Future business trends - research ???
Discussion
Looking at what would be good to target over the next 10+years in terms of a business and got thinking about what general demographic / cultural trends are developing in the UK. Some random thoughts that came to me were : More older people, more immigrants, more overweight people, more people with drink related problems - really just thinking about current trends and where they are going. I guess a rehab clinin for OAPs with multilingual staff could be a niche ?
So does anyone on here use a more scientific approach to future trends and what they can mean for businesses - any good reports / agencies to use etc...??
This and anyone elses random thoughts welcomed !!!
Obviously, the part that matters is looking at these trends and putting a business idea around them - the next steps me thinks.
So does anyone on here use a more scientific approach to future trends and what they can mean for businesses - any good reports / agencies to use etc...??
This and anyone elses random thoughts welcomed !!!
Obviously, the part that matters is looking at these trends and putting a business idea around them - the next steps me thinks.
Poorer people in general, esp working age people, and a wealthy older population IMO will see a reduction in people taking foreign holidays and a revival in the UK holiday industry.
I also think it will become less fashionable to have a sun tan ( that's purely guess work, but things come and go, and suntans came with the costs in the 80's )
I'd say a well run B&B or hotel on the South Coast could do very well.
I also think it will become less fashionable to have a sun tan ( that's purely guess work, but things come and go, and suntans came with the costs in the 80's )
I'd say a well run B&B or hotel on the South Coast could do very well.
Speeder said:
Poorer people in general, esp working age people, and a wealthy older population IMO will see a reduction in people taking foreign holidays and a revival in the UK holiday industry.
I also think it will become less fashionable to have a sun tan ( that's purely guess work, but things come and go, and suntans came with the costs in the 80's )
I'd say a well run B&B or hotel on the South Coast could do very well.
High end Uk to UK cruise ship lines: P&O, Cunard and perhaps Celebrity? Spin off businesses might be door-to-door elderly and disabled port transfers, bulk luggage handling etc.I also think it will become less fashionable to have a sun tan ( that's purely guess work, but things come and go, and suntans came with the costs in the 80's )
I'd say a well run B&B or hotel on the South Coast could do very well.
Gordon Brown said:
Speeder said:
Poorer people in general, esp working age people, and a wealthy older population IMO will see a reduction in people taking foreign holidays and a revival in the UK holiday industry.
I also think it will become less fashionable to have a sun tan ( that's purely guess work, but things come and go, and suntans came with the costs in the 80's )
I'd say a well run B&B or hotel on the South Coast could do very well.
High end Uk to UK cruise ship lines: P&O, Cunard and perhaps Celebrity? Spin off businesses might be door-to-door elderly and disabled port transfers, bulk luggage handling etc.I also think it will become less fashionable to have a sun tan ( that's purely guess work, but things come and go, and suntans came with the costs in the 80's )
I'd say a well run B&B or hotel on the South Coast could do very well.
And don't forget shares in 'Dignity' everyone likes a decent send off and the death rate is rising nicely. Every cloud has a silver-haired lining and all that
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