Posted by Steve Loader | 22:01, 23 August 2010 COMMENTS (0)
There can be few interviews as fascinating and instructive from a business point of view as this week’s big chat with the boss of Silver Spring, Neill Cotton. First there is the rise and demise of what had been one of Kent’s blue chip companies; a real innovator in its time, brought...Read more ►
Posted by Gary Wright | 11:10, 20 August 2010 COMMENTS (2)
Why do so many people HAVE to go to university and why was there so much upset last Thursday?How can any parent or adult advise an 18-year-old that he or she is doing the right thing by studying, say history of art, with the almost certain fact that they will leave with a £20,000 debt in three...Read more ►
Posted by Steve Loader | 18:18, 11 August 2010 COMMENTS (0)
THANKS go to Hadlow College finance chief Mark Lumsdon-Taylor for highlighting the economic and aesthetic damage done by Kent’s litter menace. Having revived the fortunes of his college he has identified another debit column. For we really do face a crisis as councils...Read more ►
Posted by Steve Loader | 18:09, 11 August 2010 COMMENTS (0)
RATHER like the ‘Total Football’ label applied to the way the Dutch soccer side used to play, I think we’ve come up with a ‘Total Business’ approach. Since KOS Media fielded the new look Business Week section in April our business coverage has pushed forward in print...Read more ►
Posted by Hilary Davies | 11:49, 23 July 2010 COMMENTS (0)
Construction is crucial to the success of our economic revival – and this is particularly true in the South East, where we are coming out of recession slower than many other regions. As an industry, construction is one of the most efficient for public sector investment, with every £1...Read more ►
Posted by Gary Wright | 14:57, 22 July 2010 COMMENTS (2)
I wasn't shocked to learn that the union activists at local councils are threatening strike action to show their anger as the cuts in public spending become clear.After years of retiring at 60 and being assured of a job for life, all at the ratepayers' expense (yes I know it's ‘council tax...Read more ►