Do you know Bob? Can you help me find him?

I’m looking for Bob, can you help me? Bob is in his forties and is self employed. Like most of us, Bob started self employment to have more time to spend with his children, relaxing and pursuing his hobbies. Unfortunately,

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Fellowship of the ATT?

You are most likely aware of the Association of Taxation Technicians(ATT), as they set the benchmark in technical education and qualification for taxation technicians. It is the leading professional body for qualified taxation technicians who specialise in complying with UK

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Self published or traditional publishing?

Many people ask how I published my book, so I thought it would be useful to share my experiences with you. The route I used was self publishing – which now has many advantages over traditional publishing. Some people still

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Chocks Away on the radio

Following articles on my book in several publications I was pleased to receive an invitation to be interviewed on local radio this week. Brooklands Radio is a local station serving the community and I am being interviewed by Sally James

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Take flight and launch your own business

This article has just been published in the January 2011 issue of the Mensa members magazine: With much talk of government spending cutbacks leading to unemployment, Mensa businessman James McBrearty’s new book arrives in a very timely fashion. Because if

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Sabotaging the digital economy?

One of the claimed sources of how this word came into use is from the Netherlands in the 15th century when workers would throw their sabots (wooden shoes) into the wooden gears of the textile looms to break the cogs,

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My BNI Story – James McBrearty

I’ve been a BNI member for nearly 2 years now, and as BNI will be celebrating it’s 25th anniversary soon I’d like to share my experiences. I joined BNI in Autumn 2008, and remember being somewhat concerned about having to

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Animoto – a quick & easy way to share pictures

I’ve been using Animoto for a while: http://animoto.com/ It’s a very easy to use website where you upload photos (and video), choose some audio, and then their software produces a video slideshow for you automatically. ‘Here’s one I prepared earlier’

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Can you fly with an iPad?

The number of people accessing websites through ipads is increasing, showing their penetration. I’ve been a long time user of the iPod touch for web access as it is so quick with no bootup time of a normal PC, so

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Achieving Freedom

I had a client meeting this morning, and the best location for us to meet up was White Waltham airfield as it’s easily reached from the M4. While waiting I managed to get a few circuits in & it also

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A quick and easy way to boost a business?

I am regularly travelling both domestically and internationally – running seminars for BNI, for my own business and also privately. As I am a heavy user of social networking and the web one of the things I need is internet

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