27 July 2017 Pay At The BBC Apples and Pears? By John Watson What a change from Brexit! Most of us get lost fairly quickly if the conversation turns to the economic effects of trade treaties, market access and restricted immigration; however, put a glass in the right hand and everyone is an expert on… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Pay At The BBC (John Watson)
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Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief, Financial
16 March 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY ALL CHANGE: Rather more change than expected at HSBC which has been engaged in a search for a new chairman to replace seven year serving Douglas Flint – who was finance director before that. HSBC almost always has promoted its top men (they all have… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief, Financial
Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Week in Brief Financial
09 February 2017 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: Regional newspapers used to be the thing to be in. National titles had high production and distribution costs, with uncertain advertising revenue, but regional newspapers derived a much higher proportion of revenue from advertising, especially from estate agents, and had… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)
01 September 2016 Furling the Umbrella A banking scandal not worth the mention by J.R.Thomas Strange goings on at Lloyds Bank. Once the smallest and most conservative of the big Four UK clearing banks, and certainly always the most careful and cautious, especially in relation to any novelty such as technology, it was also one… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)
