The FT has an interesting article today on 'Mapping the innovative city'. Below are the key factors in urban innovation, point four of which I have se

Richard Alderman, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, announced yesterday that the SFO will be asking companies to provide details of their tax

  I read this article on Monday and the slightly tongue in cheek way in which Professor Alistair Bruce writes it amused me. And his sarcastic tones

The NHS Future Forum has added the integration of health and social care to its list of priorities in its second phase. Lansley named the three foc

  Christie Foundation Trust, a specialist cancer hospital, is considering using their partnership with the private sector to open branded treatment a

I read an interesting article in today's FT (16th August 2011) written by Max Hastings. Some of the points struck a chord with various discussions I h

"UK factories slump in July" read a headline today. Factory output is reported to have slumped for the first time in two years, further dampening Bri

Recently, there has been an inordinate amount of coverage of our bleak growth figures; 0.2% between April and June.Whilst this might be off track and

True or false: to be highly effective at work you need to fully immerse yourself in your role. Answer? False. Why? Because keeping your head buried i

 

At our last corporate Governance meeting on 19th July, we briefly talked about future of Compliance and risk management. This article appeared in the Evening Standard that afternoon.

 

Further to our last Corporate Governance meeting on 19th July we briefly touched on competition Law. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) published import

There are a number of ways in which the UK Bribery Act differs from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). These include: 1) The UK Bribery Act c

So yesterday i bought my first brand new set of golf clubs courtesy of Mizuno, and as far as being sold a product goes it was nothing short of a great

Under attacks once more accusing him of privatising the NHS, David Cameron outlined 5 pledges, promising to protect the NHS. Among them was ensuring

Strange dancers, freaky circus acts and terrible singers. Britain needs that kind of talent to entertain itself, clearly. But perhaps more crucially B

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg threatens to veto the Health bill proposed by Lansley. His main grievance is Lansley’s plan to place all health

  A Tweet naming celebrities who have taken out super-injunctions to protect their private lives has given the privacy law debate a new twist; not to

The involvement of non-GP clinicians in commissioning consortia was one of Nick Clegg’s 5 ‘non-negotiable’ demands in order to obta

Competition forces GP practices to provide better care. Chris Pike, an economic adviser for the NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel, has shown that

  Bin Laden's death has evoked a lot of feeling across the world, some of rejoice, some of regret, others of mourning, but his death has