All comment & opinion articles – Page 499
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Bad skin and dead man's sausage
As you know, advertising is a rather different discipline to PR. While we are mostly meek and mild, service-oriented types, our UK advertising brothers (and occasionally sisters) tend to be loud-mouthed egomaniacs convinced to the point of lunacy...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Giving people a career is one way we add to the Big Society
The Chancellor was always going to find it tough to pull fluffy rabbits out of a threadbare hat, and while a reduction in fuel duty will relieve a little pressure from the booming oil price over the past 12 months, consumer confidence has taken a bashing.
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Knight of the Rowntree table fails to storm the Pastille
Once you pop, Pringles used to say, you can't stop. That was before the dawn of the obese époque, when we became a bloated nation of beached whales gurgling cholesterol through our lipid-encrusted blowholes. Now if you don't stop after...
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Buried alive
'Sainsburied’ screams the headline in today’s edition of The Sun. It’s a nice line. Just as pleasingly, though less dramatically, the Financial Times notes that ‘Good shares cost less at Sainsbury’s’.
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The Irish example
These days Ireland’s economy resembles not so much the Celtic tiger of yore as a rather mangy tabby that’s gone through the spin cycle one too many times. So it’s novel for a commentator to look in that direction for an example of sound economic management.
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Killer heels and make-believe
I caught a pretend train from a pretend station in the City and headed out to somewhere near the Essex mudflats for this year's IFE (which stands for It's F-ing Exhausting, in case you wondered).
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: The leaps of faith in the responsibility deal are seriously grown up
I can't work out if the industry has signed up to the Boy Scouts Oath or a game of strip poker. Of course, to the six leading health organisations who put their trust in science and sticks, this week's 'responsibility deal' belongs only in the...
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Careers File: Companies should ease the path for women to gain top roles
Sainsbury's appointment of Google UK MD Matt Brittin to its board as a non-executive director in January was a smart move. He will bring valuable expertise to the retailer's web offer.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on campaign fatigue and a snog from Greg
I reckon people are suffering from a tiny bit of campaign fatigue at the moment. And who can blame them? They're confronted by a constant stream of celebrity chefs leaping on to the soap box to decry some iniquity or another.
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Third Party: Beware the gifts that could be seen as bribes
New anti-bribery laws come into force later this year. Break them and you could face fines – or prison, says Catriona Munro
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Saturday Essay: Osborne, stop bashing beer and freeze duty!
Taxes on this lower-strength alcohol should be lower than on other drinks as it costs more to produce, argues Dr Isaac Sheps
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Second Opinion: Calories are not all created equal
WeightWatchers US has dropped its points system. The DoH must take note, says Joanna Blythman
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Kishor Patel's Expert Advice: To go or not to go, that is the question
By not attending conferences and shows, you close the door to some useful experiences, says Kishor Patel
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Cravendale changes tack with cats’ new rule of thumb
They say you can tell how crazy a woman is by how many cats she keeps. It's usually one for each time she was jilted at the altar. There's something rather sinister about these purring barometers of post-menopausal desperation, which...
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Kronen-four?
Today the government’s Responsibility Deal was made public, along with the names of 170 companies that have signed up to its various well-meaning pledges.
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Looking after number one
A little later on this afternoon, BBC Radio 4 will broadcast an interview with Sir Terry Leahy. Filmed in the final few weeks of his reign, the former Tesco chief will trace his path from Toxteth tearaway to retailing legend.
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Third Party: Why higher food prices are here for good
Soaring demand from emerging economies and rising production costs mean cheap food is history, says Dr David Dobbin
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Saturday Essay: Farmers finally get some tender loving care
Milk price is a hot topic but Dairy Crest is showing how a little focus can yield great returns for all, says Mark Taylor
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Scare tactics and cereal boxes
Our plans to drum up a bit of business from food paranoia have at last come to fruition. We've been part of secret PR consortium SCARE (Stoking Concern About Rare Events) for ages, responsible for funding some research by serious Swiss white coats...
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Letter of the week: Brand placement - a big turn-off?
Sir, Your piece on paid-for product placement was spot on from a brand perspective but overlooked a critical element of the product placement pact: viewer reaction ('Brands get their big TV break', The Grocer, 26 February). Viewer...