As I sit here with the doors open, waiting for the latest round in this summer of heatwaves to break, I wonder what the Global Warming activists are saying. Is this an ‘I told you so’ moment for them, or does the fight go on? There is little doubt that those on the other side […]
With the prospect of a Sixth From College Careers Day looming I’ve been thinking about the challenges facing our school leavers and how to prepare them for a life that we know will be significantly different to that experienced by their parents and grandparents. I use the word ‘different’ because it will not necessarily be better […]
Raising money for the public purse is never popular while demand for increased expenditure grows every louder. Revenue staff are charged with squaring this circle and do so using three income streams – the challenge, as always, is to optimize revenue. Each stream has limits: Taxing the Living– provides the largest income stream through income […]