Life at the Lottie
Steve Holmes (Sherlock) is one of our most technical credible and capable members of staff. As team leader of our systems team they manage, maintain and develop some extremely complex environments for our customers. On top of this he...
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The Simple Things
What did you do in lockdown? I wish I had a pound for every time someone asked me “how have you been affected by COVID-19” or even “have you been affected by COVID-19?” I am not an avid news...
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Work Hard, Play Harder… Lockdown Style
Day 77 – 11 weeks in and the new ‘normal’ has started to evolve. Roads are busier, non-essential shops are starting to open and some schools are welcoming back children on limited timetables in smaller class sizes. Over the...
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Apprenticeships offer amazing opportunities, just ask Nathan Lee
National Apprenticeship Week 2020 – Nathan Lee Today sees the start of National Apprenticeship Week and there are almost 400 events celebrating apprenticeships around England. These include: open days, award presentations and engagements with schools and colleges. I started...
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Time to hear the Lightning roar
I am one of life’s fortunate few, by that I mean I got to do the thing I always wanted to do and for me that was to work on fast jets. Once it was pointed out to me...
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The Princess, the Countess and the Court Liveryman
October 10 was a very special day for me. I became a Court Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists – WCIT. I feel very privileged to have been given the responsibility that goes with this, especially as...
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The Clipper Race
Yesterday I spent the day in Gosport at The Clipper Race head office receiving a talk about the detail of the race and then having an interview for a place on the 2021/2022 Round the World Race. For...
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My first experience of Camp Cando
Last week, I tried something different compared to my usual PA role. I decided that I would take part in something that Astro participates in every year – Camp Cando. Camp Cando is a voluntary organisation that gives a...
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Children are the Future
Championing young people has always been important part of Astro’s culture, and our long-running apprenticeship scheme has seen many youngsters join us and stay with us for many years, moving up through the business and becoming key members of...
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Social Mobility, Digital Inclusion – linked and vitally important
Social Mobility has featured very highly for many years in the pro-bono work I am involved with through my Livery Company – the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists’ (WCIT). I have had the privilege of meeting people who have...
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