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Sapphire - a gemstone for September
It is September already, how this year is flying by! It is now time to take a look at the birthstone for September - Sapphire. Probably...
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Peridot for August
We are well into August now so it is time to take a look at Peridot the birthstone for August. Peridot, also known as chrysolite, is an...
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Rubies for July
I cannot believe it is July already! Which means it is time to have a look at July's birthstone, Ruby. Ruby is a gemstone which is pink...
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June's birthstones - a choice of three
The month of June boasts three birthstones; Pearl, Alexandrite and Moonstone. I shall be concentrating this post on Pearl though, as I...
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Emerald - May's birthstone
Today I am taking a closer look at Emeralds - the birthstone for May. Emerald is a green, bluish green gemstone and variety of the...
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A Diamond for April
Diamond is both the traditional and modern birthstone for April, so lets take a closer look at it. Firstly Diamond is the hardest of all...
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Aquamarine - birthstone for March
A bit late but I have finally found a few minutes to write a short post looking at Aquamarine - the birthstone for March. Aquamarine gets...
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A closer look at Amethyst
Amethyst is a semi precious stone, It is a violet variety of the quartz group. As a silicate mineral which has the chemical formula of...
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Garnet! A birthstone for January
Firstly it might be a good idea to have a brief introduction to birthstones Birthstones are gemstones associated with each month of the...
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Welcome to my website
How exciting is this! My brand new website is now live and I am now looking forward to the whole new world of possibilities that is now...
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What does winning #SBS mean to me? (Original post 2 April 2012)
This is the story of my #sbs journey so far, I can't say where it will lead only report on what has happened so far.
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sbs - small business sunday - the twitter journey continues (Originally posted 3rd December 2013)
Thursday last week took me to Birmingham for the second sbs event. Small Business Sunday shortened to the hash tag #sbs was created on...
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sbs event and #sbswinnershour (originally posted 7th February 2015)
So the sbs story continues - Friday 30th January was a date with a huge build up on twitter among the sbs winners fraternity and it did not
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SBS Event 2016 (Originally posted on the 21 February 2016)
s I alluded to in my previous post, a week ago last Friday, that was the 12th February, I attended the #sbsevent2106 with Theo Paphitis
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