29th April 2016 Coworking, Self-employment and the Grey Entrepreneur or The Shifting Sands of the 21st Century Workplace It’s inescapable that the landscape of the working world has undergone a seismic shift in recent years. The old days of one job-one… Continue reading
19th May 2016 It’s been a punny old day today: or how the pun is no laughing matter in your business English “It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.” “What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?” “You ask a glass of water.” ― Douglas Adams, The… Continue reading
Friday 8th April 2016 Business English and other business-related Courses from quicklearn Hello listeners This post is by way of an introduction to Charlotte Mannion and Quicklearn and their courses in business English – among other things. Quick learn offers what it calls… Continue reading
Some super Swindon business blogs Doing what it says on the tin – a shout-out for some nice business blogs that I know rather well and enjoy reading. In no particular order – well apart from mine. Obviously. I give you:… Continue reading
A brief Valentine’s Day History All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. Charles M Schulz Hate it, love it or feel merely ‘meh’ about the whole thing it’s impossible to ignore. I refer… Continue reading
28th January 2016 The Rain it Raineth every day The sun is shining this morning but more rain is on the way. So don’t shelve the plans for the ark just yet. You’d think wouldn’t you, for a country that… Continue reading
A Great deal of Building John Betjemen, poet, broadcaster and journalist, wrote of there being ‘very little architecture in Swindon and a great deal of building’ before going on to say that ‘Swindon, instead of being a West Country town, looked on its… Continue reading
16 December 2015 Does Xmas make you cross? And no. I don’t mean the festive season that’s rushing towards us accompanied as ever by Slade belting out their 1970s Christmas hit. Though of course you might loathe Christmas. Or… Continue reading
27th November 2015 All about Advent: its history and meaning Advent, the period of preparation for Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Jesus, begins on the Sunday nearest to 30th November. We know that the Advent period focuses on expectation… Continue reading
11 November 2015 Support your local businesses: Small Business Saturday UK 2015 If you haven’t got your sprouts on the hob yet then now is the time. The Christmas songs are already on a loop in the shops and the mince pies… Continue reading