Mike Clough's Articles

Happiness

As an employer I have a variety of people that work for me, all are good – otherwise they wouldn’t…

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Superweed

Japanese knotweed is the poster child for invasive weeds in the UK. The tabloids and clickbait news will feed off…

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Mike Clough – quick review.

I’ve worked all my life. Never really had a period when I haven’t worked and I can’t even remember a…

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Infestation Rebellion

The Truth: We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. Life on Earth is in crisis: scientists agree we have entered…

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No – I’m not working weekends…

The world has changed so much in the time that I have been working. My first job was working at…

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Main ‘Con’-tractors…

More and more times we are finding main contractors trying to screw us over on contract details. They are becoming…

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The Nature of Nomenclature

So, you’re all highly-qualified horticulturalist and biologists, just like me, and looking forward to some technical discussion? Well, as it…

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CPD banned.

My current CPD has been officially complained about. The current format is described as ‘offensive and horrific’. Now you’re interested…

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Fame….

I’m gonna live forever… Remember my name, fame.’ How did the rest of the song go…? …but how will I…

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Marketing fail….

Apparently, people don’t like me. My wife doesn’t like me, my brother doesn’t like me and it appears some of…

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HSE Workplace Fatality Statistics

First of all, when talking about health and safety at work, and particularly the sort of statistics referred to in…

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Insect shortage …?

I’m not a great fan of insects. When I say, ‘I’m not a fan’ – I need to clarify what…

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