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 | Languages have been evolving as long as humans have been on the planet and the differences in structures of languages can be truly fascinating. In today's globalised world the understanding of these language differences is crucial ...
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 | Here I am an hour early to an appointment. Delays on the M1 and M25 meant I travelled cross-country which was, to be honest, a much nicer drive via the Chilterns and Henley. When I realised I was going to be this I did call ... |
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 | Nick Clegg claims sole credit for this killing but certain Tories were just as instrumental. The crucial thing is that this Charter is dead - it was quite simply one of the biggest invasions of our civil liberties ever planned ... |
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 | One question I often get asked, especially by new business owners is ''should I register for VAT?'' The answer is not always straight forward, except in circumstances where the business turnover exceeds the threshold ... |
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 | I had an interesting conversation with the Managing Partner of a law firm, the nub of which was a debate around whether law firms needed an 'airy-fairy' vision, when what they really wanted was to improve per partner profits ...
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 | How confidential is your business information? Do you simply hold basic contact and account information regarding your clients? Would your data storage be sufficient if you found yourself working for the Ministry of Defence ... |
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 | What do they have in common? The bad news is that they're all myths. Sadly, we're not all connected to everyone on the planet by a chain of six people; the research this was based on was flawed ... |
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 | This is one of Nigel Botterill's rules from is his best-selling book ''Botty's Rules'' and I've been reminded by several incidents over the last week or so as to exactly how important it is. It's all about being SMART ... |
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 | More and more venues are requesting that Entertainers, Bands and DJs have certificates to prove that their equipment has been PAT tested and are actually turning people down because they are worried about their own liability ... |
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 | Immense thanks to Yvette for offering me the opportunity to be her guest blogger! This happened following a great coaching session I was lucky enough to have with her where we got onto the subject of ethics in the workplace ... |
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 | It's tough out there; and it's noisy! Information flowing 24/7 and everyone trying to be heard! I have spent 18 months in my business now and thought I would stop for a moment and take stock of how social media has helped me ... |
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 | We are re-branding Element-Acupuncture into a treatment centre that incorporates all five areas of holistic living according to Chinese philosophy (water, fire, metal, wood, earth) and discovering some fantastic products ... |
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