One of the trends I have noticed since the internet took such a hold on our everyday lives is that some business owners think that they can make a quick buck out of the internet and in the process all of their strategic planning goes out of the window.

Any solid business is built on careful thought and planning but many new businesses are built on, at best, shaky foundations and as a result do not last the course, with the loss of UK jobs.

If you ask many of these fly-by-nights what their three or five year plan is, they look mystified, as they just do not have one. They live for today's profits and have no thought for development or strategic implementation. This means that they do not grow as a company and are soon overtaken by the next big thing with a good idea or product.

You have to be ahead of the game when it comes to business and you can only do this by careful planning to ensure that your company not only keeps up with the latest trends but is in the forefront of the latest trends.

Those with no thought for the future will fall at the first hurdle and unfortunately it is not only them who suffer but their employees and customers.