All articles by David Harper
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InsightRates reform needed to help high streets thrive
Many UK retailers are caught in a ‘perfect storm’, with Brexit uncertainty, rising wages, increased occupancy costs and the growth of online shopping working against them .
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Pirate watch
There has been a lot of talk about pirates on Jamaica Lightning Bolt since I joined in Australia. Whether this is due to both race briefings for this leg mentioning tactics for pirate avoidance, whether the recent stories about people being taken hostage by pirates, or whether it’s just down ...
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The Night Watch
Every day I have the pleasure of either one or two night watches, depending on the day. Our time on board the boat is split into watches, which are either six hours (daytime) or four hours long (night time). A typical two day period involves a six hour shift starting ...
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Cyclones, volcanos and pirates
I have just spent my first 24 hours on board Jamaica and absolutely nothing is as I expected. We started off with the crew briefing where a number of potential hazards were outlined to us. Firstly cyclones; we are in the middle of the cyclone season and just before ...
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David Harper's sailing blog - part 27
David Harper is director of consultancy Leisure Property Services and was previously head of international hotel brokerage and hotel valuations with CB Richard Ellis. David is taking part in the Round the World Clipper Race 2009-2010. A complete sailing novice, he will take part in the 5,100+ mile (8,200kms) leg ...
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David Harper's Sailing blog - part 26
The race day started early, getting all the rigging done, getting our kit sorted, bunks arranged and finishing off the last minute things. A party was being held at Royal Clarence Marina and many people were coming down to wave us all off. A BBQ was on offer for ...
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David Harpers Sailing Blog part 25
The Clarence was putting on a weekend of events for Clipper Crew to say goodbye, as the boats were leaving on Monday to race up to Grimsby in the Pilgrims Cup. Friday evening’s entertainment was a Karaoke night with a bucking bronco outside. Unfortunately Matt and Belinda (both round the ...
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David Harper's Sailing Blog 24
I was back down for Prep week on Thursday, with yet more gifts for the boat – I had picked up the Helming Gloves and also had the boat computer (a donation from Leisure Property Services) reconfigured by a good friend Nick Werba, and along with shower curtains and other ...
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David Harper's Sailing Blog 23
With the race due to start in less than three weeks time an army of volunteers had been asked to come down to Gosport to help get their boats ready for the race. Everyone offered up whatever time they could spare and I had been warned by my friend Charlie ...
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David Harper Sailing Blog 21
As readers of this blog will know one of the key reasons I have undertaken this extreme sailing challenge is to raise £10,000 for Cancer Research and I have been using a “Just giving” webpage to collect donations. The main way I have been letting people know about the project ...
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David Harper Sailing Blog - Part 24
I was back down for Prep week on Thursday, with yet more gifts for the boat – I had picked up the Helming Gloves and also had the boat computer (a donation from Leisure Property Services) reconfigured by a good friend Nick Werba, and along with shower curtains and other ...
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David Harper Sailing Blog - Part 23
With the race due to start in less than three weeks time an army of volunteers had been asked to come down to Gosport to help get their boats ready for the race. Everyone offered up whatever time they could spare and I had been warned by my friend Charlie ...
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David Harper Sailing Blog - Part 22
As readers of this blog will know one of the key reasons I have undertaken this extreme sailing challenge is to raise £10,000 for Cancer Research and I have been using a “Just giving” webpage to collect donations. The main way I have been letting people know about the project ...
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ProfessionalShort-stay discount
How do you value a hotel that only has a short term remaining on the underlying leasehold interest?
