The Paul Gosling Column The price of a barrel of oil had just fallen from $147 to $124 a barrel when this sentence was written. But that is no cause for celebration. Almost at the same moment, one of the largest suppliers of energy in the domestic UK market – France’s EDF – raised its […]
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Questions Of Cash: When Tesco’s bills seem not to add up By Paul Gosling Saturday, 9 August 2008 Q. A few weeks ago I placed an order with Tesco’s online grocery service. There was an error in the pricing and I was charged more than 10 per cent over the prices stated online.
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A Personal View Where now for the airport? By Paul Gosling Derry City Council is commissioning a master plan for the development of land at the City of Derry Airport. This is part of a flurry of activity around the future of the airport. A new operations manager will take up
NI Water ordered to clean up its act Northern Ireland’s government-owned water company, NI Water, has been ordered by the utility regulator to improve its business planning and corporate governance, following errors predicted to cause an annual £20m shortfall in income. An investigation by the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation followed disclosure of the
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Questions Of Cash: ‘I have been unable to transfer money’ By Paul Gosling Saturday, 2 August 2008 Q. I opened a Lloyds TSB cash ISA in April and arranged to transfer £11,903 from my 30-day Tessa-only ISA at the Britannia Building Society. Ten days later, Britannia asked me to call at a branch
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Tees Valley – a natural MAA It was natural for Tees Valley’s five unitary authorities to favour the multi-area agreement approach – they have been working together in a similar way for more than a decade. It was back in 1996 that the unitary authorities of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland,
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Bringing Greater Manchester back together Greater Manchester’s ability to operate beyond the boundaries of a single local authority has been clearly proved. The 10 metropolitan authorities together own and run a particularly successful regional airport and they have come up with a radical proposal for a peak-time congestion charge that is even more ambitious
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Questions Of Cash: L&G resolute over lack of will power By Paul Gosling Saturday, 26 July 2008 In December 2007 I told Legal & General to cash the investments held by myself and my husband, for whom I hold power of attorney (POA). After months of phone calls and letters I obtained the money
Accounting & Business – News analysis EU takes action on auditor liability The European Commission has proposed limits on auditors’ liability to protect the Big Four from further reductions in numbers, threatening the viability of a competitive market for company audits. It hopes the move will also strengthen mid-tier audit firms, enabling them to
The Paul Gosling Column Food prices in the UK rose 7.4% over the last year – with some items rising in price by a third. Uncomfortable enough, but this represents only a small indicator of the global problem. In Kenya, for instance, annualised food price inflation is a whopping 44%. And when you look
The creation of the UK Statistics Authority aims to put an end to controversy surrounding statistics. By Paul Gosling A new body is bringing a breath of fresh air to the often fusty atmosphere of national statistics. Gone is the discredited ministerial oversight of national statistics. In its place, a new and more independent body has
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Questions Of Cash: With set-top TV boxes, Sky sets the limits… by Paul Gosling Saturday, 19 July 2008 Q. I have a Sky TV package, which gives me a second Sky set-top box for £10 extra a month – £45 in total – allowing me to watch Sky on two TVs in my
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