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T_i_B

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21. I very much doubt it.
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 12:57 PM
Feb 2012

There's very little "new age" abut A4E. Management consultant gobbledygook yes, but there's not just A4E who are guilty of that.

Thornbridge Brewery on the other hand could be accused of being a little bit "new age" at times, but that much is heavily outweighed by the upmarket/posh side of their marketing, and the brewery has not been going for as much time as A4E by some distance.

Anyway, enough of me banging on about beer (If you live where I live and happen to be a real ale enthusiast then you can't really avoid Thornbridge) THIS is a critical point

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/25/a4e-welfare-emma-harrison-properties?intcmp=239

• The Department of Work and Pensions, it emerged, has exempted private companies in the Work Programme from inspections by Ofsted, the standards body that previously inspected companies involved in welfare and training.

How if you were in the private sector and you were that lax in your dealings with your suppliers you would be in very serious trouble indeed and it's annoying to see government interpret free market dogma as "don't hold your suppliers accountable for any f**k-ups".

Hmmm.... T_i_B Feb 2012 #1
No truth in the rumour that A4E is an abbreviation of All 8.5 Million For Me fedsron2us Feb 2012 #2
4 already arrested on suspicion of fraud at A4e muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #3
I saw that on Sky's tomorrow's papers review dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #4
The BBC article is very much A4E's side of the story. T_i_B Feb 2012 #5
I think the focus on her personal life is critical because snagglepuss Feb 2012 #20
I very much doubt it. T_i_B Feb 2012 #21
This is not the article I was referring to but this also describes a new-agey image snagglepuss Feb 2012 #22
That's not "new-agey" T_i_B Feb 2012 #23
A4e compelled jobseekers to work unpaid in its own offices dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #6
David Cameron's 'back to work' tsar Emma Harrison quits amid fraud allegations T_i_B Feb 2012 #7
Much as I hate parasitical companies such as A4E fedsron2us Feb 2012 #8
Emma Harrison is not resigning from her role at A4E. T_i_B Feb 2012 #9
Ironically you are rather confirming the point I am trying to make fedsron2us Feb 2012 #10
If you read the threads properly T_i_B Feb 2012 #11
But now she has: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #12
There's the Steel City Beer Festival awards at Thornbridge Hall tonight. T_i_B Feb 2012 #13
Haven't been to Sheffield. SwissTony Feb 2012 #14
Sheffield is the best place in Britain for real ale. T_i_B Feb 2012 #15
I'm an Aussie but I love English beers. SwissTony Feb 2012 #16
The production manager at Thornbridge Brewery is an Aussie T_i_B Feb 2012 #17
Apparently she wants to spend more time close to her money. fedsron2us Feb 2012 #18
What a great line. Someone in UK should make that into a bumpersticker. snagglepuss Feb 2012 #19
A new tidbit. Director of A4E used to work for Cameron snagglepuss Feb 2012 #24
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