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What makes a great entrepreneur? | 28/02/13

What is it that makes a successful entrepreneur? Actually, what is an entrepreneur? As the proud founder of PLMR and someone who gets to work for and with intelligent, creative and dedicated people every day I’m fascinated by the idea of entrepreneurship and what it means to the business world....Read More

The Ten Crucial Questions in the Story of Princess Kate, The King Edward VII, and the tragic passing | 10/12/12

The Corby by-election and predicting political trends | 16/11/12

Labour will win very big in Corby today. With counting underway the word from the Labour Campaign is that this result is going to be incredible....Read More

Mrs Phyllis Craig | 04/10/12

Phyllis Craig is directly responsible for this award winning company’s existence as had she not given birth to me in London in 1971, I would not have had such huge opportunities in life one of which was to found this company in 2006 since when, with the input of many people, it has gone on to achieve great things....Read More

China’s missing leader and the Communist Party’s PR | 20/09/12

Last week I appeared on BBC World Service to discuss the mysterious case of China’s Vice President Xi JinPing, who disappeared from public life for nearly two weeks. ...Read More

Day at the races | 29/05/12

The recent sunshine has provided us with a glorious taster of the British summer to come. With the seasonal flock to the coast, the countryside, in fact anywhere to enjoy the heat whilst it lasts, I had the privilege of spending Sunday at Fakenham Racecourse in Norfolk. ...Read More

The importance of meaningful corporate social responsibility | 05/04/12

When PLMR was established in 2006 part of the vision for the company was a strong commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In the six years that we have been trading this commitment is now a firm part of our business model....Read More

Carrying the Olympic Torch in memory of Elizabeth Panton | 09/12/11

I was shocked and deeply humbled to hear, earlier in August, of my nomination to carry the official Olympic Flame through London for the 2012 Olympics. So when I received an email this week to inform me of my final selection, I felt lost for words to be honest. ...Read More

Happy Anniversary Mr Speaker! | 23/06/11

Yesterday marked the second anniversary John Bercow’s election as Speaker of the House of Commons, an event which, as Mrs Bercow revealed on Twitter, prompted their children into buying their father an ‘I am 2’ badge....Read More

Will the Coalition Stay the Course – I am for the first time not so sure | 27/04/11

I am increasingly revisiting my, hitherto cast iron, certainty on whether the Coalition will make it until the end of this Parliament....Read More