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It has been brought to Guru's attention that the CIPD's membership magazine People Management has launched an audio edition. HR professionals can now, if they so desire, have the content of the magazine read to them once a fortnight. Why anyone would want to, Guru is not entirely sure. The magazine is boring enough to read without being lulled...

Guru understands that the CIPD member named on a leaked list of BNP activists was vigorously denying the claim this weekend. Word has it that the individual loudly insisted he was in no way a member of the much-criticised organisation. Guru assumes, however, that he was happy to admit to being a member of the BNP. Read More...

Guru can exclusively reveal that the CIPD has changed its name to the CILD. A press release pinged into Guru's inbox revealed a report on the role of training and learning has been launched by the Chartered Institute of Learning and Development. Guru wonders whether the institute's members have been consulted over the name change? Surely such...

Fresh from his success in demanding that the US Senate pass President Bush's $700bn financial bail-out package, CIPD chief beancounter John Philpott now has the Bank of England in his sights. A jump in calls to the CIPD's legal helpline prompted Philpott to demand a big cut in interest rates to cushion the blow of rising unemployment. Trouble...

Things have been looking pretty bad of late, what with Northern Rock, Lehman Brothers and HBOS all falling victim to the knee-jerk boys working down in the stock market panic station. And as that sweaty monkey over the pond tries to juggle the half-eaten bag beans that are the American fiscal system - while simultaneously eating a banana - as the world's...