23 Dec 2010
'I wish Mr Gisby well on his next visit to Planet Earth. If he honestly thinks the network is working normally today it does not give any of us much hope for the future.' A commuter in today's Metro responds to Network Rail director of operations and customer services Robin Gisby's reassurances that...
22 Dec 2010
| by Elizabeth Anderson
'I can't pretend that Christmas gifts will be at the top of the Serious Fraud Office's priority list. But it will be taken into account on the day of reckoning.' - Edwin Harland, a director in PwC's forensic services practice, warns that corporate Christmas gifts could be illegal under the new Bribery...
New research has suggested that the top law firms are passing over job candidates who don't sound posh enough.
The Business Secretary's unguarded comments about the Coalition are certainly damaging - if only to Vince himself. And some rotten news on the public finances won't help matters.
21 Dec 2010
| by Elizabeth Anderson
'For the sake of a £20 turkey, people risk a criminal record that could see them barred from a number of professions, limiting their future career options' - A spokesman from security firm G4S tells the Daily Mail that supermarkets are putting tags on turkeys to stop them being pilfered by people hard-up...
If the weekend chaos at Heathrow et al wasn't bad enough, now the snow has forced a postponement of today's scheduled bank bonus showdown...
20 Dec 2010
| by Dave Waller
Think you're a motivated, innovative, proactive team player with an entrepreneurial skill set? Well, you and everyone else.
The companies targeted by pro-Wikileaks 'hacktivists' find themselves facing an awkward reputational challenge.
07 Dec 2010
| by Elizabeth Anderson
The amount of value Desire Petroleum's shares have lost after its oil 'discovery' turned out to be water.
The CBI says manufacturers can spearhead the UK economic recovery - with a bit more Government support.