If you ask any business owner ‘what is the biggest issue they face in these times of austerity’, the most likely response will be: access to capital, or the distinct lack thereof. This, in turn, can have a devastating effect on the wider economy as is often reported in the […]

I recently wrote a blog on my website about the fact that so many actors, at various stages of their career, have to work for free. Since the courts decided that the Government’s Workfare programme was, to all extents and purposes, illegal, as there are more than a few slavery […]

Plans to introduce Drug and Alcohol testing are to be put forward by Birmingham City Council in the next few days, following the residential treatment program implementation. The corporate Health and safety committee say their aim is to implement and launch these policies with an emphasis on raising awareness and […]

Apparently today’s recent grads will be 54 years old by the time we can afford to buy our first house, according to a report from the Housebuilders Federation. Welcome to Generation Rent, you’d better get used to it. Sky high house prices, a housebuilding slump, an ageing population and poor […]

The Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Stephen Hester will decide whether to take his annual bonus soon and, therefore, set an example for other banker bonuses. In this era of recession and budget tightening, I do believe that he shouldn’t. As the Royal Bank of Scotland is over […]

Imagine you are in this situation. You work for a man. This man rings you constantly and often talks to you about things not related to your job – he carries on the conversation for a long time and you find it hard to end the phone-call. The man makes […]

There comes a point in everybody’s life were reality begins to rear it’s ugly head. This normally happens upon finishing university, being in so much debt that you’re considering prostitution and realising you’re probably not going to get a job. When this eventually happens it’s back to square one.  Yes, back to […]

Women & equal pay The issue of wages in the UK is a complex subject that includes the minimum wage increase debates and the London Living Wage campaign. Equal pay is another element of it that features heavily in recruitment, employment issues and women’s rights. When will the day come […]