Working from home?
Top tips for working from home …………………… I could sit here and write another blog post on the top ten ways to work better and more efficiently at work or the top ten Netflix programmes to binge while we’re all in isolation but there are already thousands of them out there – just Google it […]
First day of work at 15!
Written by Jodie Bennett Work experience. Two short words with a big meaning. It is defined as ‘time spent gaining experience from a workplace or employment for future use’. Yet, ‘future use’ is limited in any occupation; the skills required in 10 years time will massively vary to the trades in this day and age. […]
Norbord, providing the silver lining for builders when the weather is behaving badly
Written by Ella Pitt The U.K has been hit with a barrage of bad weather lately, from storm Dennis to storm Jorge, snowfall and flooding, it can all feel a bit relentless! Now that we are into March the promise of sunnier skies seems a little more realistic but we are all well acquainted with […]
Who do you believe in a crisis?
News – who do you believe in a crisis? THE Coronavirus is dominating the media at the moment and we all seem to talk about it in meetings, pubs, homes (if we are staying in!) – anywhere! We no longer use the dreadful weather as the introductory safe topic. None of us is sure how […]
Getting the gig
I get the gig – as in I get the gig on the gig economy. First “invented” in the US a few years ago, it now accounts for more than five million workers in the UK. A gig is a temporary job of course; not a blast of Billie in Brixton. The employee often works on a specific […]
What can Valentine’s Day teach us about approaches to marketing?
Written by Ella Pitt Marketing and Advertising aren’t quite synonymous terms that can be used entirely interchangeably, but what are the major differences and what is the purpose for keeping the two separate? The distinction can certainly feel clouded at times and perhaps not all marketing approaches take the importance of having different attitudes into […]
To travel or not to travel – that is the question!
Wandering to the train station today – a lovely 30 minute jaunt with nature which sets me up for the day – I was thinking that maybe I should try the route in silence! You see I always listen to LBC to get the gen in case someone asks me something “topical” in a meeting […]
Face to screen communications
Written by Ella Pitt I’m often struck by the paradoxes of living in the 21st century. It seems to me as though recent decades have been marked by both the absolute embracing of change as well as the utter revulsion of change, and quite often both at the same time. Our relationships with the ever-advancing […]
The marketing potential of newness
Written by Ella Pitt Standing at the start of a brand new year, the mind naturally wanders to the concept of newness. With what started as thoughts of the end of 2019 and setting intentions for 2020, I found myself questioning why we respond so well to this concept of newness. New years, new looks, […]
Silence is golden
A good life is a full life; but just sometimes we all need precious silence don’t we? And that’s why I love reading books; alone, in another world, sshhhhhhhhhh……… Yes, silence may be golden, but I am not sure it’s what we need while commuting, vacuuming or jogging. And audiobooks now seem to be great […]