Mar 25 2010

Obama: Sorry it’s late

Bit delayed I know. Well done President Obama and the US for joining the rest of civilised society in care for all. Now we want reciprocal agreements please. Soon too.

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Feb 24 2010

An examination of the golden years may be called for.

As governments try to tackle huge structural budget deficits, one means of attack is to delay paying state pensions by gently raising the official state-retirement age. Protests are expected in Spain on Tuesday February 23rd against an official plan to lift the retirement age by two years to 67. Official retirement ages have failed to [...]

Jan 8 2010

Crikey. Twitter in hospital.

NHS Salford has been using Twitter as an additional way of communicating with the local population as snow continues to disrupt services across large parts of the country. The hospital’s press office has been using the social networking site to inform patients of the services on offer at the Trust. Patients with non-urgent appointments are [...]

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Dec 28 2009

My friend Richard and solar energy

Quote: “Loves fast cars, loves progress, but now learnt some things and those things terrify me, climate change will make my future unrecognisable. Let’s do something about it… we’ll need to change our cars and fit solar panels”. Richard Williams. …….. I agree and you can agree too here

Dec 11 2009

Social media has changed the future for brands and companies alike..read how.

Top 10 Social Media monitoring tools that you should start using today Do you know what is being said about you, your brand or your company online? The world of social media has changed the playing field for brands and companies. Before the advent of social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, anything said about a brand, a product, [...]

Sep 23 2009

Winners win..

Your growing business needs all the help it can get and as a business owner I can pretty much bet that you’re always thinking about how you can grow your business, too. But where do you start? In today’s business there are hundreds of complex issues to deal with across all aspects of your business [...]

Sep 14 2009

Just when you thought it was okay to vote labour.. it’s dead

New Labour is dead, according to Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of the Unite union, who reckoned the public doesn’t buy the concept anymore. It was time for the party to get back to its left wing ‘Old Labour’ ways if it wasn’t to be defeated at the next general election, he said. “If you [...]