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t is a truth universally held that any major development project involving a significant land-take in the UK is unlikely to want for a newt problem.
t is a truth universally held that any major development project involving a significant land-take in the UK is unlikely to want for a newt problem.
Last week, there weren’t a lot of laughs during the final Commons stages of the Energy Bill before it went to the House of Lords, but Alan Simpson, the Nottingham MP whose amendment on feed-in tariffs generated a backbench revolt by Labour MPs, did raise a smile with the following.
Now here’s an intriguing fact. Northumbrian Water Group’s website has a handy biog of the chairman, Sir Derek Wanless, which mentions some of his past business positions and the fact he has been an adviser to the government. Clearly it was because there wasn’t enough space for all his glittering credentials that there is no mention of a recent high-profile position, ie a non-exec directorship on Northern Rock, where he was responsible for the audit and risk committee.
Yup. Not enough space. That will be the reason…
Arf, arf.
And now a wince-making moment. Capenhurst-based power engineering specialist EA Technology has just launched a design and marketing agency. It sprang into life on 1 May, though maybe it should have been a month earlier. The new company is called blah d blah. Note the penchant for lower case, which is so late 1990s! So blah d blah, then? All mouth and no substance? Sounds like it…
No doubt it seemed a good idea at the time. Our picture shows the senior management of utility contractor Trant celebrating 50 years of being in the business. The best that can be said is that at least some of the suits look comfortable with hard hats.
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