Behind the Bottom Line

SUSPENSE : Successful corporate lawyer Henry Fist is having a well-deserved drink as he relaxes on his well-deserved holiday on the Cayman Islands when he gets a visit from a young admirer of his work, Nick Mephistopolous. Is Henry about to get something else well-deserved? This story was first published by Business Spotlight in 2016. Photo by energepic.com from Pexels

HUMOUR: Edward, a refugee from Sierra Leone living in Berlin, has an opportunity to find a sponsor for a business idea he has. But will somebody really be interested in sponsoring a snail farm? This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2017. Photo - Pexels - Pixabay

HUMOUR: Julie and Paula have to organise a 300th anniversary event for a bank. But with a tiny budget, a radical ex-boyfriend and his band, not to mention gift bags sourced from a bankrupt sex shop, this party isn't going to go smoothly. The ever-popular Julie and Paula first had this adventure in Business Spotlight in 2012. Photo by Rene Asmussen from Pexels

HUMOUR: what lengths are you prepared to go to get yourself a nice assignment? Roddy, Björn, Florian and Petra are all desperate to win the starring role in a video being made about their department within the European Commission, and solidarity between them quickly breaks down as they compete to become the cool, sexy face of the modern librarian. This story was first published in Business Spotlig...

Suspense: What would you do with immortality and the powers of a god? You'd put things right in the world you say? But how do you think you'd behave if you found there was something you couldn't get, however powerful you believed yourself to be? Watch out world - Helen's cyber stalker can't handle rejection and things are about to get rough... This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 201...

HUMOUR/CRIME: Horst and Jim are two con-men, down on their luck. Desperate to make money they come up with the ingenious scheme of selling unwanted castles in Germany to gullible Americans. All goes well until Howard Schmidtlein III from Texas walks into their office and rumbles their fraud. But he has an interesting proposal for them ... This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2014. Ph...

ROMANCE/STEAMPUNK: Can you imagine an alternative world where steam powered airbuses are the transport of choice and children learn how to fix a boiler in kindergarten? Now come on a first date with Ernest and Millicent and discover London as it might have been ... This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2013. Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels

HUMOUR: Do you want your boss to know how much you weigh? is it acceptable if the lift tells you to take the stairs? Would you like your canteen register to tell the rest of the canteen what you plan to eat for lunch? Topfoods PLC wants to help its staff become the best version of themselves, but which version is that exactly? This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2014. Photo by Ketut...

CRIME: What would you do if you found out your partner was cheating on you? You could throw them out, you could forgive them, you could try counselling ...  Or you could do what Rose does and get your revenge. A very nasty revenge. This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2012. Photo by Alan Fikz from Pexels

HUMOUR: Do you know the secret to success in any corporation? Professor Thomas Kozlowsky, the man the US media called 'the business guru to the business gurus', does. And if you get him drunk enough, he just might tell you ... This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2014. Photo - Pixabay.

HUMOUR: Birthday parties are funny things, each culture has its own traditions and ways to celebrate. Antonio finds that what is perfectly normal in Venezuela gets a little lost in translation when transferred to Brussels... This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2014. Photo by Milan from Pexels

HUMOUR: Would your dog do a better job in the office than you? Toby, a young Jack Russell thought he could, and for a day he and his master changed places. While his master ate kibble and went for walks in the park, Toby got to chase Jilks, the ghastly but efficient company salesman, and meet the lovely Miss Lucy Honeycomb. Where his master has failed, will Toby succeed? Photo by Gilberto Reyes fr...

MEDIA SATIRE: When Julie Blossom accidentally becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity, she and her friend Paula embrace the opportunity to become the go-too source for any media outlet looking for good sound-bites from Britain's youth. But Julie's enemy, Goldfish Man, has different ideas and will do anything to bring her down. The question is, how low will he go? This story first appeared in Busine...

HUMOUR: What do you know about the people in your company? I mean, what do you REALLY know? Nick Samuel is asked to explore the diversity of employees at Topfood plc so his boss, JJ, can win an award. But what Nick finds out is really not at all what JJ is expecting. This story appeared in Business Spotlight in 2011. Photo by Joonas kääriäinen from Pexels

HUMOUR: A young manager, worried that his team hates him, takes them on a team-building weekend into the Welsh hills. But what should be a bonding experience turns into a nightmare when one of the team members goes missing... Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

HORROR: Dr Gayle Jamieson trains crows in a research lab to see if they can perform useful tasks for the military. But when her boss, Professor Lang, abuses the trust she has created between birds and humans, the birds extract a terrible revenge... Photo by Pixabay

FABLE: Tony Spark needs money for his start-up and he hopes to get it from a business angel, Archibald Gabriel . But to get the money, Tony has to pass a little test. Will he pass the test and - more interestingly - would you? This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2011. Photo by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels

MURDER: When you're caught in a traffic jam and you look at the concrete walls of the bridge or the tunnel that's alongside your car, what do you see? Could that be a face looking back at you? Mr Dimkin could tell you, but would you want to know? This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2012.

HUMOUR: Meet Tim Hatchett - master manipulator, prince of PR - the owner of Hatchett Job PR agency, the agency that will manage your company's reputation when even your own PR manager throws in the towel. When Global Power Solutions wants the British government to build a nuclear power plant near London, nobody thinks they have a chance of persuading them. But with Tim involved in the process and...

HUMOUR: Julie and Paula are told to organise the hotdesking arrangements in the company they work. They quickly find that they can turn this authority to their advantage and pretty soon, most of the office are buying them presents to get favourable treatment. But what happens when they go on holiday? This story first appeared in Business Spotlight in 2011. Photo by Charles Parker from Pexels

HUMOUR: Pampered executive Mr Taylor is used to always having the best when on a business trip. But how will he cope when his efficient new assistant, Colin Smith, starts enforcing the company's new travel code? This story was first published in Business Spotlight , 2012. Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels

MURDER: Jasper Slink is a successful young trader in the City of London who is not above using devious means to make a profit. But is sharing his most recent cunning plan with Smitty, the head barman at the "Bull and Bear" wine-bar, such a good idea? This story was first published in Business Spotlight in 2010. Photo by Maria Pop from Pexels