The BBC has reported this week that Marks and Spencer has admitted to running out of stock in some of its best-selling lines of womenswear, which has contributed to the firms drop in sales.
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The BBC has reported this week that Marks and Spencer has admitted to running out of stock in some of its best-selling lines of womenswear, which has contributed to the firms drop in sales.
My morning surf of the Internet revealed that a sequel to the Joseph Kony 2012 mini-film has been released. Until a few weeks ago when I was discussing social media and the latest from YouTube with a group of young people, I had only vaguely heard of Joseph Kony (click here for more information).
This was the headline from the BBC report into Kent police officer Fran Croucher as she resigned in January. Now she is standing for the position of Police Commissioner.
What a week for football, one which has ended with no manager and no captain for the much loved England team – two of the most important leadership roles!
I have to say I was somewhat puzzled to read that Labour is urging City firms to ‘shake-up’ and calling for major shareholders to have a bigger say in appointing company boards. I previously ran a large PLC and now advise and work with companies both in the UK and the USA, and I have yet to meet one which does not take corporate governance very seriously.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport last week announced that it now estimates 23,700 security staff will be required at Olympic and Paralympic venues next summer – more than double the original estimate of 10,000. Up to 13,500 of these will be military personnel (with some 5,000 troops supporting the police, up to 7,500 providing venue security and 1,000 will providing logistical support).
On the week before Christmas I took time out to watch two very different, but equally inspiring programmes. The first was The Sun Military Awards. This programme highlighted just some of the outstanding bravery our men and women of the Armed Forces do on behalf of all of us every day.
Last week saw the top US military commander, General Martin Dempsey, adding to the commentary about the European crisis. Voicing his concern about “the potential for civil unrest” as Europe’s financial crisis continues to unfold; one could be forgiven for thinking they were watching an adaptation of a Jeffrey Archer novel!
Last week we heard that yet again the prison population had hit an all-time high at 88,179, unemployment amongst the young is growing with UK unemployment rising by 129,000 in the three months to September to 2.62 million, and youth unemployment rose above a million.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, delivered his Autumn Statement to Parliament yesterday (29 November 2011 – full details of the statement are available on the Treasury website).