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Former GP appointed to lead MDU professional services team

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 »

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Royal Mail rows back on knife ban

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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Pound fell after Lib Dems opened up talks with Labour
Sterling suffers as Lib Dems waver

By politics.co.uk staff The pound remains vulnerable as coalition talks continue, following its one-cent drop against the dollar yesterday. Sterling began Monday morning at $1.843 before falling to around $1.50 after Gordon Brown announced the Liberal Democrats were entering into formal coalition talks with Labour as well as the Conservatives. Uncertainty about the shape of… Read more »