, as he mapped out 'once and for all' the future relationship between the UK and the rest of Europe? Only time will tell on that one.

After last week's rubbish from the opposition it was nice to see some common sense from the Conservative Conference in Birmingham. The reality of the situation is that currently the economy is out of balance; the sums just don't add up and there are too many people acting in a passive way when it comes to the part they play in the economy.

Don’t tell anyone, but it looks like things might just be on the way up.

Bad reviews, often only written in the heat of a moment, and unfairly hard to remove, are a modern company's Achilles' heel.

"A lot of small businesses are worrying that if they take on a new employee and they’re not sure whether they perform well and they turn out not to be of help to their firm, that it’s going to be very expensive and will take up management time to get rid of them."

I have been thinking a bit more about the refurbishment of the Houses of Parliament, and I think this project offers a huge opportunity to SME's to make a statement of intent, as well as rejuvenate an internationally iconic piece of architectural history.

Me, I prefer to call it 'Value For Money', and here's why!...

If the Olympic motto was ‘inspire a generation’, the motto of the unemployment figures due out this morning should be ‘invest in a generation.’