Tag Archives: UK National Newspapers
Last year’s news…1st Anniversary blog post!!
Now as you may recall, a certain golfer had this time last year been exposed as something of a womaniser, and it was this very topic topic which inspired BMR’s first post, after a news piece in the FT and the paper’s editorial had been devoted to the world number 1′s indescretions.
Media roundup – legal aid cuts and Jackson round 2
Perhaps the most interesting angle comes from the Telegraph, which given its propensity to tackle MPs’ expenses claims, points out that they’ll no longer be able to get help defending themselves.
October 2010 – personal injury’s biggest month ever
Web traffic and media coverage concerning personal injury have hit almost unprecedented levels as Lord Young’s government commissioned report into Health & Safety keeps the circus going.
Guardian v Times paywall battle moves onto business information turf
It’s interesting that business information like legal reports could end up being the battle ground for a price war. The Times is still an established home for law reports, and lawyers like nothing than to be considered for its flagship ‘lawyer of the week’ column. However, as a niche financial and business journalist, I subscribe only to publications that it’s essential for me to read and as such the Guardian’s new offer presents a useful tool for anyone with a focus on legal services.
Insurance sector PR spokespeople; Ready, aim, fire!
Like deserters facing a firing squad, the insurance industry’s PR spokespeople took it like brave soldiers in today’s Daily Mail.
No win-no fee advertising – a tough one to call
Neil Rose’s latest column in the Guardian illustrates the difficulty facing policymakers in curtailing the negative consequences of a system that is unpopular with the public while simultaneously being one of the only ways to fulfill our basic right of access to justice.
Sir Clive Sinclair – beauty and the geek
It was in the mid-1980s that my then editor told me to call Clive to ask about a liaison with a brainy young beauty whose name escapes me. It was a call I didn’t want to make but nevertheless did.
Council executives’ pay – publish and be bashed?
why did the Government think £50,000 a year is big money? It’s but a fraction of what ex England soccer ball team captain John Terry pays his strumpets to keep schtum and would barely pay the mortgage on a bolt hole in a half-decent area.
