Those businesses which learn from recent experiences are always best placed to succeed, says KEITH ANDERSON ‘The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley” These famous lines from Robert Burns’ poem To a Mouse remain as apt today as when written in the second half of the 18th century. For those not […]
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Hybrid models may shape the law’s future
For the buyer of legal services, the choice is greater than ever, says KEITH ANDERSON ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers’, wrote William Shakespeare (King Henry VI, Part II). How many have thought that would be a good idea? And why is it that lawyers are the butt of so many […]
Be ready to make the best of difficult times
Change will become the new constant, so embrace it to succeed, or fear it and fail, says KEITH ANDERSON In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens observed famously that it was ‘the best of times and the worst of times’ in the context of the French Revolution. Fast forward to the present time and there […]
Staff concerns must be heard as offices reopen
Employers need to engage fully with their employees over changes to work patterns, says KEITH ANDERSON Will we be able to fully return to the office? That is the question on the lips of every business owner as we consider the extent to which we reopen our business premises and encourage our staff to return […]
Why employers must support staff wellbeing at work and play
As attitudes towards mental health change, KEITH ANDERSON says it means giving us all time to rest and switch off As we all know, the consequences of Covid-19 have been many and varied and will last for many years to come. The public health crisis was the first and obvious priority, but of equal importance […]