Maybe it is because I am soon to be moving nearer to coast that made me have the sudden desire to travel in the other direction and go to the Midlands for the weekend. And a wise choice it was eventually to be.
The trip actually came about from an aborted trip to London after my fiancée and I realised that the 'National Wedding Show' was at the NEC in Birmingham and not Earls Court.
As with the case with most blokes, my enthusiasm towards ...
Tuesday of this week was a pivotal day for me as it was the day when I finally accepted that a Kindle is useless for emailing, networking or blogging. Yes, I have succumbed to the iPad and this morning is the first opportunity I have had to write a blog post from my bed rather than my desk, with the added bonus of having Radio 6 on in the background.
I am doing this because after getting up at 6.00am with a headache that has had me flipping ...
Because I am essentially a salesman, I am always on the periphery of the marketing profession and those within it. Marketing people are generally held in higher regard than sales people but just like any other business or trade some of them are useless whilst others are remarkably creative with utilising words to make an otherwise bland product seem incredibly exciting.
One of my favourite examples of marketing creativity was an advert for a ...
Because I operate on a plane of stratospheric intellectual arrogance, I like listening to radio 4 in the mornings. Sometimes it gets a bit tedious and "Thought for the day" read by a prominent member of the God bothering society, can sometimes smack of the self-righteous dictating their unrealistic ideals on the thoughtless general public.
However, they have some great interviews on there and this morning it was with none other than ...
After a bitter battle of wills, I eventually paid an outstanding tax bill of £1640.00 yesterday morning after receiving sinister threats and the prospect of legal action from the Inland Revenue.
It is not that I dispute the amount, I owe it fair and square. However, by their own admission, the revenue also owe me money, just over £1300.00 in overpaid company tax and NI from 2011.
For the last couple of months I have stood firm ...