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BMI (Body Mass index) is a calculation designed to identify if an individual is over-weight, or to be more precise is carrying too much fat.  The basic principle is that dividing your weight by the square of your height provides a BMI score, tall and thin scores best, wide and small scores worst.

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My first sales job was with an American company called Crown Lift Trucks. I remember the feeling of elation when I got the job, for it was without doubt the best job in the world. I was going to be paid £4,000 a year basic wage (£6,000, if I hit target) and I was getting a Mark 3 Ford Cortina as well. Who could ever want for more?



During my induction course at Crown’s UK offices in Wokingham, I remember being taught the features and benefits of the product range, the maintenance… Continue

Twitter. Is it a pointless fad or effective communication tool for the workplace? Twitter divides peoples opinions about the use of social media in the workplace. Here is my own view on how business can make the most of Twitter. Love it or hate it, Twitter has become some of a social media phenomenon. The idea of telling the world what you had for breakfast might fill you with horror, but there’s no denying that any channel that helps you identify emerging trends and engage with huge numbers of… Continue

One month from today you will meet a tall, dark, handsome stranger and they will hand you an order for one hundred units at a value of €1m. If we all had a crystal ball wouldn’t forecasting be so much easier?



Forecasting is saying what you expect to happen and when you expect it to happen, it’s predicting the future. Forecasts and predictions of the future are found everywhere we look, weather, economic, traffic, gambling, astrology and most of all in sales teams



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