“Wellderly, webinar, disbenefits and under-capacitated are among new forms of jargon being used by the public sector, a survey has revealed. Such impenetrable phrases are on a list of banned words published by the Local Government Association (LGA)”. It seems to have become a new biennial news story about office jargon, especially in councils: Why [...]
“The rising numbers of swine flu cases mean trying to contain the virus is no longer an option, the government says. Andy Burnham, the health secretary in England, said: ‘The national focus will be on treating the increasing numbers affected by swine flu. Cases are doubling every week and on this trend we could see over [...]
“Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle has been taken to The Priory Clinic in London with exhaustion. The Scottish singing sensation is said to be drained after losing out to dance group Diversity on the ITV1 show”. I had managed to avoid the whole of Britain’s Got Talent until where I was last weekend on [...]
Nick Booth has written an excellent article in response to (although it actually predated it) a consultation Birmingham City Council are currently running about how to develop its Press Office service. It’s sufficiently general that it works as good advice for any organisation thinking about how to modernise its public relations activity; indeed, it serves [...]
New cases of the deadly swine flu virus have been confirmed as far afield as New Zealand and Israel, as the UN warns it cannot be contained. The US, Canada, Spain and Britain confirmed cases earlier but no deaths have been reported outside Mexico, where the virus was first reported. From the way the news [...]
“A musical based on Jade Goody’s life is being created, a former business partner and friend of the late reality TV star has confirmed. Danny Hayward, who is in charge of the project, said he is planning to hold open auditions to fill the lead role of the 27-year-old herself”. Oh for crying out loud [...]
“The Bullring Shopping Centre was today revealed as one of 26 possible terror targets in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The report warned that Birmingham was the first British city targeted by al-Qaida, after jobless waiter Moinul Abedin planned to bomb the city centre”. Apart from the fact that it doesn’t take Columbo to work [...]