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09 Feb

OGWO Saturday – No.2 – Company Cars

ogwo© If only one could make money out of the company car selection process. In no other aspect of organisational life is so much effort and research undertaken, is so much assiduity in cost analysis demonstrated in the quest for leather seats, upgraded in-car entertainment and alloy wheels. Whatever the allowance, rest assured it will [...]

02 Feb

OGWO Saturday – No.1 – Budgets

ogwo© Budgets started out as being guidelines, a quick reckoner of how much the organisation was going to spend or earn. Very useful. Every year, operational managers are asked how much they aim to spend, then the Finance people get hold of their figures, and then the Directors knock the figures back because on the [...]