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With its ever-changing and influential styles and seasonal trends, fashion is a highly competitive industry.  Every year a new set of aspiring designers showcase their designs at fashion events across the capital in the hopes of achieving the type of success that the latest & hottest new designers, Aimee McWilliams and Julia Clancey, have experienced in recent times.  Talent and vision are important in achieving this success but one aspect that many aspiring designers forget is the value of business acumen in such an uncompromising industry.

With the glamour of fashion shows, model-filled after parties and luxurious lifestyles that may ensue in the world of fashion it's easy to see why many are tempted to forge a career in this exciting & creative sector.  But it is crucial to understand that only with a solid business plan and the right marketing can a new designer have a hope to succeed, especially in the Fashion industry.

RSL management services aims to provide the strategic and business management support that every emerging business needs if it hopes to succeed.  With the experience gained from working with clients from a variety of industries RSL is able to look at every new fashion client with the capacity building tenacity that is required to ensure long term growth in the fashion world. 

Some of the important tools recommended & offered by RSL:

• Public Relations management
• Brand positioning & marketing
• Sales generation & maintenance
• Financial & accounting management

In an age of increasing social and cultural diversity international perspectives on career development are more evident than ever before.  With its strengthening economic structures and growing financial markets Sub-Saharan Africa is proving to be an ideal platform for this career development for individuals, particularly those within the Diaspora.  However there is still currently a gap between the number of vacancies and international candidates ready to fill highly lucrative career roles in Africa.

As an international business, RSL management Services aims to bridge that gap through its executive search facility.  RSL seeks to improve the perception of the African business community by placing highly trained individuals into executive positions throughout the continent.  The need for economic growth and business development is crucial for the long term success of Africa's position in the global business arena. RSL believes that there is a need for the 'Brain Drain' dynamic to reach the core of African business and know that there are individuals in the UK and across Europe & the USA who are keen to be part of Africa's long term economic growth.  

RSL currently recruits for 2 industries of Oil and finance within Sub-Saharan Africa.  By assessing clients' needs and criteria RSL Management Services is able to use its strict selection methods to review some of the best professionals and graduates on its confidential database.  By recognising the potential in these

An article I wrote for http://www.diversetraveller.com/default.aspx

When my friend invited me to stay with her, while she was in Monaco for a business trip, I jumped at the chance.  Casinos, celebrities, luxury and glamour all ran through my mind as I searched for the cheapest way to get there. 

Monaco doesn't actually have an airport - it has a heliport though, a hint as to how small this country really is.  The nearest airport to Monaco is Nice - the second biggest airport in France - one of the many useful facts I learnt about the region. 

I arrived on a lovely October afternoon and inquired about the easiest way to get to Monaco from the airport, I learnt it was by coach, a service that runs every hour and takes about 50 minutes costing 15 Euros. (under 25s get a discount - 11 Euros).   The coach dropped me off at the Columbus Hotel in Fontvielle, situated near the heliport and the Princess Grace Rose Garden. 

As another friend was also joining us later that day, I decided to start my tour of Monaco by taking the train to meet her at the airport. There is only one train station in the world's second smallest country, and you can get there via carefully situated subway tunnels.

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My friends and I spent our first day in Monaco wandering around Fontvielle, the royal palace grounds and La Condamine (a lovely little shopping/café district).  Fontvielle is a port area where many high fliers moor their huge yachts and private boats - it's a wonderful

Hi guys,

This can be related to quite a few things in life - work, family - if you're not getting that promo you want then they're just not appreciating you enough and perhaps you need to move on.  But lets look at it in terms of relationships.

I watched an episode of Oprah recently and it was great fun! They had a gentlemen who had written a book called "He's just NOT that into you" and ladies had lots of questions for him:

We have great sex when we're together and great times when we're together but he can go 3 weeks without calling me! Why?

I've been with my boyfriend for 4 years and I'm ready for marriage but he just wants to travel the world and says he's not ready yet. Why?

I had the most amazing date with a guy 8 months ago but now he only texts and calls me! Why?

Simple none of those guys are into them!

Here's my take on the issue - Let's be honest if we have to start making excuses for someone, start justifying their actions, start reminiscing on good times past rather than glorifying on great times present this person is just not the one.

I'm speaking to the ladies but this is for guys too - if you have to doubt or question a person's actions on how they are treating you that person is not fully and completely valuing your self worth - YOU ARE NOT VALUING YOUR SELF WORTH. You need to commit to the value of you - you're number one and when someone realises that there is nothing that will keep them away!

Typical excuses:

I'm too busy - doesnt have time for you now and never

Where have all the good men gone?

There seems to be a conspiracy for women in the singles scene, a mystery that not even Agatha Christie or Sherlock Holmes can solve.  It's the mystery of the "Good Man".  They say he exists, he's been written about and sung about for years, surely not every Hollywood romantic comedy and Mills & Boonä novel can be wrong.  Somewhere out there for every woman there has to be that "Tall, Dark and Handsome" hero, yet for many women they just can't find that "good man".

So what is a "Good man"? Like many things in life this definition is subjective.  My simple definition is a man who is confident in himself enough to respect humanity and celebrate the beauty of life. There are many elements that can encompass this - honesty, kindness, passion that we cannot forget, but these lead onto subjective tastes and attitudes. He is a man who is proud in his own skin and with that pride carries his integrity on his sleeve. With this I propose that the "good men" are all around us! To be good is not just about being able to buy your partner the most expensive gifts or raiding Kew Gardens every evening for the perfect bouquet of flowers (although that helps! J ). Anyone can do those things in practice but in principal their hearts and minds are not true. 

So where is this elusive "good man" if he does exist?

He is out there but he won't come to you - you have to find each other.  "That's obvious!" I hear you cry.  But honestly how often do you go out with a