I met the Prime Minister

I’m not a big fan of politics (with a big or small ‘p’), or of politicians, but when I was asked this week to attend an event to discuss the economic future of the region – that IS something I am interested in. So I went to what was the old St Johns College (now […]

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Money wont buy you happiness

You need money to survive. It’s a sad fact but it’s true. No money = no food. No food = death. But most people are under the assumption that money = happiness. This is simply not true. Money won’t buy you happiness. You go to school so you can get into college. You go to […]

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How to Grow Your Business Part One

Hi I don’t know if you, like me, have pondered the question “how to grow your business?” once or twice over the years!!  It is a massive subject and we can’t discuss all the various aspects to it today, but one thing I have noticed over the last hmmhmm years I have been in the […]

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An apprenticeship could be more beneficial than University

In the last year of college there’s a huge pressure on students to go to Uni.  There are classes you are made to attend about the whole process, forms you are made to fill out, meetings to attend etc.  It is to the extent that college students actually forget that this is only an option […]

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Pension Auto Enrolment

OK – so you may or may not know much about pension auto enrolment.  Hopefully, if you are an employer you know about it because it will, or may already affect you.   In case you don’t here are the basics (but this is not the real story – that comes later). BASICS POINT ONE – […]

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