About

Simon Daniel is the inventor of the USB battery and folding keyboard. He was also CEO of Moixa, the renewable energy group.

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Post Hackgate

2011 seems to be a year of anger. Everyone, it appears, is arguing and complaining. Post hackgate, we need positivity.

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Proud of British ‘can do’

The market remains a bit like the weather - gloriously sunny one day then ice cold the next.

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Sustainable energy?

A bit like spring mating, the rush to match investors with companies and projects looking for funding is hotting up.

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New Year newsmakers

If you didn’t like the news last year, go out and make some of your own this year.

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Power shift

From the Irish bailout to the EU inquiry into Google, we are seeing an increasing power shift away from sovereign nations.

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Hand of reality

Tony Blair felt the hand of history on his shoulder. Following the spending review, there is a growing sense that the hand of the coalition is closing in on our wallets.

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The only way out

Companies often hire management consultants to break bad news, issue lay-offs and have someone external to blame. The Conservatives have the Liberal Democrats.

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Summer funding

Being a European entrepreneur in the summer is a lonely occupation.

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Cuts you can believe in 

It’s all go at Number 11, or rather no-go. No third runway, no ID cards, no new school buildings.

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Momentum is back

From the new blooms at the Chelsea flower show, to new brooms cleaning out government waste, this season appears ripe for growth and opportunity.

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Gaia fights back

Today is Earth Day – one of the many "switch off this, recycle that" events that now fill the green marketer's calendar.

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Change in the air

Elections, like changing a CEO or bringing in a management consultancy or branding agency, create new opportunities, fresh momentum.