IT TAKES PRIDE in mutuality. It extols its social conscience. It records high customer satisfaction scores. Its corporate social responsibility index is at record levels. And it boasts the accolade of “Europe’s most sustainable bank”.
Of whom do I speak? Why, the Co-operative Group of course, whose bank – favoured by government ministers, extolled ...
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Tax evoision took centre stage inside this year's summit, but global food security was the 'sexy' issue ...
MATHEMATICS, they say, is an exact science. With that claim I cannot argue, although I must confess, to me it is more of an exact mystery. I am, to the precise skill of numerical calculation what Eddie the Eagle was to the sport of ski-jumping. The fact that I passed all the requisite maths exams ...
I'M SURE you’re all pleased to hear that I start my new job next week. I have all the feelings that take me back to my first day at school. Excited, scared, nervous – and happy to get away from day time TV.
It took a lot of phone calls, but I snagged myself ...
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