Hi ho and here we go...again

For better or worse 2007 has gone and now we get to know the stranger known as 2008.

Yet for something new there is a lot that is familiar, turn on the news and the tone is very similar to last year. Open the papers and the same hopes and fears are still there and of course from a business view the questions are the same.

Will we grow? How can we grow? If everyone else takes a backward step how can we minimise the impact on our business? What's wrong with my tie?

Ok the last one may be specific to me, but this is a moment when we can take stock and make plans; even as I write this I realise that this can't be the only time we do that. Businesses need constant monitoring and re-evaluation if they are to survive, never mind succeed.

For 2008 I'm putting my money on the growth of accesible, affordable, time efficient training as part of the road to growth for SMEs in Britain and beyond. The caution required in a slowing market place may well lead to conservative investment decisions, but as ever well trained and confident staff are the best business investment any of us can make.

Will I be right? Ask me next year.

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