Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
“Businesses need real action now and are fed up with Labour’s empty promises and meaningless rhetoric,” said John Thurso, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Business Secretary. Commenting on today’s Bank of England report which reveals a 40% year-on-year fall in bank lending to the manufacturing sector in the last quarter, John Thurso said: “Today’s appalling lending figures...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
“We need a clear and transparent system that works for consumers, not just the financial services industry,” said John Thurso, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Business Secretary. Commenting on Government proposals to outlaw unfair credit card terms, John Thurso said: “Some credit cards are little short of a rip-off, with hidden charges and obscure high rates. “Personal debt is [...]...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
A story we didn’t get the chance to cover this week was Nick Clegg’s speech to the National Liberal Club in which he gave his personal backing to an idea being developed by Lib Dem shadow business secretary John Thurso – the potential for a system of localised stock markets across Britain: Regional stock exchanges are [...]
Bromsgrove Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
News from Nick Clegg Stock Markets & Economic Recovery Posted: 14 Oct 2009 03:24 PM PDT We Cannot Rely on Wheeler Dealing in London to Keep the Country Afloat 14th October 2009 Speaking tonight to business leaders at the National Liberal Club, Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats has called for more regional influence in business investment through the creation of regional stock exchanges,...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Speaking tonight to business leaders at the National Liberal Club, Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg has called for more regional influence in business investment through the creation of regional stock exchanges, which could prevent wealth becoming overly centralised. He announced that Liberal Democrat Shadow Business Secretary, John Thurso would be conducting a review into the viability [...]
The Melangerie (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
When the election comes, we shall be voting for our local representative and not for the entire party. That, at least, is the theory, although the whipping system means that we cannot ignore the party as a whole. At the time of the election, I plan to publish a post giving my own views on the manifesto commitments of each party, but I thought it might be an idea to give a thumbs up or down for (some...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
“Ongoing strikes could be disastrous for the company and its workforce,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Business Secretary. Commenting on Royal Mail workers voting for strike action, John Thurso said: “Management and unions must keep talking to avoid the threat of a nationwide strike. “Ongoing strikes could be disastrous for the company and its workforce. “Small businesses...
Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Federal Policy Committee - Mover: John Thurso MP (Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills), Summation: Jonathan Marks QC (Chair of the Policy Working Group)
Joshua Chambers' Political Review (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
The Lib Dems issued a press release today from their Business spokesman, John Thurso. In it, he rails against automated telephone messages … just like those Nick Clegg tried to use last year. Embarrassingly, they were told to stop them by the Information Commissioners Office. Thurso says in the release: “Customers should be able to speak to [...]
James Gunn Photography (Free subscription) | 23/08/2009
Thurso High School has just published a book and DVD entitled "Fae Fields to Fuel" and it was launched at a special event last night at the High School. It is about life in Caithness before and after Dounreay arrived. The author of the book is pupil Rachel Tolworthy and she is pictured below with school Rector Dr Fiona Grant. The book and DVD cost a very reasonable £6.99 for both. As...
Twickenham Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 25/07/2009
• [Jul 09: John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, Liberal Democrat): ' . . IN reaching the decision to make a referral to the Serious Fraud Office, what regard did the investigators have to the report of PWC, the administrators, which dealt with whether there was improper conduct? Can we now conclude that prima facie evidence of improper conduct has indeed been found?'
Twickenham Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 25/07/2009
• [Jul 09] John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, Liberal Democrat): ' . . WE still have the sixth-largest manufacturing industry in the world, comprising 12.6 % of the economy, by the gross value added-GVA-measure, and 3 million employees. That is important by anybody's reckoning.'
A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | 18/07/2009
Keen to keeping the meddling and the messing about with the constitution ticking away, the government has decided to include a measure in a Constitutional Reform Bill for the right of life peers to resign from the House of Lords - something hereditary peers have been able to do since 1963. This is due to go before Parliament on Monday. The bill will also bring an end to the hereditary principle. The...
Twickenham Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 13/06/2009
• [Jun 09] John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross, Liberal Democrat): ' . . MANUFACTURING industry is having a torrid time at the moment. I want to look briefly at the current causes of that, which are pretty obvious . . '
Tom Morton's Beatcroft (Free subscription) | 02/06/2009
I can hardly believe this, but it appears the excellent Allison Crowe and her bandmates were jailed and deported for being...Canadian! What's going on? Allison's own story follows: Allison Crowe and her Canadian bandmates, (guitarist Billie Woods and percussionist Laurent Boucher, reunited with their British-passport-carrying bassist Dave Baird), have now performed two sensational concerts in Germany...
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