| definitely the most populous city in the European | | | | team, keep them healthy, and promote |
| Union, is a quiet, relaxed, and friendly place with | | | | teamwork and spirit at the same time? Do you |
| many open areas full of fresh air and green | | | | send them weightlifting, known to be very good |
| spaces. London, they say, is for lovers, an ancient | | | | for stress, maybe dancing classes, known to be a |
| city whose history greets you at every turn, | | | | good relaxer, martial arts training, perhaps, |
| ancient landmarks scattered throughout the city, | | | | improve their overall fitness levels, no doubt, and |
| but that's not the London we want to talk about | | | | stress counselling is these days widely available. |
| today. | | | | But what about the playing together as a team |
| We want to talk about London the largest and | | | | angle? |
| capital city of the United Kingdom, the leading | | | | This might explain the growing craze for paintball. |
| foreign exchange market centre in the world. | | | | It could be the obvious answer, getting people out |
| Attracting as it is a tide of hedge fund assets | | | | of the office and often too into the fresh air. This |
| London is also the capital of credit card fraud --I'm | | | | is perhaps why so many paintball venues are |
| told that's official. London is the only actual | | | | springing up in and around London and the city in |
| exporter of financial services Of the three big | | | | particular. There's the Paintball Centre in Worship |
| financial capitals, . | | | | St EC2, right in the crowded heart of the City, in |
| London is also the principal business centre for | | | | every sense of the word. Other paintball |
| Europe and provides the best opportunities for | | | | companies have sites still local in a sense but as |
| those wishing to become involved in international | | | | far afield as Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, |
| business. London is the world's top destination for | | | | Potters Bar and as close to the heart as the City |
| air travellers. London is a vibrant, bustling, | | | | itself and Westminster. Westminster, eh? Handy |
| multi-cultural city. London too is important because | | | | for the Civil Service! Don't forget too the very |
| of the large size of its gold market. | | | | impressive venue at Canary Wharf, London's |
| That means big bucks get earned in London, and | | | | largest indoor venue. Greater London offers |
| where you get the big bucks, you get the big | | | | facilities at Billericay in Essex and Cobham in |
| stress. | | | | Surrey, where the A3 meets the M25. This is just |
| Now stress is not the demon it's often made out | | | | outside London and is easily accessed from the |
| to be. Stress is a feeling that's created when we | | | | city. |
| react to particular events. Stress is your response | | | | Plus of course there's the marketing potential. |
| to any physical, emotional or intellectual demands. | | | | Have your home team line up against your major |
| The importance of challenge in our work lives is | | | | clients' personnel. Mix and match, try having your |
| probably what people are referring to when they | | | | office personnel and theirs team up against your |
| say "a little bit of stress is good for you. But | | | | field operatives. What could be a better way of |
| that's not what they get in The City. There, it's | | | | teaching everyone to work together? |
| endemic, and frighteningly, chronic job stress is a | | | | Perhaps this is the reason paintball is so popular |
| known risk factor for heart disease. | | | | for corporate days out, playing paintball can make |
| So what do you do if you're a team leader in the | | | | a good team better! |
| city and you want a way to relax your wound up | | | | |