Thought for the Day

Don’t set your goals on what other people think is important.

Thought for the Day

Duty makes us do things well but love makes us do them beautifully.

A Christmas gift idea for your clients and staff

Still time to order that special Christmas gift for clients or staff

A selection of wise words compiled by Richard Denny These little books are an ideal gift for both staff and clients, each full of positive and stimulating quotes to dip into for instant inspiration and motivation. Available for immediate delivery with discounts on quantity:- 1 - 20 £2.50 each + £2.50 p&p} 20 - 50 £2.45 each + £5 p&p } 51 - 100 £2.35 each + £10 p&p }Mix of any of the books 101 - 250 £2.15 each + £15 p&p } 250 - 500 £1.95 each + £20 p&p } Please order by 14th December to ensure delivery Email - success@denny.co.uk - call Judith on 01608 653865 Fax order to 01608 651638 - On receipt of order we will call for credit card details Best wishes for Christmas and New Year

Masterclass - Open Course 26.10.11

Delegates at the recent Winning Business in Challenging Times Business Growth Masterclass at Warwick University enjoyed an exhilarating and productive day.

"My company would recommend this event. We sent two people and it was the best single day event we have invested in. We have invested in the key Denny books and three days of training across 2008-2011 and they have easily paid for themselves many, many times over. The courses are the top up every business leader and executive needs".

David Turner, CEO, School Improvement Associates

Charity Begins at Home Mr Prime Minister

What would you say if David Cameron announced that he is pouring £7.8 billion into the country’s coffers rising to £12.6 by 2014 to be spent on improving the plight of the poor, improving the NHS and higher education along with the national transport system in THIS country? Like me you might say, “Blimey, we must be out of recession or hang on a minute where’s it coming from. We’re supposed to be broke as a country.”

Well, according to a leaked document £7.8 billion was our total UK foreign aid bill and if that isn’t bad enough it is set to rise to £12.6 billion by 2014. That’s £479 per household!! I can think of better ways I’d like my taxes to be spent. The good news is that the UK government is freezing foreign aid to India to only £295 million.

Why, oh why are we giving £295 million to one of the fastest growing economies in the world? The economy in India grew a massive amount last year at just below 10% and is set to grow 9% in 2012. India spends £35 billion on defence and £750 million on their space programme. It seems as though we are helping to fund these projects. India is, in fact, a foreign aid donor too. They gave over £300 million to poorer countries last year, we are giving away £7.8 billion. The Indian government is planning to spend $1trillion over the next five years upgrading the country’s infrastructure.

The UK’s foreign aid budget is two times as much as the total cutbacks on University spending. This could very well cripple higher education in this country. Already some universities, Exeter the latest, have said that they will be charging the maximum of £9000 tuition.

Excuse me Prime Minister wouldn’t you be better off spending the money on your own people?

I think that charity should begin at home and considering the mess we are in here in the UK I cannot understand why we are in fact borrowing money – to give to countries that are growing at an astronomical rate and will leave us behind in their dust or others that are totally corrupt.

The one good bit of news is that we are no longer going to send aid to Russia and China who individually have more millionaires and billionaires than we could ever dream of.