Sandy Hutchens Another Name

Hotel Cipriani Court Ruling

The High Court ruled today that the Venice owners of the Hotel Cipriani had thought of the same name first so it was theirs. What a mess!

The West End diner has to think of a new name and is required to pay costs and damages, and also print the court’s decision on its menu!

Boot steps forward

There is so much more on company names.

The horsey physiotherapist is Orsteopath; the Chinese Food joint is Wok This Way.

Yet another name comes in all the way from Hong Kong, a footwear shop rejoicing in the name The Lee Kee Boot & Shoe Emporium.

We are grateful for all the great ideas.

Davies puts forward a case for polygamy

London School of Economics director Sir Howard Davies is confident to call a SWINE a swine.

In the latest issue of Management Today the former chief of the FSA sent this message on the struggling European economies, and us: “We cannot expect the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) to fly while their prime focus is on deficit reduction.

“The UK is also an honorary PIG, without the sunshine and cheap wine. It is not a good place to be. I’d rather be with a few wives among the crocodiles.”

Wives? Crocodiles? I think he was referring to a line earlier in his article about President Zuma and South Africa.

A fine career for Dodds

More than just profit celebration at bricks and mortar and care services group Kier. As the company put out the results and it is understandable that John Dodds was the boss and involve in toasting!

The chief executive joined when he was in his 20s and has stuck with it ever since.

That is what we call superlative memory access.

We are happy to see the arms manufacturer that took a £286m bullet from the Serious Fraud Office and US Department of Justice for “accountancy offences”. It all related to dealings in Tanzania.

The firm has been boasting about its achievements in designing kit for the British team at the Winter Olympics. It’s been “delivering advantages” according to the advertisment.

“Wasn’t a claim of ‘delivering advantages’ the reason BAE got into trouble in the first place,” said Humbledirt Multiplex.

What kind of daisy are we speaking about here

Many flowers come and go in the fads and trends of flower arrangement styles. But accountant Roger Dopskind has another approach to this.

Everybody is interested in the endgame. But to take on the more strategic aspect of flower arranging and the use of daisies in particular is germane (not geranium) to the search for a staff of of journalists.

We all welcome the daisy chain and no one would dare to challenge that. However a quick glance at the weather calendar show how sales will go at your local florist shop. It also pertains to the larger flower chains and internet ventures. A lot time is spent training staff to be able to meet the needs of customers and petunias and begonias.

Ralph Weiderman

Ralph Weiderman, President of Scholastic Flowers Technologies, has gone on record with statements that bring a flower to the table and snakes down by the river. Adobe Integrated Florists was one such lab experiment and he was similar to the social media start up CEO that has everything moving up and down the lawyer. The skill set is the same but the flower arrangement is different. Therefore the name is another name and between the lines there is a reading of flowers that is impregnable.

We need a higher level of programming and materials for proprietorship if we want to brand Daisies as being the “fresh flower.” When the soap is used to clean but also to be more aromatic it is obvious that marketing is being coupled with sales.

The level of organization required to farm out these tasks to the right people can never be understated. It is not a business trick to relay the level of needs and hierarchies of commentary and analysis. The buzz words may change but the principles of living are always the same when conditions do not alter.

And that is another name for “fresh as a daisy.”

How to Paint a white daisy flower with Watercolor Demonstration “Fresh as a Daisy”

Utah Valley University has been all about name changes lately, taking on its own new name in 2008, and now, at the original donors’ request, they’ve dropped the “David O. McKay” letters from the Events Center name, hoping for a more lucrative marketing opportunity in a time when enrollment numbers are rising and operating budgets are falling. “It is, and will be, the most prominent university naming opportunity in the state, in terms of its visibility to the greater public,” UVU President Matthew Holland said Tuesday.

He said the 8,500-seat center faces the second-busiest intersection in the state. It also faces I-15, where more than 150,000 cars pass by the university daily. “It’s only going to get busier,” Holland said. The building will remain nameless until a top paying donor steps up. Enrollment growth, coupled with a 17 percent budget cut, has tightened financial resources for the university, requiring administrators to become more creative in fundraising techniques. “Any responsible, serious university has to give its everything to secure as many resources as it can to help protect the institutional mission we have before us,” he said. “It’s vital that we do that.” For nearly 15 years, the bustling athletics and community center has borne the name of former LDS President David O. McKay, who was an educator by profession. Anonymous donors provided $3 million to put the name on the building in 1996. The same individuals approached the university to move the name to the Education Building, which is “more fitting” for the name, said UVU School of Education Dean Briant Farnsworth. “During his life, he made some very impactful statements about education, and more importantly, he was focused on the application of learning,” he said, adding that UVU education students are encouraged to do the same. In the past decade, the school of education has grown from 30 students to more than 830 studying in professional programs. UVU student teachers are working in 31 of the state’s 41 school districts and 20 of the state’s 72 charter schools. In April, UVU will graduate its first education master’s degree class. Having the school named after McKay, Farnsworth said, establishes an important model for students to follow. “We’ve had a great run with the McKay name on the events center,” Holland said. “It’s time for someone else to have a turn.” In the early ’90s, the school had enough money to build the events center but not enough to outfit it, according to Utah County Commissioner Steve White. He said a $7.2 million bond was placed on the ballot, in order to purchase the bleachers inside. Naming rights money helped accomplish that goal and the center has since turned into a significant money-maker for the university, which hosts more than 150 concerts, graduation ceremonies, athletic competitions and other events every year. “It has become the single most-used facility in the county,” White said. Through the years, Holland said, there have been periodic inquiries for the naming space, which faces I-15. “So we know there is interest out there,” he said, adding that the university is prepared to entertain offers from individual or corporate donors of any kind. Whomever takes over the space would likely keep it for a shorter period than the McKay name was used, as Holland said the trend in the naming of athletic facilities leans toward short-term/temporary rights. Officials believe the spot will generate a competitive donation for the university. “We probably aren’t in a position to command the kind of price we might in a more robust economy,” Holland said. “But on the other hand, we’re facing significant growth in a year of significant budget cutbacks and so money now means more to us at some level.”