The View from Cullingworth

Cullingworth nestles in Yorkshire's wonderful South Pennines where I once was the local councillor. These are my views - on politics, food, beer and the stupidity of those who want to tell me what to think or do. And a little on mushrooms.

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Saturday, 12 March 2016

It really is creative people - artists, innovators, entrepreneurs - that drive growth

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**** We've become a little obsessed by a thing called STEM - science, technology, engineering and maths. And I think this is great is wh...

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Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Manufacturing - no longer the place for cheap labour...

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**** And this is a good thing because cheap labour isn't just cheap it's dirty, unsafe and unpleasant - replacing the drudge with...

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Monday, 29 October 2012

A thought on manufacturing...

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**** I visited a manufacturer the other day. Part of a multi-national business in the electronics industry. Big plant in Chadderton employ...

Sunday, 27 May 2012

An indication of everything wrong with our political order...

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**** OK it's from America but... One recent arrival says word has gotten out to new graduates that Washington is where the work i...

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

More on our dysfunctional labour markets...

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**** Highest rates of unemployment for a couple of decades and this: ...XpertHR's annual survey of graduate recruitment found that ...

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Get the right skill and you should have no problem getting a job...

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**** ... or so it seems: Job opportunities were 17% higher in December 2011 compared with the same period in 2010, and were more than ...

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