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English v. American Spelling Dilemmas

I’m sure you have the same kind of debates in your office as we have in ours: “Do I spell the word programme with one or two m’s?’ and ‘what...

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Write me a letter…please!

India Knight (Sunday Times, 14th May) wrote an interesting article on handwriting, and highlighted a recent survey that a fifth of schoolchildren have never [hand]written a letter, while a tenth...

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The Queen’s Speech – ok, but where’s the ‘how’?

I’ve just been reading an interesting article from Nick Robinson (BBC) about the content of today’s Queen’s speech. Nick begins by asking if we can remember any previous Queen’s speeches...

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A story for Whitehall

Wow.  If there was ever a group of people in need of a story, it is the UK’s new coalition government. I have personally watched hours of tv election coverage...

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What do John F Kennedy, Bob Geldof and Barack Obama have in common?

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Don’t get the Blues?

Everyone enjoys a sports metaphor.   The Boat Race is a good one.  Rowing is often used in corporate literature as a metaphor for teamwork – we’ve used it ourselves in...

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The recession and its aftermath

Businesses may be feeling optimistic about the impending economic recovery, but need to ask themselves just what effect the recession has had on their employees.  Another black cloud looms. Employees...

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A tale of two leaders

Washington and San Francisco.  Barack Obama and Steve Jobs. In America on 27th January 2010, two men gave two very different speeches.  Both President Obama and Steve Jobs took to...

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Burns’ Night – a dram with a story

Burns Night, Monday 25th January, saw many of our team, clients and associates participate in a very special whisky-tasting event at Century Club in Shaftesbury Avenue.  This wasn’t just about...

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