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WARNING: retirement can seriously damage your health.

May 17th, 2013

Retirement causes a drastic decline in both mental and physical health according to a study released yesterday. The research paper ‘Work Longer, Live Healthier’(1) concludes…

A reason to get up in the morning

April 25th, 2013

Cutting to the quick as usual on Wednesday’s Today programme was journalist Katharine Whitehorn  ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01s0djs/Today_24_04_2013/  ).   “Whatever age you are, you need a reason to get…

Helpful phrases when dealing with squatters…

March 28th, 2013

  Du-te de aici! Odejdź! Pchać się! Na swoim rowerze! pe Bicicleta Yer!   Sam Marsden (Daily Telegraph 22 March 2013) ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9949498/Half-of-squatters-brought-to-justice-by-Scotland-Yard-are-Romanians.html ) …reports…

Take to the hills, the Ferraris are coming

March 11th, 2013

Deepest countryside, sunshine, a picnic – and Ferraris.   A super day out – but don’t take the dog. If you still haven’t been to a…

The wedding reception at home

March 6th, 2013

  Our neighbouring DJs The Old Rockers ( www.theoldrockers.co.uk ) report  “Our wedding enquiries are anabatic“.   Apparently this is DJ speak for increasing and it…

Dog sitting, dog rescuing….What next?

February 27th, 2013

It’s probably our 32+ years of pet sitting that makes us (office staff as well as sitters) particularly alert to pet behaviour…  Sue, our secretarial…

More companies follow Homesitters’ recruitment policy

January 31st, 2013

From Emma Rowley in The Daily Telegraph 11 January 2013 ” Official figures now show that most men reach the age of 85, while the…

Loyalty will be punished!

January 17th, 2013

Thanks to The Week   ( www.theweek.co.uk/news-opinion ) for the summary of Anne Karpf’s article in The Guardian about loyalty ( www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/20/loyalty-will-be-punished ) “…I’ve come up…

Homesitters keep quiet about their celebrity clients

January 3rd, 2013

“Celebrity, and in particular athlete, endorsements are big business….on average generate a 4% increase in sales…”   so reported Anita Elberse (Harvard Business School) and Jeroen…

Homesitters’ telephone number

December 18th, 2012

Have you noticed how many websites do not provide a telephone number?  Some offer an explanation: “The biggest reason I keep my number off my…