My daughter with support from me earns herself pocket money by looking after peoples animals.  Usually this includes, cats, dogs and especially horses as she is a keen horsewoman and competing BE now.  More recently she was asked to look after two 3 month old tortoises.  I have to say I was initially a bit concerned and not very enthusiastic.

a)  They are so tiny, what if something happens to them, and

b)  They will be so boring.

I am please to say that nothing has happened to them, in fact they were a real pleasure to look after and they were far from boring.  These little tortoises, hardly much bigger than a brussel sprout proved to be quite entertaining.  Bath time, where they were trying to clamber over each other, with no regard for putting feet in faces or anywhere for that matter!  The huge amount of food they packed away in comparison with their size and the way they eat is fascinating.  The way they decided its bed time and tuck themselves up in their compost bedding.

 If you are looking for a cute, easy to look after and mildly entertaining pet these are a must.  However beware they are not a cheap option and finding someone to look after them when you are on holiday can be tricking.  Likely I know people with experience.

Here at Land-Force we recently took the decision to employ a new member of staff and although we operate a jobs website we decided that we should spread our advertising over as wide an audience as possible.  With this in mind we advertised in a local publication and an area publication and placed an advert on our own website.  Now whilst I’m not known for blowing my own trumpet, I felt that a good crop of candidates would flood in.  Sadly, very little came from either of the publications and the flood came via our own website.  Having interviewed and made our selection we would like to introduce Jason Evans as our new Commercial Manager.  Those of you who have worked or attended Pershore College will be familiar with Jason as he was a student there.  Anyone wishing to get in touch with Jason can email on jason@land-force.com at any time.  I hope you will all join me in wishing Jason well.