Monthly Archives: September 2008

Responses to the crisis

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

The banking industry seems to have been hit by a ‘perfect storm’. Some people warned it years ago that the development of derivatives was heading it in that direction, but it didn’t listen much as big bonuses were to be … Continue reading →

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Council: disorder and disability

Posted on September 25, 2008 by

Council on Tuesday was, frankly, not the best performance Kingston has ever seen. To start with a Conservative motion on anti-social behaviour and crime in Kingston was turned rapidly into a bear garden. Cllr . Richard Hudson (Con), whose motion … Continue reading →

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Service personnel not served

Posted on September 4, 2008 by

I was disgusted to read this morning about a serviceman being refused a hotel room in Woking because of ‘company policy’ and another being refused service by a branch of Tesco when in uniform, also because of ‘company policy’. Service … Continue reading →

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