Opinion

Gary Morgan is the Managing Partner or Richard Baldwin Motorhomes. Based in Copley, Richard Baldwin have been providing Motorhomes for families across the country since 1998, and recently announced plans to expand their servicing facilities and create further jobs in the community.

THIS weekend marks the 50th anniversary of “proper” TV in Yorkshire, by which I mean its birth as a self-contained region.

After what seems like months of consecutive days of dry, hot weather I almost dare not mention the “D” word. Yes, drought!

Fifteen years ago a piece of software called Wordpress was released to provide an easy way for people to create a “weblog” or Blog as we know it now. Since then over 75 million sites have been built upon the Wordpress content management system.

It’s been an intense period in Parliament over recent weeks with many of the big questions about Brexit still being thrashed out and every vote on the detail, coming down to tight numbers.

Six years ago I attended my first school PTA meeting shortly after my daughter’s first few days at primary school.

Last week Calderdale Council voted 28-18 in favour of the long awaited Local Plan. I was one of the 28.

A common myth in business is that it’s lonely at the top”.

At the end of this month I shall complete my year as President of The Rotary Club of Halifax.

“Not fit for purpose”. For some politicians, it’s become a meaningless catch phase to use to describe anything they don’t like.

It’s been four years in the making but it’s finally here. The World Cup began yesterday in Russia and the “best” teams in the World will be competing for the highest accolade in Football over the coming three weeks.

Plans to radically alter hospital services in Calderdale and Kirklees have been on the cards for years now. The most recent proposals by local health bosses involve the closure of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, with Kirklees patients needing to travel to Halifax for most hospital services. However, in the latest development the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt dismissed this as unsafe and sent the plans back to the drawing board.

There was a time you could walk into your bank with a reasonably well thought out business idea and leave within an hour with a lovely loan and dreams of untold possibilities.

The online world has been going crazy over the past few weeks trying to answer one question. No, not where will Harry and Megan go on honeymoon, but “Do you hear Laurel or Yanny?”

A man walks into a pub and says to the bartender, “Can you tell me the best way to get to the train station?” The bartender smiles and says, “I wouldn’t start from here!” Or so the old joke goes.

“Professional is not a label you give yourself – it’s a description you hope others will apply to you”.

When any small business decides to go “online” and start promoting their business, the same fear is felt by most owners.

As a business owner I often make decisions based upon gut-feel, intuition if you like.