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I am all for enterprise and success in business whether it is a man or woman in charge. For the last five years many businesses have struggled to grow, even survive. Any entrepreneur who builds a business during this recession, to me, has heroic qualities …

Thinking how to tackle this article about creativity has momentarily overwhelmed me. It has led me to thinking about the Big Bang creation-wise then through various creative arts (still no inspiration), to the freshly baked chocolate birthday cake on my kitchen table. It (the cake) …

Is networking like marmite? The very mention of it seems to send folks either gushing about the number of networking breakfast and lunch groups they attend, or you get the ‘not for me/ I did it once and it didn’t work / I’m far too …

With the way things are heading with the stuttering economy, university fees / graduate loans, examination grading debacles, and so on it’s a wonder that any young people want to start up their own business, but they do and they are.
As a mother of teenagers …

I think for many of us who have worked in corporate and large businesses the question of women’s absence in the boardroom seems like an age-old chestnut. In my experience there has not been a lack of good women on the ladder to the top …

Although this month’s 3RDi is about Sustainability I thought I would write about destruction of beautiful countryside, the disappearance of ancient woodlands, and thousands of years of history wiped out in the name of progress. This is in the UK government’s plan for a sustainable …