Outset Swindon is a fabulous organization that has been instrumental in helping many budding entrepreneurs onto the business road. ‘Outset Swindon offers hands-on, vocational support and guidance tailored for you. Plus, as a government approved Start Up Loans provider, we can… Continue reading
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At the hustings
02/05/2015 Well the general election of 2015 is almost upon us so with all the electioneering going on around us it’s a timely opportunity to do a little exploration of the word ‘husting’ as in ‘At the hustings’. A husting can… Continue reading
Eggcorns and proofreading
The Proofreader’s role Proofreading involves so much more than being on the lookout for obvious spelling mistakes and those preposition omissions that are so, so easy to make. The brain is too clever by half at seeing what it knows… Continue reading
Lorem Ipsum
How scrambled Cicero became the typesetting standard Not having had the opportunity to learn Latin of any kind at school, the first time I came across Lorem Ipsum as mock text in computer publishing programs I assumed it was… Continue reading
Social media platforms and YouTube
I’ve recently been experimenting with various social media platforms and YouTube for both the business, AA Editorial Services, and my Swindon blog, Born again Swindonian. When I’m not me. Angela Atkinson, or AA Editorial Services then I’m blogging about Swindon as Born… Continue reading
It’s punctuation Jim – but not as we know it.
This post is by way of a share of a rather interesting article from the Huffington post about 5 punctuation marks that have changed beyond all recognition: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-houston-/post_8467_b_5989482.html Did you know that: “The comma is one of the oldest marks of… Continue reading
Swindon in Business
On my Born again Swindonian blog I have a section about Swindon in business: http://swindonian.me/category/swindon-in-business/ I started it primarily as a way of giving a ‘shout-out’ to myself and other business that I’ve met through Outset Swindon and other business networking… Continue reading
Alter ego: Born again Swindonian
When I’m not working for AA Editorial Services with my proofreading and copywriting services, I have an alter-ego as Born again Swindonian – http://swindonian.me – Swindon’s premier blogger! 😉 Under my #BAS identity I blog about all things Swindon taking a positive viewpoint…. Continue reading
Building Business Connections
Back in November 2014, myself and a host of other clients that have come into self-employment via the services of Outset Swindon took part in a business connections show that they organised in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship. Outset clients with registered… Continue reading