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Beware of the Wrong Help
The principal character in Joseph Heller’s famous World War II book, Catch 22, is Yossarian. In it there is an apocryphal incident which illustrates the need to...
30th Birthday Celebrations
Continuing our 30th Anniversary celebrations, we held a drinks reception on Thursday 12 November for the business community which has helped us over the years. Many friends,...
Craig Corporate celebrates 30 Years
As Craig Corporate celebrates 30 years of success, Paul Yacoubian, Managing Director reflects on an eventful three decades of supporting clients through good times and bad. We...
The Babysitting Co-op Crisis
I don’t normally stray into the realms of politics, but I am so exasperated by our politicians failing to learn from history that I can no longer...
Ethics in Business Colloquium Conference
In December last year I had the honour of speaking at the Glasgow University Colloquium Conference on Ethics in Business. There was a very impressive speaker panel,...
Gatling Gun
I marvel at the energy expended by many business owners, executives and professionals. So often they are in a rush; from one meeting to another, always under...
They Work Among Us
Extract from “Bad Science” by Ben Goldacre describing one of his favourite psychological papers: “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognising One’s Own Incompetence Lead...
Finance for Owner Managed Businesses
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Owner Managed Businesses, small companies – call them whatever you wish – but there is no doubt they have been disproportionately affected...
25 Years On.....
When I founded Craig Corporate in 1985 the challenges facing privately owned and managed businesses were great. Even without the pressures brought to bear by the global...