Andy Whyte – Whyte with a Y not an I.

I recently was asked by Dealer Support to write an article for their ‘Final Word’ section of their magazine. Below is the article I wrote about the merits of having a comfortable work place. What do you think? Are you sitting comfortably? Probably the most widely used strap lines in our industry associated to office [...]

My first son Charlie Christopher Whyte was born on Saturday the 22nd of October 2011 in Peterborough hospital. Throughout our experience with Peterborough Hospital from the early scans right through to my wife going into labour the way in which we were looked after was outstanding. Every single member of the team at Peterborough Hospital [...]

In recent months I’ve noticed a big surge in the amount of office supplies dealers using Twitter. This is really encouraging for the independent industry. It shows dealers are getting in tune with modern technology to help drive their businesses. Whilst I would never class myself as an expert, guru or any other nonsense that [...]

Groupon is one of, if not the fastest growing online .com’s in recent years. It is certainly the fastest growing within the last year. If you’ve not heard of Groupon it is basically a group buying deal website. The general process is that A Groupon rep will contact a business owner and pitch the idea [...]

I recently wrote an article for Ole magazine I was given 300 words in which to get my point about why I think striking is no different from a child throwing their toys out of the pram because they didn’t get their own way. Here is the article: Here is the text of the article: [...]

We all say it, if we don’t then we think it: “I wish I could go back in time”.. “I wish I could go back in time and predict Liverpool coming back from 3-0 down against AC Milan in the second half of the Champions League final in Istanbul to win on penalties”.. “I wish [...]

Whew so here is the last day of 2010. My first feeling is that I cannot wait to get it over with. I will remember 2010 for the rollercoaster of emotions it has been. So many ups and downs it’s been more Orlando Florida than Great Yarmouth pleasure beach. Where to start? well my Father [...]

Crush it! By Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk is an informative book about how to use modern technology primarily the internet to exploit a passion you may have for anything and turn it into a credible perhaps hugely successful future career for yourself. This review is going to be as much about how the book proved its worth [...]

I’m feeling in a reflective mood this Christmas Eve. It is now 2 years since I entered into the software industry. Really by luck more than anything else. Previously to working in software I had run a very successful sales territory for Everest Home Improvements. I’d taken on the area sales manager role as the [...]

I’ve had my Kindle from Amazon for about a month now. So I thought I’d give it a quick review to share my thoughts on this new piece of kit. When I bought the Kindle I was in a bit of a muddle as to whether to buy a Kindle or save up and splash [...]