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Businesses must invest in midlife and older workers to unlock economic growth, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »

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HRH The Princess Royal is the new BASC Patron

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is delighted to announce Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as the Association’s new Patron.   In response to her acceptance, BASC Council chairman, Eoghan Cameron, said: “We are privileged that The Princess Royal has accepted the invitation to become our new Patron. The news has been warmly welcomed… Read more »

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Cameron surrounds himself with business leaders

By Ian Dunt David Cameron has added to the list of businessmen advising him on policy. Andy Street, John Lewis managing director, and Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, will be joining the panel of business leaders. Two of Gordon Brown’s advisers – Andrew Witty of controversial pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline and Paul Walsh of drinks… Read more »

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Baroness Warsi had little good to say about elements of the press
Warsi rails against media Islamophobia

By Peter Wozniak The media in Britain has a “fair game” attitude to attacking the Muslim community, Sayeeda Warsi has claimed. The extraordinary comments came in an interview for with the New Statesman, in which the Conservative chairman, the first Muslim woman to sit in Cabinet, also claimed the Tories had lost several seats at… Read more »