I just received a call from “M”, my totally competent and wonderful household helper.  The call went like this: “Hi Karen, I just thought I’d call you because I’ve had a cancellation this week, so I’ve got a slot available.  I know you said you wanted more Read more...

  [caption id="attachment_484" align="alignright" width="300" caption="fight choreography? Definitely niche.."][/caption] I was driving along to a meeting last week and caught an interesting snippet on BBC Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour about an interesting woman with an unusual career. Read more...

Yesterday’s publication of PriceWaterhouseCooper’s evaluation of the biotechnology industry provides some sobering reading.  Amongst the doom and gloom there’s promise and some pointers for where this industry’s service providers should look for securing and growing Read more...

This two-dimensional porcine character has successfully captured the minds of two- and three-year olds throughout Britain. She exists, along with her little winy brother and long-suffering parents in a substantial detached family home perched on an impossibly shaped hill. Nothing bad ever Read more...

There comes a point in a biotech’s lifetime when bringing in the business requires more than just the founder.   The person who the company has relied on to get onto the podium at conferences, be invited in to big pharma to trump the theories and applications of the technology and write Read more...

I just read a wise response to an interesting online LinkedIn discussion that followed a business owner’s question “Can anyone suggest the best areas to spend marketing budgets in difficult times such as these?”. In a nutshell: a host of suggestions flew in on the theme of a Read more...