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The Missing – Carole Day
I have been asked to highlight the mysterious disappearance of Carole Day, a British ex-pat living in Hong Kong, who travelled to Manila in the Philipines on a business trip on 10th September and has vanished in thin air. A dedicated facebook site has been set up...
Oprah’s visit to Australia, paying bloggers and Trip Advisor’s angry hotelliers
Some people get all the best jobs. I would jump at the chance of visiting Australia for a fraction of the price which local authorities there are paying Oprah Winfrey - a reported $5 million dollars - to give its flagging tourist industry a much needed boost as...
Women’s addiction to social games
I learnt something new yesterday - that millions of women are huge fans of Facebook's social games with FarmVille toping the list with 62 million followers. It includes forums where you can report bugs and show off your landscaping, with the most addicted followers...
Universities and alcohol
At the risk of sounding a killjoy, I totally support a suggestion by the UK's accident and emergency doctors who want to end boozy Happy Hours for student freshers' weeks which kicks off shortly.The alcohol consumption levels are worse for students who want to join a...
Congratulations to East Anglia’s Business Hub
I would like to congratulate Mark Peters and Ian McKendrick, presenters of the popular weekly Sunday morning business radio show, for its network launch today throughout East Anglia. The Business Hub only started a few months ago covering Cambridge and Ely, but is now...
Writing a personal statement for university
I went to a parents' meeting at my youngest son's school last night to advise us about his university application which has to be submitted soon. Yes, how did the years fly by so quickly!This presumably hadn't been a problem for my eldest son as he was offered a place...
Gavin Henson needs to see sense
Gavin Henson, the Welsh rugby international player who became a household name as the boyfriend of singer Charlotte Church, tells us in a newspaper interview that he wants to quit his club for "compassionate reasons, and the mental state of my mind" following...
From Journalism to PR
There's an interesting article in the latest PR Week about increasing numbers of journalists switching to PR as newspapers close up and down the country and they succumb to the temptation to earn much more money from leading agencies. When I first made this...
Blending iPhones and the Business Hub
I've become a big fan of the Business Hub, a unique weekly radio show broadcast for businesses in the Cambridge and Ely area which has amassed an impressive following of loyal listeners. From this weekend the show is being extended throughout East Anglia, and the...