Plans for regional pay rates for Dorset NHS workers will have far reaching consequences for the county's economy, it's being claimed.The South West TUC's comments come as the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium look at how to use taxpayer's funding more efficiently.The Dorset County hospital NHS foundation...
Local officials and activists in Spain staged Robin Hood-style supermarket sweeps in what they say are symbolic gestures to confront the crisis affecting families in the recession-hit country suffering the effects of austerity measures. On Tuesday, mayor of the municipality of Marinaleda in Andalusia, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, joined...
Families in the UK are among the worst off in Europe when it comes to housing costs. One in six people in the UK (16.5%) are overburdened by housing costs, according to findings published by the European Union. This means they are spending more than 40% of their income...
Boscombe, Bridport, Sherborne and Wimborne branches of Lloyds bank have been sold to the CO-OP bank. All customers will now become Co-op account holders. The CO-OP have also bought all Cheltenham & Gloucester branches including Bournemouth, Dorchester, Gillingham, Poole and Sherborne. This follows the part nationalisation of Lloyds in 2009...
Helga is the proprietor of a bar. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed heavy drinkers and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem she comes up with a new marketing plan that allows her customers to drink now, but pay...
...We should remember there are others tools in the kitbag besides legislation. A more effective and focused workforce can be achieved through improved management, leadership and control rather than through broad-brush laws that could be used incorrectly by the unscrupulous or otherwise in an unintended way. Read article
Today marks three years since the end of the fighting in Sri Lanka. I would like to mourn the dead but still I do not know how many. Estimates range from seven to 147,000. It is a shocking difference.
How is it possible in this world of satellites, rolling news...
With Spain asking for a bailout and Greece on the verge of a major change in its finances, we can see a new Europe taking shape. The problem for most of us trying to understand what's going on is that we are given commentaries that are essentially versions of...
