Alun Rees

The Monday Morning Quote #372

“You don’t sell anything to anybody unless you think they are going to come back for more.” Sam Rogers / Kevin Spacey Margin call

All of creation, Like a book and a picture, Is a mirror for us. Of our life, of our state; Of our death, of our fate A faithful symbol. From: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Omnis mundi creatura Quasi liber et pictura Nobis est speculum. Nostrae vitae, nostrae mortis Nostrae status, nostraeContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #371”

Sidney Toledano on numbers.

I have recently worked with a couple of clients who have been obsessing about and dominated by numbers – it turns out that a previous adviser had insisted that they use systems where everything is counted, measured and future performance is predicted. The problem is that many of the predictions were unrealistically optimistic and theContinue reading “Sidney Toledano on numbers.”

Summer soft patch significant? – from RBS Chief Economist’s Weekly Brief

Here are a some of the stats that leapt out at me. The full report is here. Italics are mine. Weak signal. The soft patch for British business continues, according to the latest Purchasing Manager’s Index, with activity remaining subdued in each of the UK’s three main sectors in May. Manufacturing output, at 50.1, justContinue reading “Summer soft patch significant? – from RBS Chief Economist’s Weekly Brief”

The Monday Morning Quote #370

“If a man looks at the world when he is 50 the same way he looked at it when he was 20 and it hasn’t changed, then be has wasted 30 years of his life,” Muhammed Ali Speaking in London 1974

The Monday Morning Quote #369

“And I won’t sit down And I won’t shut up And most of all I will not grow up” Frank Turner excerpt from Photosynthesis – thanks to Colin Campbell whose superb presentation “My Fitness to Practice (FtP) case and other more important matters” was one of the highlights of the BDA Conference in Manchester thisContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #369”

The Monday Morning Quote #368

May I have the courage today To live the life that I would love, To postpone my dream no longer But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on fear no more. from “A Morning Offering” by John O’Donohue

Tony Cozier RIP

Never presume. One of the wonderful things about radio is that you make your own mind up about the person whose voice you can hear and it’s rare that you get it right. I first heard Tony Cozier’s voice commentating on cricket during the Headingly Test in August 1966, England were defeated by an inningsContinue reading “Tony Cozier RIP”

The Monday Morning Quote #367

Three this morning: “I attribute my success to this – I never gave, nor took excuses…” “… very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” “… the first requirement in a hospitals is that it should do the sick no harm.” Florence Nightingale are you listening Jeremy? …no I thought not.

Worth a read. Brexit – its impact on regulatory aspects of health and life sciences.

From Eversheds LLP via Lexology Much UK regulatory law originates from the EU. Most of it comes from EU Directives which the UK has implemented into our national law. Examples are Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (as amended) and Directive 89/105/EEC, regulating the pricing of medicinal productsContinue reading “Worth a read. Brexit – its impact on regulatory aspects of health and life sciences.”