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Pooch Power!!

Is it just this country that’s nuts about animals in advertising? Everywhere in our office we’ve got pictures of pooches looking adoringly down at us from calendars and wall hangings – we just can’t get enough of them and it would seem nor can anyone else.

Even Go Compare has resorted to using a scruffy little dog to get everyone going gaga, and how popular is the EDF ad with Zingy...

Inflation or deflation? That is the question...

...Which is more beneficial to savers?

Since 2008, investors have been questioning whether it is inflation or deflation that haunts them. One might imagine that by now we would be closer to knowing the truth but, in our experience, the answer to these ‘either/or’ questions is almost always ‘neither’. When the two options are polar opposites, some combination inevitably turns out to...

Fire at Western Greyhound

It wont have escaped your attention that Western Greyhound suffered a massive setback to their business in the early hours of yesterday morning with a large fire at the main Summercourt base which has destroyed 37 buses – a third of the whole fleet.

At 0105 this morning Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service received a call to a fire in a bus depot. On arrival crews found there to be 9 buses...

Your chance to vote on who chooses your lawyer when you buy a house

A Cornish solicitor has started an online poll asking the public how they would like to be legally represented when buying a property.

A P Bassett’s are trying to get the message across that consumers are not being given the chance to choose their own solicitor when buying a house.

England and Scotland use the same system but The Law Society in Scotland has voted to change the...

Internet Only or Hands on Shopping Experience?

How about both! With the closure of many shops on the high streets around Britain today you’d be forgiven for thinking that businesses are abandoning the high street in their droves to concentrate on internet sales. Well we learnt today of two businesses that started off as internet only catalogue businesses that have now built their presence in shops as well as retaining their internet...

Plymouth's First Poet Laureate...

Councillor Chaz Singh... Plymouth's incumbent Deputy Lord Mayor, has long been an enthusiastic supporter and follower of my work, along with long time friend David 'Davy' Saunders, the Town Crier,

Such is their enthusiasm for my work, in light of the fact I have produced all the recent civic poetry up to and including the recent 'City of Culture' bid poem, they...

I thought it might be fun to share...

The latest piece intended for my forthcoming illustrated collection written especially for children - 'Toadstools & Jam..' Feel free to share your thoughts...

‘The Cat Catcher..’

In the shadows, silent creeping, when the town is sound asleeping; And the night comes slowly stirring, toms and tabbies gently purring; Black as night and quick as lightning, fierce as...

The Mother of All Questions

Have you ever wondered about questions to ask a job candidate? In August 2009, John Chambers, the CEO of IT giant Cisco, was interviewed by the New York Times. He was asked to share the questions he asked a job candidate. His most interesting one: “Who are the best people you recruited and developed and where are they today?” Everyone gives lip serive to people being the biggest resource for...

Olympic SHUTTLE fleet finally goes Local

Back in March 2012 First Devon & Cornwall introduced new buses on the Plymouth Park & Ride services. These replaced the previous ADL "Enviro 400" buses which were sent off to Bath to work.

These new buses were actually part of a large order for 100 of these buses for First Group. All 100 were used for the Olympics where they carried the SHUTTLE names on their sides in...

Are We Making the Most of Contacts?

How many times do we go to networking events, exchange business cards with several individuals and then… not follow up! We are all guilty of this to a lesser or greater degree and yet we have made the initial investment in the design, print and exchange of cards, attending the function and introducing ourselves, so what goes wrong?

Is it our typical British reserve? Why do we feel so...

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