Poverty at Christmas
I’ve just had a newsletter from my child’s school, full of lovely things the children will be doing over the coming month. It’s been decided…
Solomons Europe Insider Insights 1 – Tackling supply chain woes
It seems every day brings stories of woe across the supply chain. The impact of Covid-19 and Brexit, workforce shortages, and demand far ou…
Cumbria: Aligning Stars or Dangerous Complacency?
I was in a conversation the other day where someone said “It really feels like the stars are aligning for Cumbria doesn’t it?” and it got me…
What is this thing called Lean?
The term Lean was first coined in the book ‘The Machine that Changed the World’ written by Womack, Roos and Jones in 1991. In this, their fi…
Don’t reward disengaged employees – show them you CARE.
The employee benefit world has a mantra ‘improve benefits improve engagement’ but is it really that simple? Can a strategy to recognise and …
High Street decline or transformation,,, you decide
Decline or transformation? You decide. Fifty odd years ago, someone in the Highways department changed the traffic flow on Hensingham Road s…
Budget reflections from Cumbria and a look ahead to COP26
An Autumn budget in which Rishi Sunak delivered his statement at the end of the Comprehensive Spending Review. With more leaks than a rusty …
65 years on and Cumbria continues to lead the way
65 yrs ago on the 17 October 1956 at 1216hrs, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II opened Calder Hall nuclear power station. In her own words,…
Digital Stigma and our new working environments
I’ve not blogged for quite some time (for anyone with an interest in Social Value, our website blog has many and varied topics!). Life has b…
Building Back Greener
Building Back Better took on a greenish hue this week with the Prime Minister announcing a number of schemes as part of a strategy that gets…
Adriènne Kelbie, a wild card well played
Adriènne Kelbie was a wildcard from start to finish as chief executive of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). Leaning into this status …
Is inclusion the solution to our skills shortage?
At our recent member meeting we had some great presentations including one from Karen Quinn about Triple A, a project which aims to facilita…