Posts Tagged ‘Andrew Diplock Blog’
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Looking after our town centres is looking after ourselves
 | According to the national media last month, Christmas wasn’t as bad as many retailers feared. They then went on to cite anecdotal evidence for this from “some of the biggest names on the High Street”. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Ask not what Caerphilly can do for you; ask what you can do for Caerphilly
| Earlier this week our neighbours in Newport were featured in a report on five cities that were primed for growth and five which were expected to struggle in the year ahead. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Supporting local business is in our own interest
| Christmas sales across the UK seem to have been better than feared though the doom merchants were quick to respond with dire predictions for 2012. Blogs, News | 1 Comment » |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Wales has a host of entrepreneurs
| We heard this week that Sir Terry Matthews’ entrepreneurial boot camp – Alacrity – is starting to recruit its first ten people down the road in Newport. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Ten years old and still going from strength to strength
| Andrew Diplock, Chairman of Caerphilly Business Forum, looks back at the organisation’s recent annual awards which celebrated its tenth anniversary. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Not long left until the winners of the CBF Awards are announced
| I’m now looking forward to our annual awards night having spent some time recently looking back. The reason? We’ve been considering the progress of our past winners. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: There are success stories despite the economic gloom
| Thank goodness for the Welsh rugby team. If it wasn’t for them we could be exposed to an endless stream of bad news stories. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Changes to beat late payers welcomed
 | The Experian Late Payment Index shows businesses in the UK paid their bills an average of 25.2 days late in Q2 this year. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Get your entry in for our annual awards
| The deadline for entries to the 10th annual Caerphilly Business Forum Awards falls at the end of next week so we’re getting a steady flow of submissions. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: A successful summer
| Once again the Forum has hit the ground running after the summer break. And it needs to because we have a very busy period ahead of us with some important business breakfasts and other networking events culminating in our annual awards ceremony in November. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: We should be optimistic about the future
A glance at the news has been pretty depressing lately. In the last couple of weeks we’ve gone from riots and children looting to the desperate scramble for university places before the fees go up … it can only have left some people wondering what’s going on in the minds of young people in Britain. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Take time out to relax this summer holiday
 | Elections, referendums, recruitment, relocation and work, work, work …it’s been a hectic year for both Caerphilly Business Forum and my own business. |