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Maid Marian, Banks and Marco Polo

Stefan Gold’s first impressions of Nottingham A few months ago, the only things I knew about Nottingham were The University of Nottingham and the adventures of Robin Hood retreating to Sherwood Forest with some like-minded people to oppose the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham. During my first visit, it was Maid Marian that I encountered first, …

No Hiding Place in the YouTube Era

Salutary Lessons in Supply Chain Management from the Horsemeat Scandal   Having begun as a relatively contained problem of contamination, originally detected through routine DNA testing of burger meat by the Irish Food Safety agency, the horsemeat scandal continues to astound. The public is now rightly shocked by its sheer scale and scope.  One senses …

Does business have a heart?

In November the final film in our annual series – Canned Dreams – was introduced by Alison Ward, former Head of Global Corporate Social Responsibility at Cadbury.  Here she shares her reflections on the screening. The documentary – Canned Dreams, follows the personal stories of people involved in making a simple can of pasta. When I watched …