BRADFORD doesn’t seem to get much positive publicity these days. Through a combination of unjust views from those outside the city and a local authority which hasn’t always made the best decisions, Bradford has not really been seen with its name in lights very often. So it was great to see that David Hockney’s home …
IT seemed a good idea at the time. After a boxing training session I was chatting about fitness to my friend Nathan Lane of Campfire PR. I told him he lacked stamina and he told me he didn’t. One thing led to another and suddenly a challenge was laid down that we would box each …
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BRITAIN bid a fond farewell to aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious this week after 32 years in service with the Royal Navy. The ship, which weighs 22,00 tonnes, is 210 metres long and has sailed 900,000 miles across the world’s seas, left its home port of Portsmouth for the final time after the Ministry of Defence …
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IT is rare that you go to an event and the speech by the sponsor makes headlines. But yesterday’s Forward Ladies National Women in Business Awards Grand Final lunch certainly did that. I was a guest of James Cliffe, UK head of business banking at global group HSBC and he told me he was planning …
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