Mster photo

It’s a small world even on the
biggest of cruise liners – but
there’s plenty of scope for creative
portraiture. The entertainers, crew
and staff are subjects as well as
the passengers – of all ages.
it did. Initially I tried everything
to keep all my staff
(six full timers and four part
timers at the time). This was
partly because I am a compassionate
human being more
than a businessman and the
idea of laying off people with
families and mortgages, that
I considered friends as well
as staff, really upset me, and
partly because I saw my staff
as assets that would be able
to assist me in making up the
lost ground once we came out
of the recession.
“However it became apparent
that the recession was going
to run and run. Interestingly,
it wasn’t really affecting
average orders, simply the volume
of clients. I was spending
more and more money to
generate less and less sessions,
volume that we only needed
because of having so many
staff. One by one I gave up
the fight and let members of
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