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"Good afternoon and Welcome to Laura Ashley!"

Advantages: A product you can discuss for hours and look at for days
Disadvantages: Not very competitive rates of pay

Having worked for a variety of retailers over the past ten years- ranging from a well-known supermarket to a local small business- I have experienced both good employers and those to avoid. Laura Ashley Limited sits nicely in the middle, often reaching towards the "Places I Loved to Work" category. I have been with the company for just over a year. In this time, I have been promoted from Sales Leader (supervisor) to Assistant Manager. When promotion opportunities arrive, which is quite rarely in certain areas, I have to admit, the managers are more than happy to promote within, in order to keep the knowledge gained during training. I can understand that this is a negative idea to some, but from an insider's perspective, it worked well for me! Initially, the product knowledge required to work at Laura Ashley can be overwhelming. When ...

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LAURA ASHLEY Design Service

Advantages: Easier to choose at home, advice from designer
Disadvantages: None

, and generous samples of the wallpaper, carpet and fabrics that we had chosen. There was also an estimate, for each room, which she had not totalled up, presumably so I wouldn?t get an instant fright! There was also a card with a unique design service number, which I should quote when placing any order, so that they can track its status for me. She also included details of recommended tradespersons, for the various jobs such as carpet fitting, and wallpapering. These tradespersons are not guaranteed by Laura Ashley however they are of good quality overall. Payment options available are the Laura Ashley Credit Card, which has a rather hefty APR when compared to a regular loan, but you do get 4% back in Laura Ashley Vouchers. Alternatively you can have 12 months interest free credit, or a loan. You can also pay with good old-fashioned cash ...

helencbradshaw 02.01.2002 (09.02.2002) · Read full review
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I think Laura Wilson is my new best friend

Advantages: A completely absorbing read
Disadvantages: None

If you enjoy a good psychological crime novel that is written, well I am sure that, like me, you will really enjoy this book - My Best Friend by Laura Wilson. This is the third book written by Ms Wilson, and while crime novels aren't my favourite genre, I found this a remarkably well-written and absorbing book. This book is very unusual in the fact that it has three first person narrators as well diary entries from over fifty years ago and also includes excerpts from children's books. This sounds on first hearing that the book will be messy and hard to follow but Laura Wilson manages to integrate all these elements together into a dark, heart-rending story of a dysfunctional British family over a period of fifty years. The book takes place during and after World War Two and features two sisters, one a children's author ...

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