BBC’s London managers vulnerable to regional scepticism
BELIEFS among BBC news managers in England that their colleagues in Scotland do not have the experience or talent to produce an hour-long programme for…
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Hot action over cold weekend presages busy period for US maternity services
MATERNITY services in US states affect by this weekend’s great snow storm could well find their workload reaches a consequent high in late October and…
Asian finance company buys new trains for the north of England
THE UK’s crazy privatised railways structure means that new trains for the local franchise for the north of England are having to be bought and…
Poor pay for writers undermines website’s legal credibility
CREDIBILITY of online information sources is being further challenged by a London-based company trying to hire writers to produce legal guidance for less per article…
Security firm learns that buying paint has political repercussions
SECURITY giant G4S has again hit a crisis of public credibility – this time over a decision by a housing contractor to paint the front…
Cameron’s crowing over job figures conveniently ignores crucial questions
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has claimed economic triumph for the latest employment figures, crowing about the data in the House of Commons. However, in…
London’s Lumiere event fail to light up some imaginations
HUNDREDS of thousands took to the streets of London over the weekend for ‘Lumiere’, an event that illuminated the capital with colourful light shows against…
Immigration lawyers set to benefit from Cameron’s language teaching proposal
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £20 million project to teach English to Moslem women – backed by a threat to those on…
Is Google ignoring the silver surfers?
After learning about the company’s creative campus, Matt Adams wonders whether the over-50s aren’t being left behind. GOOGLE has come under much attack – certainly…
‘Let me be the customer, please’
AT LEAST four six people were queuing – but the bank still had at least as many young staff standing around trying to exude self-importance…