In June 2018, I was most delighted to co-launch the Chinese Mums in Business Club (CMIBC) with my amazing Co-Founder, Sally Maier-Yip. The CMIBC is an independent networking organisation for Chinese (and culturally Chinese) mums in business, either running their own business or working in an organisation, in the UK and worldwide. Through our annual …

We all know that New Year’s resolutions don’t work. Maybe because they are generally about fixing and changing things about ourselves … and resisting some aspect of the way things are right now. The key question is: who are we being? In other words, what aspects of ourselves do we want to experience in 2018? Two people could carry out almost identical …

This summer, we tried an experiment. We (being the Sutton family) rented a house in Bordeaux, France, and stayed there for a little over four weeks, from early July to early August. The idea was to work as usual, but to allow us (or mainly our children) to enjoy a different environment. So we filled the Volvo from floor to ceiling, and drove down from …

LCN Legal provides specialist support for corporate and investment structures. Here are 10 things about us you may not know. We use Macs (MacBook Airs, to be precise). Why? Because they look nice, and are great to carry around. We don’t have an office. Each member of our team works remotely though we meet regularly by telephone conference, online …

Preparing a non-binding offer letter (also known as a ‘letter of intent’ (LOI), a heads of terms (HoT) or a ‘memorandum of understanding’ (MOU)), is a key stage in buying a privately-owned business. The main purpose of the LOI is usually to help you progress the transaction efficiently, and reduce the risk of abortive costs or being ‘gazumped’ …