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Dave Waller
Web reporterFreelance journalist Dave Waller spent four years full-time on the MT staff, editing the Brainfood section and writing features for the magazine, as well as covering online news analysis. Then he left suddenly in 2009, gripped by a fervent burst of drive and career opportunism - and drove a Fiat Punto to Mongolia, for a laugh.
He can now be found working part-time on the MT website, while sampling irregular slices of working life for the magazine’s Sharp End column – his career highlight being a session of nude modelling at Plymouth Art College. Elsewhere you can find him flexing his mental muscle on London’s nascent improv comedy circuit. Sounds awful, but it’s not. It’s actually good. Check it out.
Freelance journalist Dave Waller spent four years full-time on the MT staff, editing the Brainfood section and writing features for the magazine, as well as covering online news analysis. Then he left suddenly in 2009, gripped by a fervent burst of drive and career opportunism - and drove a Fiat Punto to Mongolia, for a laugh.
He can now be found working part-time on the MT website, while sampling irregular slices of working life for the magazine’s Sharp End column – his career highlight being a session of nude modelling at Plymouth Art College. Elsewhere you can find him flexing his mental muscle on London’s nascent improv comedy circuit. Sounds awful, but it’s not. It’s actually good. Check it out.
Latest Articles From This Author
The Sharp End - Turning Japanese
- Dave Waller tries to cut it as a sushi chef during the lunchtime feeding frenzy.
Cigarette branding: cue huff and puff
- The government is about to launch a consultation on removing the branding from cigarette packets. Will that really knock the wind out of sales?
Royal Mail rations stamps
- Royal Mail's price rises have sparked a run on stamps. Is small business leading the charge?
Chinese growth spurt slows further
- China's economic growth fell to its lowest level in nearly three years in the first quarter. But Europe doesn't seem too fussed...
Department of Justice throws the law ebook at publishers
- Apple and five of the world's largest book publishers have been sued in the US for allegedly colluding to increase the price of ebooks. Read all about it...
Mothercare pulls the plug on 111 more stores
- The babywear retailer is cutting its total of UK stores from 311 to 200. Can its thriving international brood save the business at home?
Mini and Rolls drive BMW to record sales
- BMW has announced record sales in the first three months of this year - thanks to demand for the UK-made marques. Oh, and China...
Spanish debt crisis back on the Euro menu
- The Eurozone is back in a panic over a potential Spanish bailout. Are things about to take a further tumble before they get better?
Weather warms retail's cockles
- The weather boosted retail sales in March, says the British Retail Consortium. But those storm clouds are never far away...
Fitness First owners mulling CVA
- Fitness First's new owners are considering a company voluntary arrangement. Let's hope the gym's workers don't suffer an abrupt face-plant off the back of the job treadmill...
JJB Sports attracts cash-rich Dick's
- Dick's Sporting Goods is investing £20m in JJB Sports. Which means the final whistle hasn't blown for the retailer just yet...
Tesco bins its £1bn Value range
- Tesco has abandoned its Value range in a bid to regain ground on rivals. Can its replacement earn its stripes?
PM launches Big Society Capital
- David Cameron's Big Society is about to get its own £600m loan fund. But do communities thrive on business terms?
Groupon's 'accounting mistakes' send shares tumbling
- The market has reacted badly to Groupon's $65m fourth-quarter loss. That's not the special offer its shareholders wanted...
Pret a Manger rustles up 550 more jobs
- Sales at the sandwich chain rose 15% last year to £377.3m and Pret's using its record bread to open new stores in France and America.
Football clubs: skint as a parrot
- One in five English Football League clubs is in 'poor financial health'. How is it not more? That's the £50m question...
The Sharp End - Reach for the sky
- Dave Waller brushes up on his Dickens for a day as a south London chimney sweep.
The Sharp End: Chips with everything
- Business is booming at Dixons' TV and computer repair centre, finds Dave Waller.










