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There are only a few people in the world that can get me out of bed before 7 in the morning, but Steve Moore is definitely one of them. Steve is the director of Policy UnPlugged, he's a great guy, who really defines the meaning of a connector and he is one of the friendliest, most genuine people, I have ever come across. Anyway more about him another time, the point is that Steve sent me an

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A question for all you entrepreneurial folks out there: how do you cope with being ill? I have finally realised that my method is pretty terrible and utterly ineffective; I just ignore any illness and heroically plough on through regardless, in the mistaken belief that no-one will notice that I'm ill and I can still be as effective as ever. Now recovering from my 3rd viral infection in 7 weeks(

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I've just been through the Terminal 5 experience at Heathrow airport. The place is a big soulless barn of a white elephant with teams of check in/bag drop counters, yet hardly any staff. My flight to Glasgow was delayed on the way there, and as the 45th minute of waiting on the runway ticked by, I thought to myself... next time I'll just get the train.

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I was beyond sad to hear about the death of Gloria Taylor. Gloria was the mother of 10 year old Damilola Taylor who was senselessly stabbed and left to die in a Peckham housing estate stairwell seven years ago. Since her son's death, Gloria and her husband Richard had become tireless campaigners. They ran the Damilola Taylor Trust, whose work included providing medical scholarships children(

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Phew, its been a full on couple of weeks. It seems that event and launch season is now in full flow and I’m having trouble keeping up! On Tuesday it was off to Millbank for the Channel 4 Spring/Summer press launch. (I wonder if I was the only person a tad surprised to see that they had alcohol on offer at 11am?) The event kicked off with a man in a suit(he didn’t say who he was) bounding on to

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On Monday I attended another excellent event run by the British Library. Precious loves the British Library! They put on a great range of events(not just for entrepreneurs)and they have a lovely team of hard working people who have a real passion for the library, who pull it all together. Over the years we have developed a good relationship and we are very proud to be partners ( of the British

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Wow! What a great night the Precious/Pearson event turned out to be. Although I love bringing women together to meet and network, I can't say that organising events is my fave thing to do! The attention to detail, watching as ticket bookings go up, choosing venues, food and drinl selections...it just involves so much. One of the things I am working on is bringing our own events organiser onto the

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On Monday,I was invited to the press night of a new play at The Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square. The play is called Random, its written by Debbie Tucker Green and stars Nadine Marshall. If you go to see one piece of theatre this year, make sure its this, if only to catch a stunning, and at times moving performance by Marshall. Tucker Green is one heck of a talent, her dialogue flows like

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I know, I know; it says Foluke's daily view on the tin, and here I am, a few days in and I haven't posted for a while. I am genuinely excited about having an opportunity to really 'write' again but sometimes life and business just gets in the way. The launch of the new look Precious site has seen lots of exciting opportunities come our way and its been proposal writing and meetings galore ever

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So how did you celebrate Mother's Day? Sadly, (for me) my mum is soaking up the sun in Nigeria at the moment, taking a few months out to spend time with her mum, my granny! So it was via a translantic phone call that I sent my love and thanks to her this Mothering Sunday. I miss her very much.

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As well as the launch of the new website, something else the Precious team is excited about is our forthcoming International Women's Month event on March 13. I have been an admirer of Hannah Pool's for ages. I used to buy the Guardian at weekends specifically to read her black beauty column, The New Black. After sitting next to her at last years British Book Awards (we were both guests of the

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Wow this is it. After months of meetings, discussions, planning, rewriting, image sourcing its finally here - the new look Precious! I’m really excited and I hope you like it too. As always we welcome your feedback so tell me what you think by emailing me at editor@preciousonline.co.uk. I have to admit that one of the toughest things I’ve had to learn as a business owner is letting go, standing

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