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GOOD Morning Vietnam! I don’t know why I said that, I should really be wishing you a Happy New Year. Well I do know why I said it. It is either because I’ve got plans to expand this blog globally in 2026, or on Monday our Film Club’s first movie of the year was Good […]

LET’S start positively because I know I have a rant in me this week, despite it being nearly Christmas. This is me interviewing Sir Roger Marsh at the UK headquarters of Australian financial technology group PEXA in Leeds. I’ve been fortunate to win some work from PEXA thanks to its recently retired CEO Glenn King

IN just a week’s time, David Knaggs and Richard Larking will set off across the Atlantic Ocean on what is known as The World’s Toughest Row. And that definitely isn’t an exaggeration. The pair of lawyers, who are more used to the golf course than the high seas, will row 3,000 miles from La Gomera

WELCOME to a Budget free commentary zone. That is for two reasons. Firstly, we seem to have been talking about it for months – the “Autumn Budget” came so late that it was virtually covered in a hoary early winter frost by the time Rachel Reeves approached the despatch box in the House of Commons

I’VE always hankered after being mistaken for somebody famous or successful. But with my looks and talent, that doesn’t happen very often. Last week was different. I paid a visit to iconic North Leeds Italian restaurant The Flying Pizza, now part of the San Carlo stable, for the first time in a while. There were

ALONGSIDE its hard won reputation for having the worst train station to get to in the whole of the UK, Leeds now has a slightly more esteemed claim to fame. The city is home to a pub that has recently been proclaimed number one in a list of the 100 top boozers in Britain. The

THE way we watch TV is changing. I know you know that already. The days of a family gathering around the TV set to watch a favourite programme at a particular time have long gone. But the new landscape that replaced it – streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV are now facing a

THERE aren’t many people who have much to thank Prince Andrew for. But I bet Chancellor Rachel Reeves is grateful that the errant royal has pushed her off most of this morning’s newspaper front pages and the top of the TV and radio news bulletins. Well, not quite all of them. The Daily Mail, which

IT is always nice to be one step ahead of the curve. And no, I’m not talking about fashion. I’m still waiting for cravats to become en vogue again. Anyway I’m delighted that what I’ve been going on about for years has now gone global. Alongside Rio de Janeiro, the Akagera National Park in Rwanda,

IT is definitely some achievement. For anyone to spend 50 years in the world of work is impressive, for that half century to have been spent with the same employer is remarkable. I doubt many people will accomplish that milestone in future as the world of work and careers becomes more fragmented. When Karen Swainston