The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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The first half of the British TGV-style high-speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link is due to open today. The £1.9billion, 46 mile section, in which trains will run at speeds of up to 186mph, will cut 20 minutes off of the London to Paris or London to Brussels journey between the tunnel near Folkestone and Fawkham… Read more »
House prices have risen for the first time since January, according to a survey of surveyors released today. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) revealed that house prices rose slightly in August after showing signs of a recovery in the previous months. RICS said that the housing market was buoyed by a strengthening market… Read more »
