Whilst the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) remains the obvious choice for most marketers on resources to support training and development, I couldn’t help but admire the resources of the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising). Take, for example, its required reading list in the IPA Shop - http://www.ipa.co.uk/Framework/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=2698 Whilst Read More
Nicky Richmond is the joint managing partner and one of four equity partners at West End property law practice Brecher. There are over 30 lawyers and a number of new lateral hires – from City firms and specialist boutiques – are due to join soon. She kindly shared her experiences Read More
Some recent statistics released from official sources: LEGAL Repeat offenders: Ministry of Justice show that 102,310 people convicted in 2011 – nearly a third of the overall total of offenders – had committed 15 or more crimes. 70,000 men had committed between seven and 14 crimes. Average jail sentences: Average jail Read More
I’ve just written a review of this book for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/index.aspx which will be published shortly. Whilst I bristled a little at the unusual, sound bite and social media speak, I did quite enjoy it once I got going and found it to be the sort of sensible, grown Read More
The favourite of all the many courses I have studied was the creativity and innovation module in my MBA. So it was interesting to read about a creativity roundtable of leading academics from innovation, psychology and creative writing backgrounds in a recent edition of the Open University’s Open Minds magazine. Read More
