The Guardian:
After a turbulent 500 years it is understandable – I sometimes feel like putting my feet up too – but it is a mistakeIt's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence. When the Italian politician Signor Caligula was president of the European commission during one of t (Read More)
The Guardian:
Administrators running company behind Threshers, Victoria Wine and Haddows announce closure of another 381 stores and loss of nearly 2,000 jobs after failing to find buyerFirst Quench, the off-licence group behind Threshers and Wine Rack, is to close a further 381 stores with the loss of nearly 2,000 jobs.Administrators ove (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Bookmaker to close Aintree call centre with loss of 263 jobs• Offshore rivals are benefiting from tax advantagesBetting company Ladbrokes has confirmed the loss of 263 jobs today. The high-street bookmaker announced the closure of its Aintree call centre in Liverpool, as well as the axing of the jobs.The company blamed th (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Bankers' choice: voluntary redundancy or leave role to relative• Media and unions critical – calling it an attack on social mobilityIt is a problem many a company faces in these tough times: how to replace older – and costlier – workers with younger, cheaper ones.A Rome bank has what it thinks is the solution: to make the (Read More)
The Guardian:
• US confectioner has moved thousands of jobs to Mexico in three-year restructuring• Company's intentions towards Cadbury, a potential bid target, remain unclearIt calls itself the sweetest place in America. But the home town of Hershey's, the chocolate maker, has a lingering hint of bitterness in the air after cost-cutting (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The wild escalation of top salaries goes across both sectors – and so must the solution: a high pay commissionIf ever there were a need for a high pay commission to put some rationality into out-of-control top pay scales, this is it. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is looking for a new chief executive. Its chairman (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
After the freedom of university and living with her boyfriend, Lucy Tobin is back at her parents' house. But how do you have a grown-up relationship – including a sex life – when Mum and Dad are around? And how do they feel about it?It was a turbulent take-off when I flew the parental nest. I spent most of the journey to un (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Criticisms from Lewsey and Greenwood annoy manager• Johnson wantseloquent response from England tomorrowRobert Kitson Martin Johnson has hit back at his World Cup-winning team-mates Will Greenwood and Josh Lewsey for their public criticism of his England regime ahead of today's final autumn Test against New Zealand at Twi (Read More)
The Guardian:
Getting a place on a graduate training programme can be like tackling an assault course. One determined student talks to Nic Paton about clearing the hurdles ... and winningYou may not (yet) have to stand up and sing in front of a baying audience, but landing yourself a place on a graduate training programme does appear to (Read More)
The Guardian:
Guardian Work's exposé of blacklisting in the construction industry has led to draft legislation, but many workers whose details were kept on file are still sufferingSeventeen months after Guardian Work exposed blacklisting in the construction industry, new laws outlawing the practice are set to come into force, and next we (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Twickenham looks for more adventure from England• Dan Carter's battle with Jonny Wilkinson will be keyThe weather forecast is miserable and England are battening down the hatches. Beating New Zealand for the first time since 2003 would be nice but today's most urgent priority is to restore their supporters' faith and caus (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
• Shortage threatens low-carbon targets, argues business group• Gap comes as demand for scientists and engineers increasingBritain lacks the skills or training facilities to make the successful transition to a low-carbon economy that its international commitments require, an influential group of businesses and non-governmen (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxesIf someone held the patent for the word "nice" they would make a fortune today: the only thing anyone can find to say about Lady Ashton is that she's nice. Sometimes she's just nice, other times she's nice in co (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Peter Thornton was ousted from the family business – Thorntons chocolates – by his brothers and cousin. He talks about the bitter rivalries that ended his careerPeter Thornton always knew he would inherit the family chocolate business, along with his two brothers and a cousin. Taken on when he was 20, after a polytechnic co (Read More)