by Paul Sandford | Oct 22, 2020
Contact us Recently I read a short story entitled “The Tale of the Merchant” [1] which gives an anecdotal account of some of the attempts of some 17th Century Indian town guards to clamp down on food smuggling during a famine. One of the suspects was a rice merchant. ...
by Paul Sandford | Aug 19, 2020
Contact us Recently I read a short story entitled “The Tale of the Merchant” (1) which gives an anecdotal account of the failed attempt by some town guards who had been given the task of clamping down on smuggling during a famine. One of the suspects was a rice...
by Paul Sandford | Jul 24, 2020
Contact us You would think it was easy to say sorry. It is a short, two syllable word and from a very early age it’s one that children are taught to say when they do something wrong. The one word that will help put things right. Back in the 70s there was a...
by Paul Sandford | May 10, 2020
Contact us By Paul Sandford, Director, ASM Plus Cummings is the customer relations director of Gymfit, a well-established chain of fitness centres with a number of elite gyms located in the wealthy districts of a number of UK cities. He notes that of late his staff...
by Paul Sandford | May 10, 2020
Contact us By Paul Sandford, director, ASM plus Harriet, a young entrepreneur, was invited to join a committee chaired by David to deliver a young person’s talent competition, an event that had been awarded quite generous lottery funding. Harriet put forward a number...
by Paul Sandford | May 9, 2020
Contact Us Last year Tarquin, a young solicitor who works for a very eminent legal firm that attaches great importance to its employees behaving correctly at all times bought an expensive two-week skiing holiday package at the “Swiss Alpine Hotel” from Roustabout...