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With the war in Ukraine still ongoing, sanctions have continued to increase over the last week, all to try to stop the fighting. There are designed to be hard-hitting for Russia, however none of this of course is without consequence here. This week I thought I would take a look at this, what this could mean for us and how we should get ready. Taking a step back Only 2 weeks ago, before all this… Read more

Pets do seem to be playing an increasing role in many of our lives. Indeed there seem to be quite a few folks I know who acquired a dog during lockdown, who are now becoming features on work video calls and no-one minds anymore too. It is great. ‘Dogs have owners… cats have staff’. In my house, no dogs, but there are cats… 2 cats. Now, I would not say I am a cat person…… Read more

Those of you who know me or have followed this column for a while will know that I have an interest in observing some of the little things, and how lessons from one industry can be applied to another. This week I found myself once again in the supermarket… this shopping for food thing seems to be becoming a bit of a habit! 🙂 With only a relatively small shop, this weekend I decided to… Read more

Yes I know, there was no blog this last weekend… with life seemingly returning to some sort of normality it has become busy again, and apparently, all it needs is a slight change of routine (an activity was cancelled) and suddenly everything is out of alignment and you’ve run out of time… Who would have thought that writing a blog would have any similarity to landing planes (or indeed running the trains), but apparently it… Read more