Haggling has been around for a long time – my guess would be that pretty shortly after humans started to trade, haggling followed. As a means of achieving a good end result, it’s a step up from simply giving in and conceding ground in order to gai...

At the start of the new year, I thought it might be interesting to look back and reflect on a year that has certainly presented certain challenges to the stability of the UK, European and World political, social and economic systems. In July 2024,...

It’s that time of year where thoughts of trading value through negotiating tend to give way to focusing on giving, rather than trading – and rightly so. Treating Christmas as a negotiation when it comes to gifts? Not advisable!

I intend to advise kids on how to maximise their Christmas List, partly to even the score, but as Sun Tzsu said in his excellent treatise “The Art Of War” “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles”...