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Disclosure

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An emotive subject, disclosure has two aspects to it, both of which can affect you as an employer. The dictionary definition of disclosure is: The two aspects of disclosure for an employer are: Disclosure when recruiting Disclosure made by an employee Disclosure and Recruitment As an employer, dependent on the nature of the role you are recruiting for, you may need to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check


Transcription and Typing

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The first typewriter recognised as being “commercially successful” is one invented in 1868 by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The patent was sold for $12,000 to a company called Densmore and Yost, who tried to manufacture the machine. The company made an agreement with E. Remington and Sons to produce the machine. In 1874, the Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer went on sale.


May… we help? – May Bank Holiday

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This weekend sees the May Bank Holiday in the UK, a three day weekend, where historically banks and businesses would close. Weather It's a running joke in the UK that, on the day that we have a day off work due to the bank holiday, it rains. The forecast, for the South East, at least, on Monday 2nd May, says cloudy, but not necessarily any rain. Origins The May Day holiday is the fourth of eight bank holidays in the UK. British bank holidays are public holidays


Subtitles

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Subtitles There are lots of reasons why a television programme or film that you are watching has subtitles. It might be a World film or foreign language film that has been translated and subtitled. It might be a mainstream programme that is subtitled for the hearing impaired and even a specialist programme, where participants speak in heavily