Making a small but significant difference

In the Autumn Statement last week the Government announced that it would not, in fact, go ahead with the recommendation by the Office of Tax Simplification to withdraw relief for interest on loans taken out to purchase life annuities. The proposal was intended to...

Miliband grenade on energy prices may end up as friendly fire

The ‘grenade’ is a useful communications trick often used in PR campaigns and in political public relations. The concept is pretty simple: an expert or prominent individual makes a statement, pledge or claim that is so incendiary as to attract the interest of his or...

Softly, softly the key to diplomacy

Managing Director Chris Whitehouse looks at the implications of David Cameron’s recent visit to China, in his latest article for The Universe. To view Chris’s article, please click here.