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From the fields of Wales to the heights of Hong Kong
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I won silver at the Olympics, before working in prisons
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As a tennis player, I understand how people move
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I played Ronnie O’Sullivan, then went back to the classroom
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Released from a club? Take the leap.
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Working with a high-performing team
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Working in the sport industry made me a better athlete
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Mentoring: Driving Performance and Saying ‘No’ to Zoom
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What a Hop, Step and Jump Has Given Me
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From Changing Room To Board Room
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Paralympic cycling showed me a gap in the market for tech
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My business allows me to keep focussing on football
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Leaving rugby was painful – and irreplaceable
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How sport made me a tech founder
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I was meant to be the next Michael Owen
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The Foodie Footballer talks to LAPS
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I want my students to do well and I’m competitive about it
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Why so few? The rise of the Female Coaching Network
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Why I left swimming after the bubble popped
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Ever felt like punching a colleague?
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‘I had to learn almost everything about business’
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From the football jungle to the jungles of Belize
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‘I now come as one package: rugby and coffee’
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Building a career alongside semi-pro sport
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‘If we use our fists, then we’ve failed’ – careers in security
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How setbacks have helped me build a new career
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Making a positive break from sport
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When power to weight becomes less than powerful
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Should athletes become investors?
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Sport gives you a sense of purpose – and that’s what I wanted from my career
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British Elite Athletes Association Alumni Platform Launched
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A new way to connect athletes with experts
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Driving the club forward: first on the pitch, now in the office
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What the f**k do I do now?
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How I found my new career through football
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Squash gave me a career and a husband
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Can rowing help prisoners rehabilitate?
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Ahead Of The Game 2023
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Taking control of studying and sport
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Shifting your focus from one goal to many
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Was I at a dead end, or a crossroads?
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Is Ice Hockey the UK’s Forgotten Sport?
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Lessons to my younger self
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From tennis to podiatry
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There’s strength in fitness
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What do you actually do at LAPS…?
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Playing people in their best positions
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Staying true to your principles
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Becoming an expert: sports law to personal training
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The Warrington captain from Wigan, playing for Ireland
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Make Sure You’re Ahead Of The Game
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Working at home and playing away from home
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From the football pitch to the Love Island villa: life without a mobile phone
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It’s easy to be average – it’s hard to be outstanding
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Part Of A Team At The Commonwealth Games
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Team Wales Will Drive Me On
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Is It Really ‘The Friendly Games’?
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Building Towards my Best in Birmingham
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I Faced the End of my Football Career Twice
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From Winning Teams To Broken Dreams
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Taking Control Of Life After Sport
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A Fly On The Wall Of Pro Football
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Red Roses Make History: A View From Inside The England Camp
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See You At The In-House Recruitment Expo!
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Can You Have It All?
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More Of What Works, Less Of What Doesn’t
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 How Cricket Has Taught Me To Deal With Failure
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I Used To Play Rugby, Now I Sell It
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How Can Sportspeople Advocate For Planet Earth?
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Dedicating Myself To Psychology
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In Football Academies, The Dreams Stay The Same But The Mindset Is Changing
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Back To Beijing For A Different Kind Of Olympic Games
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Failing To Prepare Is Preparing To Fail
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Ahead Of The Game … It’s Back!
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Best Of Sport 2021
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How A Dual Career Leads To Dual Success
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Putting Change Into Action
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Learning Leadership Lessons
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Making Mistakes By Having A Tunnel Vision
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Life Outside Of The Goldfish Bowl
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A Race To The Bottom
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No matter how much you plan for the transition, it will always be a challenge like no other
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LAPS App
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How a former athlete uses the same methodology as Google and Spotify to achieve his goals and how you can do it too.
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From Junior World Champion to Business Owner
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Becoming a Sports Scholar
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LAPS are at IHRE21 Summit Birmingham Hybrid
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Sport and Sustainability – partners for the long term
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Prioritise your future: the importance of looking forward in sport
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All or Nothing: The Repercussions of the obsession to win
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Bursting the pro sports bubble
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From Australian National Road Race Champion to Human Potential Coach
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Our Race – teaming up with track stars to tell their story
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From Footballer to Foot Fixer
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How to get the best of both: combining elite sport with higher education
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How COVID-19 brought my Olympic adventure to a hard stop
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A numbers game: Being a funded vs unfunded British Judo player
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Why athletes are primed and ready to tackle the fitness industry
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How writing a match report led me to a career in Journalism
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How I went from winning the league in Iceland to career in property
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How James’ move to Head of Talent will effectively support LAPS Members
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How one header forced me to rethink my entire career
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Turning the corner: from a bobsleigh track to the professional world
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How I found my new path after professional badminton
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What’s next after 20 years of basketball?
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The continued search for meaning after retirement
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How to apply elite team skills from your sporting career into business
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How setbacks have helped me, on and off the pitch
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How rejection from football pushed me to make music
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Why we love working with athletes in property
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No Plan B?
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Playing football and learning Web Development
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How a spell out of cricket put me on the path to a new future and helped my game
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Square One is not where you’re starting from
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Building my coaching business during the pandemic
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3 Tips for Interview Prep
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Not so soft skills
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Football, a ‘Real Job’ and Back Again
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It’s a 2021 message from Rob & Robbie
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Our 2020 Sporting Highlights
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Why your character not your skill is your athletic superpower
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How time away from rugby set me on the path to a biltong business
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How a dual career approach benefited my athletics
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How 3 Pieces of Writing Online Changed My Career
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Making My Own Real Job
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How misplaced motivation led me from rugby to sports psychology
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Lycra Suit to Business Suit
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As the Wolf Approaches
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How did I get a job at a sports agency? 
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Why is retirement hard?
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What I’ve learned from 10 years of pro Badminton
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How sport taught me to deal with adversity
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How refereeing made me excited to get back on the rugby pitch
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The LAPS Placement Service
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We’re growing (again)! 3 new team members join LAPS
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The Ups, Downs and What’s Nexts of the Athlete Rollercoaster
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The Loyal Soldier
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How ‘What Next?’ Moved Me Past My Sliding Doors Moment
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No Longer Just A Footballer
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My Second Half
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How quitting professional sport opened up my world
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Track to Teaching
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What if finding your next career involves not committing to anything….yet
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How we’re helping our athletes starting today
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Ahead of the Game 2020
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December Property Sector Members’ Meetup
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We’re growing! 3 new team members join LAPS
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Music Industry Event Gallery
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Terry Moor Promotion
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Ahead of the Game Highlights
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Kieran Bywater – Another SJP Success Story
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Ahead of the Game Manchester
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Adidas Events Highlight
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The First LAPS Business Networking Event
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Coming in April 2019 – The Franchise Gateway
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Ballsy Women Documentary
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LAPS welcomes Gail Emms
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St. James’s Place Partnership – 6 Months on
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Interview with Tom McCready
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GiveMeSport Interview
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Play It Forward on Sky Sports News
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Athlete Futures Exhibition
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Sky Betting & Gaming Seminar
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LAPS and Robbie Simpson in The Sun
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Play It Forward Workshops
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St James’s Place Wealth Management Seminar Highlights
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AFC Wimbledon Careers Event
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Leon Mckenzie Interview in Knock Out London
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New Video Interview – Sean Thornley
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Sky Betting & Gaming Seminar
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LAPS welcomes Leon Mckenzie
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New Video Interview – Rhys Weston
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LAPS Launch St James’s Place Partnership
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Martin Dobson Interview
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New Video Interview – Scott Barron
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New Video Interview – Marc Twaite
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Aldi Careers Seminar
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2017 Player Care Conference
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Level39 Careers Seminar
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LAPS in the news: round-up
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Competition Time!
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Feature in the Telegraph
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FC Business Magazine
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Professional Player Magazine
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LAPS on the Radio!
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New Video Interview – Shaaiq Choudhry
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Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Event
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A Busy Day of Interviews
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Our Most Interesting Video Interview Yet?
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Chris Birchall’s Video CV
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New Video Interview – Paul Gibbs
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New Video Interview – Harriet Scott
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Daily Mail Interview with Robbie
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New Video Interview – Jody Craddock
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New Video Interview – Kerry Williams
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We have a winner!
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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson endorses LAPS!
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Recruitment Times
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Happy New Year, its competition time!
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The LAPS Platform is Live!
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Athlete Futures