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WEST WITTERING — They say the credit crunch feels worse in Britain than elsewhere. And maybe that’s true. But the old adage “a recession is when your neighbour loses his job and a depression is when you lose your job” hasn’t happened yet either. However, the big issues in life remain unchanged, regardless of what the [...] THE KITCHEN — There’s an article on CNN at the moment about football managers, and how tough their jobs are. Football is a wonderful game, involving millions of people and billions of dollars, but surely the lives of the managers and their families must be given a greater consideration? They are trying to stir it up and drive [...] CHELSEA — Don’t ask me about underlying influencing factors in the economy. I’m no economist. But I do know when I am being sold some old pile of rubbish. And that’s what the media in the UK is pitching us now. We seem to have reporters who are used to covering train wrecks covering the economy. [...] HAMMERSMITH — I don’t know why we have been talking about this a lot in the last few weeks, maybe it’s the season. Maybe people aren’t sure what to do in 2009, so they’re focusing on annual events. But we have been talking a lot about big business strategy meetings. Some companies have or will cancel [...] MAYFAIR — I’m not really a good “guy’s guy”. I’m not a very good shot. I can’t drink beer quickly. And I would rather talk to girls than talk about them. However, in spite of that I set out last night quite happily for a black-tie dinner at a gentlemen’s club in Mayfair. I know the [...] BISHOPSGATE — I have just had a nice meal with a partner in the consultancy Totem Hill. They’re one of a few groups that we’ve been talking to about the “professionalisation” of our industry. What does that mean? Apart from being worth a lot of points in Scrabble? Two things: 1. Our clients often don’t know they [...] PICCADILLY — You ever find yourself short of a few good words? How about missing one good word? Bildschirmbräune might just be that word. It means someone who spends so much time in front of a computer that it appears to give them a strange tan. It’s German. And we don’t have enough good German words in current [...] PART I SW LONDON — The giant online retailer has been written up in The Sunday Times this weekend for bad labour practices. A reporter took a job as a casual worker and explains how each level of the chain takes money away from the employee and treats them badly. Who knows what effect the bad press will [...] OLD CHURCH STREET — The front of my paper says that Woolworths will be no more in a few weeks. Lay-offs are being announced in 5-figures already. And deep down, we all know that the bad news has only just begun. But we just carry on about our business. Much the same way that Londoners (myself included) [...] THE RITZ — I remember Mickey Rooney in particular from his cringeworthy portrayal of the upstairs neighbour in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. But I know my parents knew him as a child star in better roles. He’s in Bristol this Christmas. Doing pantomime. With his 8th wife. Good for him. Goodness knows where he gets his energy. The power of reinvention [...] |
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