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2 months ago | 
beyondthelastman.com | Craig McCracken
In the summer of 1967 Bill Crosbie, a young Liverpudlian, abandoned both his girlfriend and his job to embark on a world tour with the Dallas Tornadoes, an American soccer team, to play in war-torn Vietnam and experience a rocky reception in Singapore. When the opportunity arose to play for the Tornadoes, Crosbie acted swiftly:“I got home around 10 PM,” he recounted. “I quickly got a haircut, packed a suitcase, and penned a resignation letter to the bus company I worked for.
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2 months ago | 
wp.me | Craig McCracken
In the summer of 1967 Bill Crosbie, a young Liverpudlian, abandoned both his girlfriend and his job to embark on a world tour with the Dallas Tornadoes, an American soccer team, to play in war-torn Vietnam and experience a rocky reception in Singapore. When the opportunity arose to play for the Tornadoes, Crosbie acted swiftly:“I got home around 10 PM,” he recounted. “I quickly got a haircut, packed a suitcase, and penned a resignation letter to the bus company I worked for.
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2 months ago | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Nicole Forsyth |Craig McCracken |Musab Hemsi
Businesses that hold sponsor licences, understandably, focus mostly on complying with the rules in respect of their skilled workers – ensuring roles satisfy the skill requirements for sponsorship, that workers are paid the correct minimum salary, completing right to work checks, reporting relevant events in respect of the worker to UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) in time and maintaining relevant records.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
beyondthelastman.com | Craig McCracken
1962: A fine Stade de Reims side featuring the brilliant Just Fontaine and Raymond Kopa stroll to a sixth post war French championship success. Twice European Cup finalists previously, the club looks forward to another European campaign as France’s foremost football ambassadors and one of the continent’s elite clubs.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
wp.me | Craig McCracken
The latest edition of our regular Shorts feature is distinctly Gallic in outlook, so get ready to shrug nonchalantly as BTLM gamely tries to amuse and inform you about the sometimes wacky world of French football in the 1960s. After a spate of physical attacks by supporters on opposing players and referees in 1960, officials at lower division US Boulogne came up with a novel solution to the problem.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
beyondthelastman.com | Craig McCracken
The latest edition of our regular Shorts feature is distinctly Gallic in outlook, so get ready to shrug nonchalantly as BTLM gamely tries to amuse and inform you about the sometimes wacky world of French football in the 1960s. After a spate of physical attacks by supporters on opposing players and referees in 1960, officials at lower division US Boulogne came up with a novel solution to the problem.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
scotsman.com | Craig McCracken
Here’s how to navigate legislation that will alter the landscape for restaurants and other hospitality outletsOn 1 October, new UK-wide legislation on tipping will come into force, significantly altering the landscape for restaurants and other hospitality outlets. These changes mandate that tips must be passed onto all workers fairly without any deductions being made, with businesses required to have a written policy and keep records detailing how tips have been dealt with.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
sltn.co.uk | Craig McCracken |Gordon Davidson
BEGINNING 1st October 2024, new UK-wide legislation on tipping will come into force, transforming the practices of restaurants and other hospitality venues, writes Craig McCracken. This new legislation requires tips to be distributed fairly to all workers without any deductions. Additionally, businesses must maintain a written policy and keep records of how tips are managed.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
beyondthelastman.com | Craig McCracken
International football in 1960s Europe represented something of a golden era for a number of the continent’s nations. England’s World Cup win in 1966 was an obvious pinnacle for the country that invented the game, but other nations like Portugal, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and even Sweden boasted some of the strongest teams in their own respective histories too. The West Germans were hardly slouches either, although they rarely ever are.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
wp.me | Craig McCracken
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