The age of the internet has given rise to a vast range of start up funding and grant options for small business owners that are often far more profitable, efficient and streamlined than the old-fashioned routes of traditional bank loans, venture capital options or simply asking relatives and friends for funds. If you’re an SME […]
New research into the use of mobile vs landline numbers has revealed that an astonishing 77% of freelancers and business owners use their personal mobiles for business. A further 19% admit to doing so too, but only within the first few months or year of starting up their business. Only 4% set up a work […]
Someone important at VW and it might as well be its performance division boss, Jost Capito, marvels Iain Robertson, has been on a ragga tip of late, revealing in close succession the slightly mad T-Roc R and now the comprehensively loopy Touareg R. Before VW Group became the master of all it surveys, its model-naming […]
Were ‘street presence’ the only success parameter required by a carmaker, Iain Robertson is of the belief that French manufacturers would have it sewn-up but, in the real world, no matter how much cash is thrown at it, niche appeal is the constant. It probably reads as interminably cruel to damn a new model with […]
Whether your business is rapidly growing, or you just want to increase efficiency to keep up with your competition, even if you have limited resources it’s important that you streamline your business. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to improve productivity and ensure that your business runs as effectively as possible. So, how can […]
Admitting that he should avoid the ‘S’ word in conjunction with the Spanish firm’s upmarket, high-performance, niche aspirations, Iain Robertson is concerned that bolstering the new ‘C’ word, with new models, will only serve to confuse consumers. When French carmaker Citroen decided to introduce a sometime model name (DS) as its ‘new’ upmarket gamechanger in […]
The IMF has named two scenarios for the economy because of the coronavirus. IMF executive director Kristalina Georgieva presented a special report for G20 countries on the economic impact of coronavirus COVID-19 on the world economy. The economist’s speech took place on Sunday, 23 February, in Riyadh at the meeting of G20 finance ministers and […]
No less than ‘seven million’ Octavia models have rolled off the production lines at Skoda’s Mlada Boleslav factory since 1996 and Iain Robertson, both as a former owner and the writer who broke the Octavia story in the UK, appreciates it greatly. Prior to 1986, when VW commenced the process of acquiring the Skoda company […]
The many, many problems with the property market are well documented. Thousands of words have been printed about the housing crisis that mean thousands of young people now have little hope of getting on the property ladder until they inherit from parents or receive a loan from the Bank of Mum and Dad, if they […]
As the parent of the South Korean Hyundai-Kia company, writes Iain Robertson, Hyundai has a constant internal battle to strengthen its role, while introducing purposeful new models that service its needs for mass market development. Apart from Sino-funded PSA Groupe, which has been on a takeover frenzy since the Chinese government, through its Dongfeng car […]
