Jeremy’s Blog

  • Jeremy’s Blog – Sharing Success and Corporate Greed October 26, 2018 - Executive pay is never far from the headlines. Last week, the Chief Executive of a British Housebuilding company walked out of an interview with a BBC journalist when asked about
  • Jeremy’s Blog – The Power of Love … in Business May 31, 2018 - The Power of Love ... in Business I found myself watching the Royal Wedding the weekend before last. I was not particularly planning to, but after an interesting debate at
  • Jeremy’s Blog – What a Load of Rubbish … April 5, 2018 - Our sustainability group moved on last year from focus on our carbon footprint to our plastic footprint when they found some of the terrible facts about plastic. By 2050, at
  • Jeremy’s Blog – A Blog From Down Under December 13, 2017 - It is almost 22 years since I first stepped foot in Middleton Hall. Middleton Hall is a very different place in 2017 than it was on that life changing day in
  • Jeremy’s Blog – Middleton Gardens and the ‘3 Cs’ November 9, 2017 - This year we have introduced the '3Cs' at Middleton Hall. Communication, Challenge, Change The idea is that everyone is responsible for the ‘3Cs’. We all have a part in Communication
  • Jeremy’s Blog – Promises Promises August 24, 2017 - So we have a “snap election”. Some election bribes have been offered out (students clearly being part of Labour’s target market) and of course politicians on all sides are offering
  • Jeremy’s Blog – Parties and Profit August 24, 2017 - How do you measure success? Bottom line profit? Achieving targets? Company growth? Of course, financial results are incredibly important to all businesses but that is not really how I judge
  • “Getting Better Never Stops” March 13, 2017 - Although not any sort of rugby expert, I do enjoy watching Rugby Union. The Six Nations has been interesting this season – England’s winning run equalling the world record and
  • Jeremy’s Blog – Keep Calm but Let’s not just Carry On November 24, 2016 - The current affairs discussion group seems to be growing in popularity – we regularly have slightly more residents than can comfortably sit round a table these days. It remains broadly
  • Jeremy’s Blog – Olympics at Middleton Hall August 23, 2016 - The Rio Olympics have drawn to a close.  Britain has again exceeded expectations.  Who would have thought in 1996 after the Atlanta Olympics (Britain 1 Gold Medal; 36th place in