Are you one of the very brave, determined and quite mad people out there this weekend pounding the streets of Manchester in your lycra? Well if so, you are in my thoughts.. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Society’ Category
Lycra and Water Bottles at the ready…
Friday, May 24th, 2013Cash Flow and the advice of James Caan
Thursday, December 13th, 2012This was some advice that I thought was worth sharing, from Dragon’s Den Entrepreneur, James Caan.. sometimes it is the common sense bits of business that we forget.. and I definitely concentrate on winning business over being paid, so I thank the Lord for my sister, Anneliese , who makes damn sure that doesn’t happen…. (more…)
The Feel Good Factor
Monday, October 1st, 2012Is it just me or do others feel that our success at hosting and competing in the Olympics and Paralympics plus our amazing European success last night in the Ryder Cup has given us all “the feel good factor”? (more…)
The Olympics
Monday, July 30th, 2012Have your umbrellas and wellington boots at the ready, here comes the Olympics! (more…)
Jubilee Celebrations
Thursday, May 31st, 2012All around the UK , bunting and Union Jacks are flying, from houses, shops, offices and on cars… how brilliant is that? How wonderfully British? How patriotic? And just how up lifting for the spirit? (more…)
TWITTER/FACEBOOK ISSUES
Friday, February 10th, 2012Oh but how I love tweeting my thoughts on the world via my twitter site Mini Mobile (please feel free to follow me!), I am not particularly pc so be aware if you’re big fan of Alistair Campbell, you are not going to like me (See today’s tweet) and truth be told I really only use it when I want to know what Jenson Button and Rupert Penry Jones are up to.. yes I am that sad woman.. and Facebook is fab, but really only for keeping me clued into what my kids are up to.. yes that sad woman again! (more…)
Kindness, a forgotten attribute..
Thursday, November 10th, 2011I heard today that there is going to be a “Kindness Seminar” held in London, looking at why kindness is a forgotten skill in today’s society and why carrying out a random act of kindness is not just so beneficial to communities as a whole but also for your soul. It makes you happier. (more…)
The Other Side of the Coin
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011Following on from yesterday, or rather, putting the other side.. I would like to express that the vast majority of candidates that we meet are an absolute delight, and are the reason why we do this job. (more…)
Not Turning Up For Interviews
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Right this is the most frustrating annoyance with certain candidates.. why oh why do people do this? It is the single most hated aspect of recruitment, the complete bane of recruitment consultants lives. (more…)
The News of the World and why it matters
Friday, July 8th, 2011The closure of the News of the World has many ramifications, not only for the 250 recently unemployed staff who seem to be scapegoats for the immoral judgements made by their Management team, not only for the important and crucial ethos that we have a Free Press and actually not only for the innocent people who have had their liberties and privacy violated and for whom I have the utmost sympathy, but HOPEFULLY for society as a whole. (more…)