Wednesday 9th November 2011
by Steve Irwin, Trading Manager at Portland FPP
I live, breathe and love (in an all too geeky way) all things related to the price of fuel.
I have listened and scowled at politicians who offer at best a misguided and at worst a misleading view of why fuel prices are high and what can and can’t be done to rein in the rising cost of fuel. I have seen protests come and go, noble in their inte...
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Tuesday 4th October 2011
by Geoff Shepherd, Founder of The Yorkshire Mafia
So, why Kilimanjaro?
Being the highest point in Africa and the highest stand-alone mountain in the world made Kilimanjaro an attraction in terms of a personal challenge. Combine that with the prospect of doing something meaningful for a charity and it was a pretty tempting mix. It’s this kind of initiative that The Guardian wrote about in ref...
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Monday 26th September 2011
by Jonathan Straight, CEO of Straight plc
I was visited a few days ago by the inspirational Dr Craig Rose from the Seaweed Health Foundation. Seaweed is interesting stuff. I eat Japanese seaweed from time to time, there is one call arame which is really good. Also, anyone who likes sushi will be eating nori which is the green wrapping.
Seaweed is not really the right word for these t...
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Monday 26th September 2011
by Paul McCormack, HR Director of Hermes
HR has changed over the past 15 years from a reactive function to become more business focussed and proactive. The next 15 years may see HR take a longer term view of changes to the workplace. It could be a very exciting time for HR as we consider what factors will affect our companies?
I have been lucky to have attended a number of seminars...
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Sunday 28th August 2011
by Rob Wilmot, ex-CTO of Freeserve
A few evenings ago I helped unload a 747. We’ll come back to this.
I consider myself a lucky man. After exiting Freeserve, once the trade sale was done, I was suddenly given the luxury of choice. And I made what some people think was a rather odd one, I moved back to Doncaster, to the town where I was born. My rationale was very clear to me; ...
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