Monday and Tuesday were the last 2 days of the 8 day Practical Skills For Business Course. The topics covered were Financial Management & Financial Administration, both exceptionally heavy topics I wasn’t looking forward to but needed the most. Mmmmmm large doses of accounts, tax and vat, just what you need at the start of […]
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Disabled Facilities at HQ
September 29, 2012 
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The other week I received a phone call for the QM (Quartermaster) at Cambs ACF (Army Cadet Force) to let me know that a meeting was going to take place. The Estates Manager from East Anglia RFCA (Reserve Forces and Cadet Association) and their Architect were meeting with the QM at the Cadet Training Centre, […]
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September 24, 2012 2 Comments
I’ll start by apologising for being a bit quite the last week or so as I haven’t felt brilliant or done anything worth talking about. I must admit I have been a bit nervous in the run up to today and a little frustrated it has taken so long. My Consultant arrived at roughly the […]
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September 15, 2012 0 Comments
Thursday and Friday was the latest installment of the Practical Skills For Business Course. It was great to see Andrew and the Group again but I really didn’t feel with it at all. We covered Business Management and Operations on the Thursday and Costing & Pricing on the Friday, I managed to get through both […]
Continue reading A job well done
August 21, 2012 0 Comments
So, 8 months and 11 days after my surgery they have finally completed the Kitchen worktop, hussar! Two guys came yesterday to start the work, one of them was the person who came round to do the quote. He was really good and came up with some good suggestions to get the best from the […]
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August 19, 2012 0 Comments
There has been some progress with both the Kitchen adaption and the Wet Room, so here’s the update:- Wet Room At the beginning of the week a surveyor came out to see the Bathroom and assess the work that needs doing. He was really nice, explained things really well and also checked that I knew […]
Continue reading Time to go it alone
July 27, 2012 0 Comments
I was up and at the Job Centre by nine o’clock this morning as I had an appointment with a personal adviser from TCHC (The Consultancy Home Counties). TCHC is a private company working for the Government to assist people facing Redundancy or Unemployed. For those, who like me, are Unemployed they offer funding and […]
Continue reading Life begins today
July 26, 2012 0 Comments
It may be my 1st Birthday as an amputee but in real money I am 40 today. Apparently, so the saying goes, life begins at 40 and I would like to think that’s true. Because I was supposed to be on Annual Camp for my Birthday I was a bit worried about it, nothing to […]
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The Amputee 