On those rare occasions when a judge shows how far removed they are from the reality of everyday life, it always causes a giggle in the gallery. Who can forget the high court libel case when Mr Justice Popplewell asked: “What is Linford Christie’s lunchbox?” With red faces all round, the famous sprinter was compelled […]
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The skills learned while studying law don’t have to remain trapped in dusty reference books or hidden from sight under a powdered wig in droning court rooms. The truth is not everyone follows the direct path from university to traineeship to law firm. At any point in your career, from newbie solicitor to senior partner,
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There’s never been a better time to forge a career in HR, thanks largely to an increase in the number of potential ways to start out. This is no longer a graduate-only sector. In fact, apprenticeships and trainee positions have opened up HR to people of all ages and backgrounds – from school leavers to
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Who would have thought a flame-haired singer belting out Galway Girl would actually be beneficial at work? But it’s true. According to research just published by LinkedIn and Spotify, Ed Sheeran has been voted the “most appropriate popular artist to play at work”. The survey also found more than half (57%) of HR and recruitment
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Hot on the heels of being voted one of the best countries in the world to visit in 2017 (beaten only by India), a second Rough Guide readers’ poll has just named Scotland the most beautiful country in the world. The survey judged the “wild beaches, deep lochs and craggy castles” of the Scottish Highlands
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If you have the grace of a gazelle on ice or the agility of a giraffe on a bouncy castle, you’ll understand that accidents happen. The embarrassment of landing face first in a flowerbed can be forgotten . . . eventually. And even the bashes or breaks will heal along with a bruised ego. But
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The world of financial services can be pretty stressful. After all, when you’re dealing with money – often very large sums of money that lots of people are relying on – making mistakes is a big no-no! Thankfully, a growing number of employers in the public, private and non-profit sectors are coming up with new
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Many go-get-em sales professionals will tell you need to go in hard and go in fast to be a success. But Granny Ina knows different. And she knows how to sell. Ask anyone who’s ever dared leave her cake stall at the church fete empty handed! But her advice, which comes from years of experience,
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When was the last time you found an instruction manual for brain surgeons at an airport bookstand? Or discovered an e-book telling dentists how to improve their root canal work? Exactly. So what is it about sales that everyone who’s ever shifted a warehouse of washing machines or flogged fizzy drinks thinks they can tell
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From stuffy Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served to the wonderfully flamboyant Mr Selfridge, store managers certainly make for great television. In the real world, however, their lives are no less riveting. Whether it’s dealing with a two-tonne order of tomatoes that’s arrived in the shape of watermelons, or breaking up an OAP scrap
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