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January 2006: Defence Today
An 'opinion piece' written for Defence Today, a supporting media publication by DSEi, a leading defence and security exhibition organisation following DSEi's summer 2005 event held at the ExCeL centre in London. The article was written in the writer's capacity as marketing communications manager at Bassett Defence Services.
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August 2005: MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin
Researched and written as a feature article for MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin, an internal MoD publication aimed at contractors wishing to compete for defence business, the article also boosted the visibility of Bassett Defence Services within the industry.
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Summer 2004: 'Itchy Cornwall'
As section editor for the restaurant sections in ‘Itchy Cornwall’ – a guide to Cornwall aimed at 18-35 year olds (see www.itchycornwall.co.uk) – I was involved with commissioning and editing content relating to restaurants. I also wrote a number of reviews myself, some of which are featured here (and a few of these – such as the last review here – were written for other sections too).
Reproduced by kind permission of itchy Media Limited ®, Leeds, UK.
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Summer 2005: PR materials, Bassett Defence Services
A brochure setting out the capabilities and achievements of Bassett Defence Services, an engineering company specialising in providing bespoke engineering solutions and services to the defence sector.
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Summer 2005 : PR materials, Rigibore
A leaflet outlining the capabilities of Rigibore, an engineering company specialising in developing new and innovative precision boring solutions for the manufacturing industry. This was used to support a number of visits to trade fairs and related marketing activities.
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Spring 2000: 'Lay report' – The ozone layer
Written as an exercise in communicating sometimes rather difficult scientific issues to a general – or 'lay' – audience this report was researched and written up as part of a final year project whilst studying Chemistry at Imperial College, London. It presents an overview of the threats posed to the ozone layer and at what the likely consequences for earth may be as a result.
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Scientific

June 2000: Research paper– Molecular Modelling of Pd(0) Insertion into Carbon- Halogen Bonds
This is a scientific paper very different in nature from anything displayed above (I've included it the better to provide some insight into the breadth of my writing background). Researched and written up in order to fulfil an important research element of the final year syllabus for my B.Sc. in Chemistry at Imperial College, the report outlines research carried out in the field of theoretical computer-aided molecular modelling and eventual conclusions drawn. In this instance the oxidative addition of a C-X bond (X = F, Cl, Br, I) to a palladium intermediate is looked at and the effect of the presence of variously substituted alkyne halide metal complexes investigated. This paper formed part of an overall – rather much bigger – research project that eventually resulted in a published paper in the Journal of the Chemical Society (Perkin Transactions 2).
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