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" David has an arsenal of teaching wisdom up his sleeve and he is equally as effective in delivering back office pearls as he is front office insight. More importantly his knowledge is cutting edge. "
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Newcastle University
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" David White has provided a considerable contribution to the Hoare Lea Management Development Programme since 2007. He takes a very professional approach to the course structure by working with us to identify our objectives, and creating highly relevant content and exercises. "
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" I found David to be remarkably intuitive when working with our people. He is able to put learners at ease but also finds a common ground that removes the barriers in communication whilst gaining respect from the group as their teacher and leader. "
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" The Specialist to Manager programme has been, without doubt, the best training I’ve ever had. I believe that this course has made me a better individual, team worker, leader and manager. Our trainer David White is a true magician. He kept our interest, attention and grey matter on topic throughout the course. "
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Cambridge Assessment
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It’s 1975 and I’d begun studying English & American Literature at the University of East Anglia. A subject chosen with the hope of spending a year abroad at a US university. I love american culture and the American car is a huge part of that mythology. I can’t wait.
1974, I’m 17 and my provisional driving licence has arrived. But I didn’t rush at learning to drive. It was like getting the chance to meet your hero. You just know it’s bound to be a disappointment. And with learning to drive you have to face a real test at the end – that most people fail, at least once.
If you read the last chapter of my ‘auto biography’, you’ll know I can’t remember a life before loving cars. Childhood over, let’s start this chapter in my early teenage years. Not old enough to drive a car, but really too old to play with toy cars anymore…
Resurrecting my Alfa obsession, I took a classic Alfa Spider on a perilous trip down the Amalfi Drive, one of the scariest coast roads in Europe.
Why do people develop a loyalty, even obsession with one make of car? For me, it began in 1968 with my first holiday abroad at the age of 11 when I saw my first Alfa Romeo…
Back in the 1960s real crime money came from robbing a bank. And if you were robbing a bank you needed a getaway car. Your best choice was a Jag Mark 2.
The link between mechanical watches and cars is frequently made in car and watch magazines. But can I make the case for a closer connection – with the humble bicycle?
Why do so many of us cheerfully stump up thousands for a ‘good’ watch? A spot of people watching has helped me hatch a theory on the topic. Let’s call it ‘The 5 ‘T’s of watch choice’.
If you ever plan to motor west, Travel my way, Take the highway that is best. Get your kicks on route sixty-six. After 6 weeks of selling ice cream on the Boardwalk, we’re heading west, pushing out our own new frontier…