How to evaluate a new project in five minutes flat December 22, 2010 IF you’ve ever watched TV hospital dramas, you’ll know that scene where the crash cart comes through the door and the doctor checks for the patient’s vital signs. Just as people have vital signs, so do projects. Assessing them quickly is a vital skill, and immediately gives you a view on whether something is likely [...]
Odd jobs December 22, 2010 IT’S a busy time for us, the run up to Christmas, because we have six companies coming in for their carol concerts, big banks and law firms, and the local school also comes. Midnight mass on Christmas eve is the big one for us, and that is mostly for locals, we get about 150 or [...]
Learn to enjoy your bubbly the molecular way December 22, 2010 IT’S Christmas time again so isn’t it time you knew a thing or two about Champagne? Danny Hodrein certainly does. Or rather, he does now. Danny is a “flavourist” at taste consultancy F&F Projects (think science boffin in a white coat) who, until this latest project, spent most of his time making our crisps taste [...]
Get into the swing of the new year December 22, 2010 NEW YEAR’S resolutions don’t have to make you miserable. While giving up smoking might make you live longer, and brushing up that CV could put another rung of the career ladder in sight, neither are going to put a smile on your face while you do them. Honing your golf swing, on the other hand, [...]
TEMPERS FLARE AT PWC CAROL SERVICE December 22, 2010 YOU might think that playing the organ at the office Christmas carol service is a pretty uncontroversial activity. Not so for a professional organist (as they’re called) engaged for PricewaterhouseCooper’s annual festive singsong. The stage was set, the decorations tweaked and the set list compiled when all went awry. Details are hard to come by, [...]
Breaking up is hard to do: partnership gets tricky when you’re asked to leave December 21, 2010 TINA WILLIAMS AND DANIEL SUTHERLAND WHEN is a partner not a partner? That was the question posed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the recent case of Tiffin v Lester Aldridge. It has long been accepted that employees can be given the title of partner without this affecting their status as salaried employees. Less [...]
Stockholm Syndrome and Dementors rule the law December 21, 2010 A HARD year for the City’s legal market is drawing to a close, and lawyers at those firms that haven’t cancelled their Christmas parties are looking forward to a booze-filled lead up to the New Year. And giving their two cents in RollOnFriday’s annual Firm of the Year survey. There seems to be little festive [...]
This funny box is not just for kids December 21, 2010 Are you a children’s entertainer?,” asks some clown as I’m unloading from the Nissan Cube’s boot. And there’s no doubt that as a chariot of choice for a children’s entertainer, the Nissan Cube must be on the list of hot possibles just due to its unusual cartoon looks. And therein lies the Nissan Cube’s weakness [...]
Car Talk December 21, 2010 JAGUAR’S C-X75 ON SHOW Jaguar’s stunning C-X75 concept is on display at the Jaguar Boutique at the Berkeley Hotel, London, the first time the car has been on shown to the British public. The supercar has batteries which are charged by two mini jet turbines mounted in the rear which means that the car would [...]
Momentum won’t win you back the urn, declares Cook December 21, 2010 ENGLAND vice-captain Alastair Cook believes the destination of the Ashes will have nothing to do with the myth that is momentum. Australia are claiming a psychological upper-hand following their crushing Third Test win in Perth, which leveled the series at 1-1 with two to play. But opening batsman Cook (below) is confident England won’t be [...]
