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Inspirational quotes to think about over Christmas

These three quotes come from the late Paul Allen, co -founder of Microsoft, who sadly passed away a few months ago. 1. Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high 2. Each failure contains the seeds of your next success - providing that you are willing to learn from it 3. For the most part, the best opportunities lie where your competitors have failed to establish themselves, not where they are already entrenched. Food for thought ?

Don't put up or shut up

The TUC is hosting a webinar on workplace harassment on 11th December commencing at 2pm Workers in the retail, hospitality and transport sectors suffer abuse from customers and members of the public all too frequently, from general harassment to violent acts, in what has become accepted as "part of the job" The TUC quite correctly says that this should not be acceptable in this way. Although it happens to anyone, younger workers are most likely to be affected as they are usu

Dead Man's Boots

Dead Man's Boots

The remains of a man who died around 500 years ago has been recovered from the mud on the banks of the Thames. It is thought he could have been a fisherman or a mudlark, a person who scavenged in the river mud looking for anything of value. From the unusual position of the man's limbs he could have fallen or been pushed. His clothing had deteriorated over time but quite remarkably his boots were preserved by being buried in the mud. The footwear, made from leather and stitche

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