November 2010 - Guru Blog

Ga de bay ye? In the Telegaph Philip Johnson has been musing on how the Prime Minister will go about measuring happiness . And today, David 'just call me Dave' Cameron has officially launched his 'happiness index' - although, technically, he's renamed it the 'wellbeing' index to show solidarity with his New Labour roots Read...

Guru breathed a sigh of relief for the training sector when it was revealed that the Cabinet Office has been spending tens of thousands of pounds training staff in how to deal with difficult conversations. Guru welcomes this new open-door policy on spending and has heard that a minister might be preparing a memo, possibly outlining the extravagant waste...

Having spent the best part of Royal Wedding Announcement Day - advising the happy couple on matters relating to dress (nice and blue) and pre-nuptial agreements, naturally - the reality dawned on Yours Truly that, in addition to the alleged feelgood factor, there's jobs to made out of this here Royaltyfest. The Potteries have been a bit of a run...

Guru firmly believes in a firm hand when it comes to dealing with employees, which is why he employs a big hairy HBulgarian as gangmaster of his global empire. After all, if you're at the top of your game, you expect all those working for you to be shooting at the same goal, as it were - and as his right-hand man, Hristo Akshon, uses a Kalashnikov...

Guru immediately apologies for the use of 'Americanised' capitals in the headline to this piece of pure genius, but makes no apologies for coming up with a major trade initiative for his chum David 'Bulli-boy' Cameron to put to the inscrutables in the Far East. News that Rolls-Royce has secured a massive deal to supply engines to the...

While BBC journalists copied the French and staged a walkout over pensions reforms , that age old chestnut of discrimination raised it's wrinkly head as the corporation headed into an employment tribunal accused of ageism and sexism . Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly - Guru too, is somewhat in the dark over who this TV presenter...

General Motors, purveyor of high fuel intake, or gas guzzling to our American chums, motor vehicles has closed the Pontiac wing of its car operations in the US . Bad news for the Hoff - David Hasselhoff, that is - who's car Kit, from the series Knightrider was modern a Pontiac classic, but good news, Guru believes for the UK's beleaguered automotive...