Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief: UK

16 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK SPEAKER: John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is facing calls from MPs to resign after he declared that he would prevent Donald Trump from addressing MPs and peers in Westminster Hall during the proposed state visit.  Diplomatic sources have said that there has been no… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 86 2017 01 05:Week in Brief Financial

05 January 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY GLOOMY START:  First fashion retailer to comment on its winter trading results is Next, long regarded as an exemplar of that famously roller coaster sector.  But last year its winter sales were poor and shocked the market; it vowed that this season it would get… Continue reading Issue 86 2017 01 05:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Fading Icons: No More A’Roving? (J R Thomas)

20 October 2016 Fading Icons: No More A’Roving? A lament for the Landy. by J R Thomas It may seem a little strange to nominate Land Rover as a “Fading Icon” in our occasional series. Many readers may feel that every second car on the road is a Land Rover, towering monster cars with blacked… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Fading Icons: No More A’Roving? (J R Thomas)

It's FREE!

Already get the weekly email?  Please tell your friends what you like best. Just click the X at the top right and use the social media buttons found on every page.

New to our News?

Click to help keep Shaw Sheet free by signing up.Large 600x271 stamp prompting the reader to join the subscription list