February 18, 2023
Johnny Kipps
UK Economy
Whilst the UK economy shows mild signs of recovery, business needs to be wary and continue to refine and stress test their forecasts – Forecast5’s “What if” feature is the ideal tool to run the necessary scenarios.
June 8, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Cost of living crisisInflation
As costs continue to spiral, perhaps induced by central banks and their ESG policies, can better forecasting and budgeting software help to keep your business safe in these perilous financial times
May 28, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Energy MarketUkraine
The West faces hard choices Back on January 24, K.T McFarland, Donald Trump’s former security advisor, was a lone voice saying that Russia would invade Ukraine—and the ultimate beneficiary of such a war would be China. With a weak, unpopular president and a faltering economy, America is in a three-way squeeze with Russia fighting Ukraine,…
April 12, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Who benefits when you pay a little more for your cappuccino? Pros and cons of Fair Trade … and is it worth it? The two main stumbling blocks are one, that it is hard to know that the product for which you are paying more is indeed a Fair Trade one, and two, not many…
April 2, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Alien spaceships above the Grand Canyon from the computer Game of War. One thing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has taught us: do not expect the status quo to remain. Walk through any public area and you’ll see people glued to their phones, playing mobile games like Game of War and Candy Crush Saga. They aren’t…
March 14, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Jeremy Clarkson captures the joys of farming at Diddly Squat. James Rebanks, author of A Shepherd’s Life, says the Amazon series has done more for British farming than everything else put together. Rural land is becoming the investment of choice for the mega-rich. Back in August last year, Bill Gates made headlines by buying up…
February 28, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
The quotation from John Donne, metaphysical poets’ founder and dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, as apt today, with the world watching appalled as Vladimir Putin invades yet another former member of the USSR, as it was in the XVI century. The West starts to unite One of the abiding images of Russia’s attack on Ukraine…
February 14, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite orbiting above Belarus on January 22. Elon Musk’s Starlink hit the headlines when up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either re-entered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update* Tuesday night. SpaceX…
February 7, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
What keeps you awake at night? At least Amazon’s purchase of the Rivian sustainable transport company may protect you from vehicle noise at night. Apart from dogs, neighbours and noisy cars of course. Johnny and Juliet Kipps have now arrived in St Lucia after a great trip across the Atlantic. It gave them time to…
January 31, 2022
Johnny Kipps
Forecastingsoftware
Mixed messages from economic gurus The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of the great amid the Davos’s snows has been postponed. It was due to take place from January 17-21. In its latest World Economic Outlook released last Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund predicts that global growth is expected to moderate from 5.9% in 2021 to…