ON Monday, it had been 14 years to the day since my dad passed away. 13th June 2008. He’d been diagnosed with terminal cancer 10 months earlier, on the 31st August 2007. 14 years is a long time. I was only 13 when he lost his battle with cancer, and…

BACKED. I’m sure that almost everyone who regularly invests in public companies has, at some point, found a private company they can’t invest in. This happened to me recently. I wanted to invest in MoneyBox, as I think they are a great small company that will grow significantly. However, they’re…

Cold email, when done correctly, is an incredibly powerful marketing tool. Over the last 4 years, I’ve worked on hundreds of cold email campaigns, some of which have been highly successful, and others not so much. The most successful campaigns I have worked on regularly achieve a 80% open rate…

Recently I sat down with an old school friend, Thomas Whitehead (TJ). I first met TJ at sixth form, where we became good friends. In the years since Sixth form, as is so often the case, different life paths mean we’ve only sporadically kept in touch and crossed paths a…

I’ve had Type 1 diabetes for just under 2 years now. It’s a condition you have to manage and think about every day, and some days it can be a real pain in the ass. But, I have learned to live with it. As it requires me to monitor my…

My partner and I are in the highly fortunate position that we are looking to get on the property ladder. Normally, in the past, this wasn’t an unusual thing to do. You’d call an estate agent, view some houses, make a sensible offer and wahay! You’re now a proud homeowner. …

When I moved to Cornwall at the age of 16 it was quite a big change to my way of life. Joining the local sixth-form of my new town, I slowly integrated and ended up making some incredible friends. …

Over the last few months, I have been working from home. Remote working is something I have done occasionally over the last few years, so it wasn’t overly difficult to adapt. We, fortunately, had a spare room capable of taking a small folding table and a couple of garden chairs…

Plants! They’re everywhere. In my opinion, they’re also great. From a young age, I’ve always had a selection of plants. Some have died along the way, some I’ve given as gifts and some I’ve grown to love. I know they are not for everyone. We all know someone who feels…