'It's the details that matter': Why UK smaller companies demand a closer look

'It is like a finger pointing away to the Moon'

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Eustace Santa Barbara explores the merits of UK smaller companies using insight gleaned from Bruce Lee

Released in 1973, Enter the Dragon cemented Bruce Lee's standing as the first international superstar of martial arts. One of its many great scenes features the hero schooling a young pupil in the importance of "emotional content" – a term seemingly intended to capture the zen of knocking someone's block off.  "It is like a finger pointing away to the Moon," Lee declares sagely. His disciple duly focuses on said digit, earning a brisk slap to the head for his lack of understanding. "Don't concentrate on the finger," Lee warns, "or you will miss all that heavenly glory."  Wise words. H...

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