2009 has absolutely flown by. The highlight of the year was, without doubt, the birth of our second child Matilda (Tilly for short) in February.…

In my role as a promoter of funded and free training on behalf of Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, I’ve come to realise that…

On Friday last week I went to the Skills Brokers Conference in Birmingham. I was expecting the day to be a bit dull to say…

On Friday last week I went to the Skills Brokers Association’s Convention at the National Motorcycle Museum near the NEC (more on that on the…

I’m not a fan of horoscopes but a friend of mine, Wendy Churchill, sent me this in her newsletter ‘Life is a Bag of Revels’.…

Not many people like to defend teachers, it seems, when schools are forced to close because of extreme weather. However, I’d like to point out…

Apparently this is day of the year upon which the most number of people normally pull a sickie: pretending to be ill for sake of…

It seems that even Microsoft are feeling the credit crunch with the announcement last week of a cut of 5% of its workforce (about 5,000…

Just watched Barack Obama’s inauguration speech and I have to confess that I’m very inspired. I found it quite humbling to be able to watch…