Thanks for visiting my new website/blog thing. I'll try and make it interesting and a bit challenging.
I want it to cover a multitude of sins:
- To promote my business profile and services
- To tell you about my interests and get a dialogue going on topics of interest via the blog
- To bore on about sport and politics
- And to tell you about Anna's excellent nutritional advice (she's really very, very good)
What sort of person am I? I'm independent minded and I like to help people. I believe my background and range of experiences allow me to deal with a broad spectrum of business issues.
I have been been self-employed most of my working life and I am self-reliant, hard working and plain speaking. I'm also analytical and like to deal with problems in a structured and logical way.
The range and diversity of the work I do is exciting and intellectually stimulating. I enjoy helping people and new businesses as they start-out and I have helped many new ventures grow and many young people find suitable jobs in the right organisations.
I like to think that I have a good network that goes beyond my financial services background. If I cannot help you with the problem, I believe that in the majority of circumstances I will know someone who can.
My real passion is sport - to be more precise, team sport. The team ethic transcends all social barriers and brings people together far more effectively than many political, community or religious groups.
There's a bit more to tell you but it starts to get boring so I'll finish this section by saying that I got a degree in Economics and Politics from Durham University, I played a bit of professional cricket for Warwickshire after I left Durham and I stood as a candidate in the 1997 General Election.