BUSINESS NEWS
- Firms offered free loans to save on energy - Observer, 07 December 2008
- Businesses eligible for energy-saving loans - Press & Journal - 08 Dec 2008
- Survive the Crunch! - Helensburgh Advertiser - 09 October 2008
- Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!
- Economic Gloom?
- Cash Flow Killer
- The Vast Majority of People are Happy in their Work - they just don't Know it!
- Laugh? I nearly improved my Productivity! (Scotsman)
- Small firms could boost their profits by raising a laugh (Evening Times)
Gordon Mowat interviewed for the business news comment programme Red To Black on FlagRadio.Com
Firms offered free loans to save on energy - Observer, 07 December 2008
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Businesses eligible for energy-saving loans - Press & Journal - 08 December 2008
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Survive the Crunch! - Helensburgh Advertiser - 09 October 2008
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Wake up and Smell the Coffee July, 2008
Wake up and smell the coffee ... Feeling stressed, tired and at a low ebb? Then it’s definitely time to wake up and smell the coffee.
Scientists have discovered the aroma of coffee rather than the caffeine drink itself is responsible for the revitalising effects which many tired executives swear by.
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Economic Gloom? In the wake of the gloomiest economic forecast from the Bank of England for a decade companies are being warned against excessive belt tightening if they want to stay in business.
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Cash Flow Killer: In almost the time it takes to read this article another business somewhere in Britain will fold.
It is estimated that 750 UK firms go to the wall each day – almost 30 an hour – and many of them are small to medium sized companies crippled by cash flow problems.
”The average number of days that most SMEs have to wait for their invoices to be settled rose from 60 in 2004 to 75 in 2006 and the problem of late payment is getting worse,” said business consultant Gordon Mowat CA of Aspire Management Services.
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Business Matters Summer, 2008 Magazine of the Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce
The vast majority of people are happy in there work - they just don’t know it.
Money Today Research carried out by international experts at the world famous Harvard Business School has discovered that people are far more content when engaged at work, even if they complain about it, than if they had nothing to do.
”People generally like to be occupied and kept busy but they also need to believe that their efforts are appreciated and to enjoy the whole work experience,” said Gordon Mowat CA of Glasgow-based business consultancy Aspire Management Services. If people are happy at work and made to feel that the work they do is important then they are far more likely to become totally absorbed by it and therefore more productive"
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The Scotsman "Money Today" 28 March, 2008
"Laugh? I nearly improved my productivity"
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Evening Times - Money Today "Small firms could boost their profits by raising a laugh"
That's the view of business coach Gordon Mowat, who believes the road to business sucess lies in having more fun at work. It makes them feel more enthusiastic and the learn more. Inevitably that leads to a more profitable business, he said.
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