In the mid 1970s an employee of Kodak demonstrated a prototype of a device that weighed 8 pounds and needed a suitcase to transport it. It was the world’s first digital camera. The photos were stored on a cassette tape, they took 21 seconds to scan and boasted quality of 0.01 megapixels – wow!

Ideas are the lifeblood of your business. Every great business was once an idea in someone’s mind. That idea was its source and it’s the continual stream of ideas that keep a business vibrant and gives it a sustainable competitive advantage. 

The appointment of Mark Carney as the next Governor of the Bank of England is to be welcomed and is an inspired piece of “out of the box thinking” by our own Chancellor. Mark Carney will be a fantastic breath of fresh air.