David Cameron and Shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke have welcomed Sir James Dyson’s Ingenious Britain report.
Last October Cameron asked Dyson – one of the world’s leading design engineers and entrepreneurs – to produce a report setting out proposals to make Britain the leading high tech exporter in Europe.
His report contains proposals to help us build this new economic model [...]
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Sir James Dyson sets out plans to boost high tech industry
Acas – There is plenty of evidence which suggests strong employee engagement can help boost the bottom line
LONDON, ENGLAND, February, 2010 / — Acas, the employment relations service, is encouraging UK businesses to prepare for the potential economic up-turn by focusing on employee engagement.
In its new discussion paper Acas highlights the simple procedures that can increase employee engagement in the workplace, to improve staff retention, increase morale and encourage greater productivity.
It also [...]
CIPD publish Next Generation HR report
“The rest of HR needs to catch up with the best of HR” says institute
The global financial crisis presents both an opportunity and a threat for HR, according to a major new study published today by the CIPD.
The first report of the CIPD’s Next Generation HR project recognises a far greater focus amongst [...]
New Catering manager joins The Beeches
Chartridge Conference Company has just appointed Andrew Hall as catering manager at the Beeches, their Birmingham based conference centre.
Apple announces iPad and iBooks and new version of iWorks
New tablet splits difference between smartphones, laptops
by Dan Miller, Macworld.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad today. Positioned between a smartphone and a laptop, the tablet does many of the same things as the iPhone, but on a bigger, more easily viewed screen.
Steve Jobs shows off Apple’s iPad on Wednesday.
Demonstrating the iPad at an event [...]
More UK Ministry of Defence Blunders
If this report is to be believed, and it is very credible, our UK armed forces are steadily working their way towards being a Civil Defence Force armed with third rate weapons.
If this has resulted from the bonus culture within the MOD, the sooner the architects of this financial disaster are removed the better.
Certainly “open [...]
Caroline Spelman MP: The Government was woefully ill-prepared for the severe weather this week – because it sat on a report on contingency plans for five whole months
Caroline Spelman is Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Has anyone got a sense of déjà-vu about the current grit shortages and widespread disruption to the road network? The reason for that, is that this is exactly where we were in February last year. So how can we have got to this [...]
Memories – The good old days?
Someone asked the other day, ‘What was your favourite ‘fast food’ when you were growing up?’
‘We didn’t have fast food when I was growing up,’ I informed him.
‘All the food was slow.’
‘C’mon, seriously. Where did you eat?’
‘It was a place called ‘home,” I explained!!
‘Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we [...]