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Gordon Hamilton's professional background is within the UK Banking Sector. Between the years of 1988 and 2007, he worked for what was initially Halifax Building Society (Savings and Loan,) became Halifax plc and ultimately Halifax Bank of Scotland plc. He

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Personal Finance > Credit Cards How to eliminate credit card debt: 3 of 60
It may seem somewhat obvious to say but when considering how to eliminate credit card debt, the first step we have to take is to stop using our credit cards. We may wish to stop short of actually cutting them up to remove any form of temptation altogether, with a view to beginning using them again in a more sensible fashion ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging What it means to be a blogger: 1 of 18
A blogger is someone who is likely to wear many hats and individual bloggers will fall in to many categories depending upon the subject or subjects to which they write but the successful blogger should view themselves, above all else, as a service provider. They have to provide the information which visitors are seeking and ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Soldiers: 13 of 228
Who gives thought to the soldiers, The weapons of the war, They may well end up dying, Yet may not know what for. In service to their country, They're sent to foreign lands, They do not have the right of choice, It's taken out their hands. Who gives thought to the families, The wives, the daughters, sons, Whose lives will ne... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death of a hero: 2 of 34
The King is Dead It was a Tuesday, summer's night, A lovely evening, warm and bright, The TV news, it brought a chill, Of shock and horror, time stood still. How I recall my mother's tears, And my confusion, childish fears, I couldn't believe how much she cried, Because some foreign man had died. At home in Graceland, far aw... More..
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging Why the spelling and grammar on Internet postings is so poor: 1 of 17
The spelling and grammar on Internet postings is so poor for several reasons. Some of these reasons are simply down to excessive haste and consequent carelessness, but others have infinitely more ominous and even frightening underlying root causes. When particularly teenagers are posting on such as forums, or communicating v... More..
Personal Finance > Banking Basics Guide to paying bills online: 1 of 17
Whenever we are looking at any guide to paying bills online, it is imperative that we ensure the guide takes full account of our security in the process of doing so. There are many risks inherent with paying bills online and if we do not take them in to account, we may very well be exposing ourselves to potential fraudulent ... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking Desserts Dessert ideas: 2 of 33
Dessert is is the part of any meal that is most often associated with decadence and delicious indulgence. It is sometimes almost as though it is thought of as the reward we grant ourselves for getting through the healthier option previous courses of perhaps lean meat, fish, or vegetables. Often, it is high in calories and in... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Where writers find inspiration: 2 of 33
Inspiration for the writer is like lightning - it rarely if ever strikes twice in the same place. We can be at any stage of our day to day activities, in any location, when without warning, the flash will go off and inspiration will have struck. What we have to do is ensure that we are prepared to harness the incredible crea... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Tips for finding story ideas: 4 of 65
The first stage of any story writing process is when the seed of an idea begins to germinate in a writer's mind. It may strike at any time and come from any one of a thousand sources. There are no rules and no guidelines as to where a writer gets his or her story ideas from but there are a few practises they can adopt to fir... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to succeed as a writer: 1 of 16
It is absolutely imperative when determining as to how we go about succeeding as a writer that we first of all establish why we wish to do so. If we only wish to be a successful writer in order to make a great deal of money but have no particular interest in the craft itself, we should realise that we are doomed to failure b... More..