updated this blog from june - as it shows how we have been dealing with this issue - and that even though it is so long ago - being a victim of fraud is a powerful thing.

I have got to a certain age - 45 - both my parents have died - my children are becoming increasingly independant - and i have noticed that sometimes just sometimes i have an hour or two that is not laid out for me.

So, i made the effort to find the books that my parents passed on to me. My mother loved the English Language - so i found her dictionarys, theasuarus, her phrase and fable books. My father loved to read the classics - and I found his complete works of Oscar Wilde. What a treat - i felt that i had found something really special - i am dipping in and out of these treasures - happy as anything.

This week has been interesting - my company A4e - has had to deal with the media most of the week - lots of staff, lawyers, PR types all having to make sure something tha happened a year or more ago gets reported correctly and fairly. The current climate means that the story of two junior people who left  the company for breaking company rules is news. Yes, amongst 3500 staff we found two who decided to break the rules such that they could benefit themselves. A4e finds jobs for people - the jobs have to be 'eligible' (last for a minimum of 13 weeks and be at least 16 hours per week) - these two decided that they would purposely defy the rules and claim non eligible jobs as eligible. They were found out because of regular audits and there was a thorough investigation. It makes me sad that two people with a selfish motivation can cause so much grief and heartache for others. I suppose that there have always been people like this - just don't want them near me - or anything i set out to do.

So we've been talked about in the media - in a haphazard/inaccurate way - and at the same time i am reading Oscar Wilde - who famously said - 'the only thing worse than being talked about - is not being talked about' (not copied precisely - my book is upstairs!). Ummmmm - i'm not so sure! Perhaps i had better look to some of my dad's other books for guidance! 

Any thoughts?

Emma