Category Archives: Prize-Entry

Life shouldn’t be easy, it should be rewarding… Most of us try and take out more that we put in, regardless of if we are high earners and making ends meet. The problem is we don’t appreciate what we will need from others later life until we get there. We avoid facing the inevitable deteriorationContinue reading “Scrooge and the 3 ghosts – Enlightenment – Care is our final expectation”

Summary: the internet is a rich source of knowledge and opportunity, but most people use it mainly for leisure activities like communicating, shopping, checking news or social media. High quality online learning resources and productivity-enhancing software tools are in abundance, which can help people learn new skills and new ways of making a living. AndContinue reading “Show young people how online resources and tools can create economic opportunity”

Capital Gains Tax could be used more sensibly to raise extra revenue. Rather than draconian rates that distort behaviour a lowish rate (10%?) should be applied to all gains including primary residence and many reliefs discarded. Indexation should be reintroduced and costs of improvements should be allowed to be added to the base cost. MuchContinue reading “Capital Gains Tax reform”

The challenge is across many aspects of our society & thus a multi level approach is required. I propose that a national ‘Community Shopping Hub’ is formed as a not for profit entity & will now provide my thoughts on how this will tackle the issues raised in my challenge statement. The cornerstone of myContinue reading “Community shopping hub – promoting health & building opportunities to develop”

Set up a UK mentoring / development scheme where to become a company director / senior management you have to agree to mentor / support either individuals or schools or both. Companies could be required to report in their annual financial statements or a separate report like Gender Pay Reports, the targets and how theyContinue reading “National compulsory mentoring and coaching programme”

The basic need to feed our children could be achieved at least on the days they attend school by providing a school meal to each and every child. In this way there will be assurance that they can have a proper healthy meal on at least 190 days of the year and there will beContinue reading “Shifting the cost so ALL children can have equal opportunity and access a balanced meal”

Events since 2016 have illustrated the increased distancing and disillusionment of huge numbers of people in the UK, particularly outside the South East, with the London based ‘post Blairite Establishment’. There appears to be a growing gap between the values of those who control the levers of power in the UK and the electorate. ManyContinue reading “London group think and self interest are major factors in the challenges facing ares UK.”

‘Accelerating the adoption of ULEVs and most importantly EVs in the UK.’ Is the mission statement of my pre revenue start up http://www.ev-alliance.co.uk. Plan A of this business ( web site) failed because it was a) too early b) not sufficiently financed to keep going. Plan B is much evolved and more focused. * itContinue reading “Help the Nations lungs to fight Covid.”

Create a national program with access to all sizes of businesses to help companies to create an alternative way for f bringing their products and services to people homes without having them going out. Prioritization could be made based on importance and type of need. For example: 1. Healthcare services 2. Food supply services 3.Continue reading “National program to e-transform all products and services”

The civil service should be required to recruit professional project managers who would be responsible for delivering all significant national projects on time and within budget. Their remit would extend only to planning and coordinating the process, but they would have complete authority over that. The private sector can deliver major projects on time andContinue reading “Statutory requirement for proper project management for all government initiatives”