It’s not easy finding new subjects for Building’s regular 4-page recruitment features in this market, but construction types take heart! There’s always an angle – if you’re prepared to learn Spanish, work for the council or go somewhere where there’s no booze and women are second-class citizens…
Month: May 2009
Zeppelins, entrepreneurs, missing links, EU law
I had a busy few weeks in April, writing four articles for Insurance Times’ supplement for the British Insurance Brokers Association conference. I interviewed a long-standing broker about the days of private fire-fighting services, insuring Boots the Chemist against zeppelin damage and staying in business for 130 years, got credit-crunch survival tips from firms who never miss an opportunity to find new business, made the missing link between loss adjustors and brokers, and got to grips with the latest complex EU legislation on pollution.