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Since spotting Sales value in the abrupt cancelled expansion of Europe's largest transport infrastructure construction this week, I learn of a foundational reason for the UK's inability to build anything big. Some cite the difference between English common law and the continental neighbours' Napoleonic principles. In the former, rights emanate

“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on scepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.” The summation of fund manager 'legend', Sir John Templeton. That alone is worth a decent sales slide. In the very least, one annotated by striking out the stock market trader term 'bull markets' for

A freelance task platform initiative reached my inbox, bandwagonning the latest pop-sci juggernaut. Here's a trio of their straps to entice. AI, decoded amAIzing projects get into the (algo) rhythm Whilst this is marketing copy, our selling thrust might well take a tip from it. Let's set aside the pun-able

There's many a meeting persona we can do without; room meat, information tourists, spuddlers. Among such unwelcome spectre, there's the undoubted drain of the person who contributes nothing. I was reminded of this with a little bank holiday broadsheet reading as captured in the above screenshot. Now, I'm seldom one

Last year, I had a great joke about inflation. But it’s hardly worth it now. Zeitgeist joke, courtesy of Aussie stand-up, Amos Gill. You put your prices up lately? If you haven't, you're likely an outlier. Each tech B2B salesteam I've encountered lately has had to confront this. An

It shouldn't come as a surprise. Putin has found a way around the totally warranted sanctions that all anti-repressive economies imposed upon his barbaric unjustified invasion into Ukraine. Imports from 'friendly' countries - nearby like Turkey and Iran, farther afield like the ʙʀɪᴄs - are one thing. The backdoor that