Health and Safety. It gets everywhere. Even children's TV programmes. There was a Health and Safety inspection at the racetrack on Roary the Racing Car this morning and, although everyone passed in the end, it was touch and go for some of them.
Read More »A real opportunity for merchants
So we got the boiler scrappage scheme in England. And judging by the rumours circulating around Twitter and the industry, we might be getting something similar for Wales and Scotland. Hurrah. Check out the Reheat Britain website for all the latest details.
Read More »Hung, drawn and not quite sure what happens next
Well we managed to bugger that all up quite nicely. Instead of a nice, smooth handover of power with Tory-Boy Cameron gurning for the cameras as he moved into No10 while Gordon Brown packed the tea chests and moved out, we have got ourselves a hung parliament. And all because the electorate had the temerity…
Read More »Social housing dilemmas
This Connaught stuff. All a bit of a mess really.
Read More »Clean up your act
This might turn into something of a rant, but bear with me.
Read More »Not the most surprising news ever
Modesty forbids me from fully attributing the quote above, but it was written almost three years ago to the very day (the blog it comes from is here).
Read More »The Government gets it wrong!
The Green Deal ain't gonna deliver. As breaking news stories go, it's about as surprising as the one about the Pope being catholic and the bears in the woods.
Read More »Gold! Always believe in your soul
As something of an Olympic geek, and a girl to boot, the speaker line-up of this year's NMBS all-industry conference was always going to grab my attention.
Read More »All I want for Christmas
Dear Father Christmas
Read More »Fit for the future? – I’d say so
If the mark of a good conference is that it leaves you thinking about it for days afterwards, with ideas that you are mulling over for your business, then I'd say that made this year's BMF All-Industry Conference a good conference.
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