When is a compromise really a compromise?

With all the media attention focused on the mess it appears the BBC & Newsnight have got themselves into, many people are questioning the £450,000 exit package that George Entwistle appears about to receive. How can failure be so richly “rewarded” is...

Living Wage

It is Living Wage week this week. What’s that you ask? Another initiative from people who have no clue about the real world might be my first answer! From this year onwards a figure will be published in November which gives the recommended minimum hourly rate...

Living Wage Week

It is Living Wage week this week. What’s that you ask? Another initiative from people who have no clue about the real world might be my first answer! From this year onwards a figure will be published in November which gives the recommended minimum hourly rate...

A landmark Equal Pay case

174 female ex-employees have finally won their lengthy Equal Pay battle against Birmingham City Council…although they are yet to see any money, as having won the case they now need to pursue their claims for actual payment. Their potential payout totals around...

Another crazy scheme or business genius?

We find ourselves unable to get very worked up about George Osborne’s latest and greatest annoucement – one that seems to have come from absolutely nowhere with no consultation as far as we can tell. Apparently, by April 2013 a new...