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First entries in my diary after buying JDA 10 years ago this month

15 September 2010

The reason I started to write these notes were Judith said she wished she had recorded the early days of JDA I have a hopeless memory and this will be a great way to look back come success or the alternative! I have decided to tell no one of this ‘journal’ so it will be [...]

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Did we take Yorkshire Forward and Business Link for granted?!

12 July 2010

So much has already been written about and commented on regarding the now confirmed demise of Yorkshire Forward (YF) and one of its financial recipients – Business Link Yorkshire (BLY). I have been asked what my opinion is and I find it difficult to answer. On a personal level, I do know people who are employed at both at [...]

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This week I met a hero…

9 July 2010

A busy week which posed me to the lows of running a business and to the highs of wanting to start a business. I dont wh to dwell on the lows but not for the first time this y I met with a business owner who was all ready for jacking all in and ‘getting [...]

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Hello and thanks for visiting Carl’s Blog

5 June 2009

Hello, so I have been persuaded to start a blog. Timing is everything I am told so I thought it would be appropriate to start this on the second anniversary of selling my old business. I tend to plan my career in two year lumps and over the last two years I feel I have ‘re-invented’ myself… Madonna [...]

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