Economic Headwinds - A Quick Look At The Economy As a Generation X, I’ve seen many economic highs and lows, but the last year counts as one of the most unpredictable.  Media reports of food manufacturing sites closing includes Orchard House Foods, Troy Foods Veg (saved by a pre pack deal), Bakkavor (Sutton Bridge [...]

How Work Mentality Affects Life Outside Of Work Earlier this year I joined a band, something in which I had no intention to revisit after hanging up my boots in my late teens, and played my first show in 10 years back in June. I don’t think I was prepared for how quickly the [...]

Thomas The Micro Manager - Psychometric Profiling With Thomas International Way back in time when I was a factory manager, we had a new production manager (PM) come to join us. He had great achievements to his name, so we were delighted with the appointment. Our honeymoon period lasted a few weeks and then [...]

The Recruiter's Big Dream - Moving Into Our New Office! As many of you know I recently bought a Beauty Salon. After what seems an age, it’s now a recruitment office with meeting rooms and not a nail bar in sight! When we first created the Corvin Fox vision, having our own office was [...]