Yesterday David Miliband announced that he would be stepping down as MP for South Shields to take up a new role at a global humanitarian aid organisation based in the US. Since then, people from all parties have come out to say what a loss this is not only for the Labour Party, but for British [...]
Out-Foxed
Liam Fox was at the IEA this morning laying out a predictably Thatcherite plan for reviving the economy. So far, so good: tax cuts, welfare spending cuts, government budget frozen, CGT temporarily reduced to zero etc. Not original, but like many unoriginal things, pretty much what the country requires. On arriving Salieri was struck by [...]
February Round-up
This month feels like it has gone by very slowly. That might have something to do with the weather, but also because so much has happened. Below are a few highlights that have either dominated the news, were talked about in the office or are generally floating around in my mind. Chris Huhne finally admitted [...]
Open Road scoops National Grid energy brief
National Grid has called in Open Road at a crucial time for the energy sector after parting ways with Bell Pottinger. Open Road will take over public affairs work for the electricity and gas network following nearly seven years with Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, which repitched for the work. The brief starts next month and [...]
Look into our crystal ball…
This time every year we come up with a few predictions for the year ahead. We like these to cover a range of topics so below you will see what we expect in 2013 from unemployment figures to celebrity marriages (so sad our prediction about Peter Andre and Katie Price getting back together didn’t come [...]
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