After the giddy heights of being a Telefax Operator in the city, I moved to a Tour Operator that specialised in hotels in London and around the UK. I worked my way up through various roles there (learning a lot about customer service along the way).  At one point I was put in charge of brochure copy.  It is here that I was to learn

After a year at sixth form college doing a business (okay secretarial) course, I left education like a bat out of hell.  I was desperate to get out into the big bad business world and earn money.  Friends were focusing on A-levels and college, but that wasn’t for me – I was opting for the University of Life (as us non-academics like to refer to

I loved working at the greengrocers (my Saturday and after school job) – it had it all.   This was way before fancy electronic tills and bar coding.  We had to memorise all the prices and, if you were working outside, add up everything in your head - which when I think back, was pretty impressive stuff. I learnt so many things there.  Most importantly how