Taxidermy

  Is ‘Taxidermy’ 1. A ‘skinny’ mode of transport? 2. The craft of preserving dead things? 3. Getting ‘stuffed’ with a tax bill by the Taxman? I’m opting for ‘3’: My last obligation to the Business is sorted – I’ve paid the final Corporation Tax bill this morning! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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The Only Way is… Tooway

OK, after years of constantly below-par broadband speeds here, I finally ‘bit the bullet’ and did something about it. For as long as I can remember, it seemed like everyone else (apart from the rest of the neighbours in our immediate area) were getting faster connection speeds than us. When the houses were built 20+ …
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Another manic Saturday

Here we go then… deep breath… 7. 45am – Lee to the local Parcels office to pick up mystery parcel. CHECK 10.00am – Front path and side path pressure washed. CHECK 11.15am – OCA Magazine final design, final proof read and signed-off for printing. CHECK 12.00 noon – Truckloads of little jobs to sort relating …
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Business Blog

For a while now, my business blog has been sitting happily on a WordPress, domain (WordPress provide our free blogging facilities). However, for visitors, it must have seemed a bit strange to suddenly be whisked away from the main SPA Ltd site, to a page hosted elsewhere. I’ve therefore been thinking about how, technologically speaking, …
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Personal Website re-launched

A bit of a quiet week here business-wise, so it was a good opportunity to finish off the re-design of my personal website. Actually, I’d been tinkering with it all week but for some reason, I’d not being particularly productive with it all. So, with grim determination, resulting in some significant re-design along the way, …
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StevePalmerAssociates.com – Live

At last, I got around to redoing my business web-site – it was uploaded this morning. If anyone spots any typos or other errors, let me know! https://www.StevePalmerAssociates.com (domain closed after retirement, but cached site is HERE) Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Play: “Under Milk Wood”

We travelled over to Stratford upon Avon to see “Under Milk Wood” directed by our good friend and business colleague, Ian McLean of Second Thoughts. We decided to drive over there a bit earlier so we could look round the shops and finish off the Christmas shopping! We were pretty successful, getting quite a few …
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Alison for lunch in Peterborough

I drove over the Peterborough today to meet Alison W. We used to occasionally work together when running management courses for Nokia in the UK. We reckon we haven’t seen each other for almost 10 years!!Alison is now working part-time and has two kids – Rhys and Bethan. We had lunch at John Lewis’ and although …
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Last Rites for Ann’s Mondeo/Nicki visits…

Took a trip to the Dealership today to clear-out Ann’s car. We’ve still not heard from the Insurance Company regarding what they’ll offer us, but we’re obviously looking for the best price! This was a really sad moment – yes, it’s only four wheels and a lump of metal, but the car has been with …
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Sweden again…

Another few days spent in Sweden for one of my key clients. Stayed at Gothia Towers’ the largest hotel in Scandinavia – some nice views from my window…Beautiful weather too! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of …
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