A few months ago, I wrote about what I am learning from my 17 year old son and received an overwhelming response, so I thought I’d share a few more thoughts. This time about my daughter who is just about to become a teenager. I started to consider the life lessons...

I have a question for you whether you are an employer or a provider: What do you do during the recruitment process to ensure it is a positive experience for the apprentice? In my experience, having worked in Apprenticeships for over 20 years, providers and employers...

SPELLING, PUNCTUATION and GRAMMAR – with the recent uproar over SATs in the news. (I have been there done that and got the t-shirt with my two children in recent years.) This year has seen all manner of musings on the subject across multiple media not just online. So...

This is the first in the series of commandments which I will share over the coming weeks. These are how I chose to live my life, things I have noticed about myself, inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project. She advocates considering the things that...

April has been a milestone month, I launched my company, Green Clementine. I turned 40 (gulp looks like I may need to be a proper grown up!) and right at the beginning on the first, yes April Fool’s Day, my son, Jonathan celebrated his 17th birthday and today he...