Bad PR award of the day goes to Republic, which has complained that a cooking competition for school children to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee is illegal. The Duchess of Cornwall launched the competition, to encourage children to devise a new dish in the vein of coronation chicken.  However, anti-monarchy group Republic has complained that involving children [...]

News reached the sports media and football supporters earlier today that leading German side Bayern Munich would be announcing a ’spectacular’ new signing at lunchtime.  The anticipation grew all morning as to the identity of the new player who would propel the club to ever greater success - Berbatov from Manchester United, Tevez from Manchester City, Drogba from Chelsea? The [...]

On Monday, the Business Secretary Vince Cable announced plans to tackle excessive executive pay, including proposals to give shareholders more powers to hold companies to account. This has been met with widespread criticism from the business lobby, with many arguing that powers already exist under the Companies Act and that new legislation would make little [...]