If like me you’re forever being asked by friends and family to fix their PCs then starting a computer repair business could be just the business idea for you.
How to start a computer repair business

Computers are become ever more common, most of us have them at home and the large majority of businesses depend on [...]

Regular readers of this blog will have noticed a lack of posts over the last couple of weeks. The reason for that is the arrival of my second son.

Just as the birth of my first son made me think of some possible new business ideas so too has the birth of my second.
Firstly, [...]

I recently watched a documentary about the prison Wormwood Scrubs. One of the biggest problems that staff face is managing the inflow of drugs into the prison and the dealing of them within the prison.
As well drugs, mobile phones are also being smuggled in as they are provide vital communications to enable the drugs trade [...]

Making a million is an idea that appeals to us all, be that a million dollars, pounds, yen or whatever currency your country uses. But unless you’re currency is practically worthless it’s not an easy task.
In fact, making a million is a bit like eating an elephant, it’s a hugely daunting task, but if you’ve [...]

Meet my dog, Otis. That’s him as a puppy on the right.
He’s grown a bit bigger now, but he still behaves like a puppy.
He has many cute habits. One of which inspired this business idea. You see this morning I found him lying in what looked a most uncomfortable way, squeezed into a space [...]

Entrepreneurs, in fact everyone, loves their own business ideas. Just watch a few episodes of Dragons’ Den you’ll see exactly what I mean as the would be entrepreneurs parade their business ideas in front of the Dragons. There’s always a few hopefuls looking for investment in their great business idea even though it’s nothing more [...]

Just watch an episode of two of Dragon’s Den and you’ll realise that some people are oblivious to the fact that their are pushing a bad business idea. Given the huge number of businesses that fail within their first year of trading the entrepreneurs on Dragon’s Den clearly aren’t alone.
That said, far to many would [...]

I recently suggested to someone looking for a business idea that they consider a service business. They promptly asked:
What’s a service business?

Which is actually quite a reasonable question, as there seem to be several accepted definitions. One such definition is provided by the Three-sector hypothesis which divides economies into three sectors of activity: extraction of [...]

As the Internet, online news sites and blogs in particular have become more popular I’ve stopped reading printed newspapers. They seem rather quaint and old fashioned.
Not everyone feels that way however. Some people, my dad for one, still enjoy reading their printed newspaper everyday. Although I suspect it’s the older generations that still enjoy the [...]

I finally got around to watching the last episode (fish) of Britain’s Really Disgusting Food last night. I’m not keen on the show. In my opinion Alex Riley ruins what could have been an interesting look at what we eat with stupid juvenile pranks, but I do have an interest in food so I suffered [...]