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Is George Osborne An Upper Class Lightweight? 2008-11-20 13:03:23 Is GeorgeOsborne
, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, (real name Gideon Osborne) an upper class, lightweight who is totally out of touch with ordinary people? Or, is this unfortunate caricature merely a result of his less than appealing portrayal by the media? Read more:Upper
HR Consulting 2008-11-20 12:53:06 To put it bluntly, HR bods around Britain are being forced to step down from their ivory towers and come up with new, fresh and, above all, workable strategies that could actually have a positive impact on an organisation’s productivity. Read more:Consulting
Taxation System 2008-11-14 09:29:52 With so much discussion in relation to possible tax cuts across the board, I can’t help but feel that this is an opportune moment to reconsider the taxation system in its entirety; more to the point, how it could be used as a carrot rather than a stick... Read more:System
, Taxation
Pester Power 2008-11-14 07:16:47 What with the impact of the credit crunch and Christmas fast approaching, the pressure is on to re-examine our motives for paying ridiculously inflated prices for certain ‘must have’ items that our precious progeny simply can’t do without...
Public v. Private Pension Payout 2008-11-07 10:38:53 Figures were quoted of around £1 trillion of taxpayers’ money propping up over-generous public pension schemes; accusations were also rife of government failure to tackle the escalating costs involved, merely to avoid rocking the collective trade union boats... Read more:Pension
, Private
, Public
Shorter Working Hours 2008-11-07 10:29:43 Until very recently, the global credit crunch was reported in largely theoretical terms, with the focus firmly upon the financial excesses of previous years, the collapse of the property market, in general, and the failings of the numerous related financial services. Sparse attention was paid, initially, to how this worldwide economic cataclysm would translate for the average British worker... Read more:Hours
Keep Politics Out of Education 2008-12-18 09:56:08 This has been clearly demonstrated with the recent publication of the Interim Report on Primary Curriculum and Sir Jim Rose’s radical proposals for replacing the existing narrow subject-based curriculum with ‘six broad areas of learning’. The review advocates cross-curricular learning, while abandoning the teaching of subjects in isolation such as Geography, History and English. Read more:Education
Consumer Trends & Predictions 2009 2008-12-18 09:53:43 As we approach 2009, battered and bashed by the credit crunch, the British consumer is being forced to face facts. Even the most blinkered shopaholic has no option now but to take stock; no longer can we splash our cash. Read more:Consumer
, Predictions
, Trends
Work & Pensions Secretary, James Purnell’s White 2008-12-12 01:48:22 Criticism has been rife, in the wake of the Work & Pensions Secretary
, James
Purnell’s White
Paper that those who have been unemployed for two years or more must demonstrate that they’re serious about finding full time work – or have their benefits stopped.
Brown v Cameron: the Battle for Economic Recovery 2008-12-12 01:43:44 Isn’t it strange that politics holds little appeal for the vast majority of the British population when the economy is buoyant? But when the going gets tough and more to the point hits us directly in the pocket, we’re suddenly on red alert, scrutinising our politicians’ every move Read more:Battle
, Brown
, Cameron
, Economic
, Recovery
Huge Discounts - Or One Big Con? 2008-11-28 15:42:28 What exactly is going on in the Wine & Spirits’ aisles in all our major supermarkets, such as Sainsbury’s and Tesco? With massive discounts of around 25%, on top of the extra discounts offered for buying in bulk, I for one smell a rat. Read more:Discounts
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