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Diggory Lifestyle Management is focussed on making the lives of busy executives and those of their families easier. A personal concierge service that takes care of those everyday tasks, the simplest problem or biggest headache. Want to learn more? Visit our website.

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We will be introducing expert writers who will be advising on travel, IT, business and ways in which you can become more efficient. We aim to bring you reviews, promotions and informative and exciting ideas that make life more enjoyable. Read on and enjoy our very first issue!
 

Review of Spotify and The Gadget Show

Reviewed by our Experts.

Spotify is an exciting new way to enjoy your music. You start off by installing a small client on your computer which will create you an account, and attach you to the massive music library which is Spotify. After it is installed... Read more

The Gadget Show Website - http://fwd.five.tv/gadget-show

A great source for gadgets. Channel 5 has a program called the Gadget Show, it reviews all types of gadgets and puts them to the test at their jobs... Read more

Winning through culture

Author Carolyn Taylor, formally of Axialent, now founder and CEO of Walking the Talk www.walkingthetalk.com encourages executives to look in the mirror and through personal challenge, create a winning top down culture.
 

"Culture is emerging as the newest management discipline, and one which has caught the attention of company directors and executives following recent corporate failures such as Enron, and Shell’s problems with overstating oil reserves. Building a culture for success can be achieved by any leader prepared to focus efforts to this goal, and willing to face the fact that changing culture also requires changing oneself"... Read more

Selling the Sizzle

Read this wonderfully satirical piece by Diggory’s own contributor Roger Collis, author, and columnist for the New York Times and CNN.

Some years ago, I was having a drink with the chairman – I’ll call him Gerald – of a famous London advertising agency. Gerald had picked up a chunk of new business and brought his wife along to celebrate.

'Gerald, you’re the best salesman I ever met.’ I meant it as a compliment (after all it was his treat!”). But his wife rounded on me. ‘Gerald is not a salesman: he is an advertising man,’ she snarled… Download PDF

Ask the Experts

Whether you have questions on IT, Efficiency or Business Travel our experts will have the answers.

Q: What are the advantages of having Exchange email over Pop3?

Q: "Got a second?"... handling destructive interruptions (link to the Infineo Q&A page)

Q: Who owns frequent flyer miles: the company or the traveller?

Bag-packers News

Hong Kong – 24 Hour Suit

In Hong Kong, the apparent home of the 24-hour suit, there is none better then Sam Tailor who provides bespoke tailoring on a range of clothing for both men and women. Send in your measurements with your contact details and they will contact you to discuss what you want them to make for you.

Sam’s it’s a tourist must, for VIP's and Vacationers alike and is famous world-wide for its unquestioned reputation for quality and discretion, and boasts clients such as Bill Clinton, Cold Play, Sylvester Stallone, Sarah Palin and Piers Brosnan. www.samstailor.biz

 Frequent Flier Miles: use them or lose them!

In the Sunday Times this weekend it was reported that, “Thousands of travellers are having their air miles and frequent-flyer points cancelled, as new use-it-or-lose-it expiry regulations begin to bite. Last January, the Airmiles company www.airmiles.co.uk which claims 2m active members, introduced a time limit on accounts: any that remained inactive for two years would be cancelled. Read more