Edward Leigh MP, chairman of the [Public Accounts] Committee, today said: "The closure of the local post office can be a real blow to the community. So the inadequate assessment by the Department [of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)] of the social and economic costs of its programme to close some 2,500 post offices showed a … Continue reading BIS “Lacks concern for citizens” re Post Office closures according to MP, head of public accounts cttee

Plugging [an electric Mini] in is, Steinberg said, the equivalent of adding one or two homes to the neighborhood’s grid. He believes the widespread adoption of electric cars, which are expected to hit the market next year, will require upgrades across the grid. This is especially true because BMW expects to see “pocket effects” where … Continue reading Let’s be clear. Electric cars are not the answer

Like A J Cann I have been wondering about the optimum unit size for wave writing (Drowning). Indeed this may be the wrong size. I'd be better off replying in a comment on his blog or writing in my own, referencing his for the track back. Then I discovered the Posterous Robot so might be … Continue reading Drowning or Waving

I know I largely talk to myself here, but I do think that from time to time I may have something of more general interest to say. I invite comment and enable trackbacks in case anyone should cite something I write. There have been a couple of conversations. But daily I am hit with between … Continue reading Spam generators, catfish and a shared stop-list

Financial services now constitute a kind of tax on the real economy as well as distorting its priorities; short-termism and the search for impossibly high returns are rife. The culture, of which systematic insider trading is part, is having a growing impact on business ethics. via guardian.co.uk Will Hutton and the Equality Trust are two … Continue reading Call it wealth extraction, excessive economic rent, whatever – make no mistake, we pay the bonuses