Have a great summer holiday!
Apart from a fast-fading tan, Heathrow airport in the pouring rain, and a tiny bank balance, the worst thing about coming back from holiday is returning to work without feeling as if you’ve had a break. Continue reading »
Beat the credit crunch with style
Do you have a wardrobe full of clothes and nothing to wear? Do you wear 20% only of what is in your wardrobe?
We asked colour me beautiful to give us their advice on how to keep our style when we haven’t got the cash. Continue reading »
Smash the stereotype: Our recruitment administrator is a belly dancer
Native to North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, belly dancing is based on some of the oldest social dances in world history. Its popularity across the Western world is increasing and today’s modern Egyptian belly dance incorporates sound mix, orchestra and drum machine with lively vocals. Continue reading »
The cult of celebrity
A contribution from a guest writer, Stef Mulleri.
One of the free evening rags recently reported that Paris Hilton was paid £70k to make a 1.5 hour appearance at a well-known Mayfair nightclub. This amounts to £777 per minute, an astronomical figure for someone who has gained fame through a complete absence of discernable talent. Continue reading »
Smash the stereotype: Our director is a Pilates teacher
Pilates is one of the fastest growing exercise regimes in the UK with over a million people now taking regular classes. Continue reading »
Overcoats for boys
From classic macs to practical parkas and designer duffels, here we explain how to select the best winter coats.
6 of the best: Retro Gadgets
The mere mention of the word retro sets some people perspiring as they have nightmarish flashbacks to a time of flower prints, flares and big hair.
The world of tech however has taken all that was good from yesteryear and brings us a fine selection of gadgetry with retro detail on the outside and innards packed with bang-up-to-date technology. Continue reading »
Digging the digital dirt
Are you Facebooked? Is your face on MySpace for that matter? Are you LinkedIn and Viadeo’d? Do you blog or have you got your own website. Are you singing to the world on YouTube? And how’s your online CV – and do you even know where it is?
These days, most of us have many elements to our online presence. But do they show us in the best light – and could they land us in trouble when we’re looking for that perfect next job? Continue reading »
Mmmm… chocolate
The origins of the solid, sensuous and to some, addictive substance we know as chocolate are rooted in New World prehistory in the mysterious realm of the Olmec and the Maya.
6 of the best: Places to get a drink after work in Leeds.
We asked consultants in our Leeds office for their recommended haunts for winding down after work.
At least you know where not to go if you’re trying to avoid us!


