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6 Red Flags to Avoid When Hiring a Damp Proofing Contractor

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If your property is suffering from damp problems, you should hire a damp proofing contractor that will protect your home and make it more comfortable for living. But, how to know if a certain damp proofing contractor can be trusted with the task of solving your damp problem? It takes the right experience and expertise to locate the exact problem you might have.

Today, there are many contractors that offer damp proofing services, so it takes more than taking their word for it in order to choose one. You need someone who will show up on time, provide quality service, deliver on time and budget, and realise your vision. Continue reading “6 Red Flags to Avoid When Hiring a Damp Proofing Contractor” →

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Talking To Children About Work

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Talking to children about work usually begins from when they are small, from saying about the fireman driving past to the shopkeeper’s role and the many other different people they see working in day-to-day life. Children are naturally curious and will ask questions about everyone they meet. For example, when you take them to see the doctor, they will ask questions about what the doctor is doing, and more about their job. Children will enjoy the idea of choosing a job and earning money for doing that and will often role-play different careers through play but as they get older, the idea of getting a job, choosing a career or a business area becomes more of a reality. So how do we have conversations with our children that help them gain a good foundation for their future working lives?

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Running A Business Event In Style

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There are a range of reasons as to why you might throw an internal business event. Perhaps you’re running your first award show to try and congratulate the excellent workers in your business? Perhaps you wish to have a great party to help everyone wind down at the end of the year? Maybe you wish to celebrate a business milestone, or maybe you wish to present your business at a trade show? Running an event or business presentation in style can be well worth it because it helps you pop out. More and more businesses are clamouring to show they have some form of corporate personality, be that through insightful or funny comments on Twitter, carefully ‘approachable’ marketing copy or a range of other carefully calculated considerations.

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Top Tips that will Help you to Email More Efficiently

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Nobody likes having an endless list of emails to reply to. It’s hard work and you may even find that it’s time-consuming as well. If you want to put an end to this once and for all then here are a few tips that will help you to email more efficiently…

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Is It Worth Moving For Money?
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Is It Worth Moving For Money?

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Location can be very important when you’re working on your career. Most cities and towns will have their own specialities, with large parts of the population pitching in, making it hard for those who want to do something different. Of course, there is always the option of moving away, but it can be hard to tell if this is the right course of action to take. To help you out with this, this post will be exploring the idea of moving for money, along with the benefits and negatives which come with it. Continue reading “Is It Worth Moving For Money?” →

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Here’s How You Could Add Way More Hours to Your Day

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Here’s How You Could Add Way More Hours to Your Day

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It’s true that a 25-hour day isn’t going to happen, and although that would be great, there really isn’t anything that you can do to literally extend the day. There are things that you can do, however, to make the day feel longer than it actually is. If you want to feel as though you are getting more out of your week here’show to add more hours to your day… Continue reading “Here’s How You Could Add Way More Hours to Your Day” →

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A Writer’s Guide To Finding Inspiration Around The Home

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If you’ve ever cursed your job as you frantically check your watch in backed up traffic, dreading the conversation with your boss when you roll in late. If you’ve even fought through rain and sleet among busy streets thronging with commuters. If you’ve ever felt your heart sink when a voice on the radio tells you that a broken down vehicle is causing significant delays on the motorway home, you may feel that working from home is some sort of elysian paradise, however optimistic you try to be about your commute. The allure of the home office may be a romantic notion to commuters on a dark and rainy November morning.

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