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What colour should you paint your front door?

That’s the question Good Housekeeping magazine asked its readers in this 2016 feature.

The front door is the face of your home, it’s the first thing guests will see and notice about your property.

I came across it while looking for a picture of lots of different front doors to go with this post. It actually captures pretty well a lot of the emotions that go with choosing how we want to present…

Developer reminds children of the dangers of building sites this half term

As schools across the county break up for the February half term, housing provider Bromford is warning children in Gloucestershire about the dangers of playing on building sites. Bromford, which is providing new homes across twelve developments in Gloucestershire, is advising children to stay safe when walking or playing nearby building sites, especially during the holiday period. Until they…

Liberate yourselves from the fixing

“Liberate yourselves from the fixing!” was the cry from Maff Potts as he shared his haphazard, circuitous journey from charity CEO to Cameradoat our board away day this week. You expect to find flip charts, awful coffee and men in rather dubious jumpers at an away day. You don’t expect to witness a roomful of people being visibly affected…changed even…by a speaker. But Maff really connected with…

Would you mind answering some rather crass questions?

We can only be sure that the relationship we have with our customers is any good…is actually helping them achieve the things they want to achieve, without getting in the way or trying to impose our idea of the good life…if we ask them. But what’s the best way to do that?

When my colleague Vicky shared this clip from Parks and RecreationI started laughing out loud….but then had a horrible…

At Bromford we’re looking to build our coaching capability. We’re working with two great coaches in Clare McGregor and Liz Cross. The first time I met them Liz told a great story. She had just been at a conference where a Chief Constable was asked what he thought the police service would look like in an ideal world. As quick as a flash he said “there would be a police officer on every corner”.

L…