by Lindsay Mackie | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog
Is anyone surprised by the news that Royal Mail profits have fallen by 21 percent in the first half of this year? Before we start to dissect the scandal of RM recent history we have to remember that it is still a very profitable company and its shares are still...
by Lindsay Mackie | Nov 11, 2014 | Blog
Here’s a sandwich story with a very messy filling… On Monday The Daily Mail, which as we know can’t see a bacon buttie without spotting the politics within, devoted its front page to the fact that no one in the UK wanted to make sandwiches any more....
by Lindsay Mackie | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog
Its hard to work up much enthusiasm for the latest banking reform announcement- and knowing that the banks are already warning of the usual huge costs, worse outcomes, mayhem if it goes ahead, does not mean that we should automatically be on the opposite side to them...
by Lindsay Mackie | Oct 28, 2014 | Blog
This is today’s edited post- I wrote a much more anodyne version yesterday, before I read the detail of the Ritzy Cinema workers battle with their owners, mega cinema chain Cineworld….. The other night I went to our local Odeon to see the excellent A Much...
by Lindsay Mackie | Jun 30, 2014 | Initiatives, Rethinking Economics
We have been working with the New Banking group, and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd, to develop practical policy detail about how to develop a more effective banking system in the UK – one that works for SMEs and local economies. The present banking system...
