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Can you ever make a portfolio career a success?

2011 will see a new generation of multi-skilled professionals. Denis Barnard reveals seven ways to ensure your portfolio career is more success than mess. The economic turn down has sparked an upturn in portfolio careers. On the one hand running two or more parallel jobs can allow you to be more flexible and gain more skills, but how do you stop one career propping up the others? Not all careers lend themselves to portfolio working. But, if you can make it work, then the attractions are plenty. The most popular attraction is based on the old adage ‘a change is as good as a rest’. The

New design creates a storm

A WRITING desk made from a 200-year-old walnut, which had been felled by the storm of ’87, is the latest commission from Suffolk designers Wren River Interiors. The tree, once growing on an ancestral Suffolk estate, had been languishing in a barn until craftsman Charles Wright put it to use. He said: “It had been cut into planks and veneers and left for 20 years in a barn, so I had the greatest pleasure in the sorting through the planks selecting the most suitable for the table frame and feature veneers.” Other pieces from the same tree included two large galleried desks, two small writing

Second roll of the dice for Suffolk summer safety campaign

FOR the second year running two Suffolk businesses are rolling out a successful summer safety campaign aimed at keeping young people out of danger. Brewer Adnams and Southwold advertising agency Spring are teaming up to repeat last year’s successful campaign, Don’t Dice with Danger, to drive home the need for youngsters to stay safe when out. Posters, postcards, wristbands and beer mats will be distributed to pubs, clubs, youth organisations, sports clubs and schools around the county with six key messages urging teenagers not to gamble on having a good night out. Last year’s campaign,

'Beet' your PB with the world's first organic energy shot

IT’S the secret that’s taking the elite sports world by storm. Now for the first time, the Beet It Stamina Shot - the world’s first organic energy drink – is available to rugby players. A scientific report published in the Journal of Applied Physiology revealed drinking beetroot juice could enhance sporting performance by 16percent. James White Drinks supplied the organic beetroot juice used in the trial. MD Lawrence Mallinson, said: “Within days of the research, beetroot juice became an nutritional essential for elite sports professionals from the worlds of cycling, swimming, distance

'Beet’ your PB with the world’s first organic energy shot

IT’S the secret that’s taking the elite sports world by storm. Now for the first time, the Beet It Stamina Shot - the world’s first organic energy drink – is available for cyclists. A scientific report published in the Journal of Applied Physiology revealed drinking beetroot juice could enhance sporting performance by 16percent. James White Drinks supplied the organic beetroot juice used in the trial. MD Lawrence Mallinson, said: “Within days of the research, beetroot juice became an nutritional essential for elite sports professionals from the worlds of cycling, swimming, distance running

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