Jim Norton

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jim Norton

Former M&S boss Lord Stuart Rose has long branded himself an “unreconstructed get-back-to-work man”, claiming the practice of working from home is damaging both the economy and employees’ wellbeing. Now, the 76-year-old businessman may have another reason to oppose remote working – with the arrangement possibly putting one of Britain’s best-loved retailers, and his former employer, at the mercy of hackers.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jim Norton

Indeed, just last year the retailer - which is understood to allow staff to work two days a week at home - warned in its annual report that WFH was increasing its exposure to cyber attacks. But why? The answer is simple - computers in most corporate offices have a vast array of tough defences installed to keep bad actors out, from firewalls to secure internet routers, all of which are kept under close watch by the on-site security team.

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jim Norton

What Kebede's words do provide, however, is a snapshot of the militant zeal fuelling the man that Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is now facing. The outspoken primary school teacher, a Corbyn loyalist, has spent much of the past decade pounding the streets on countless anti-fascism and racism marches. The two issues, he says, run through him "like a stick of rock" and remain central to his trade union work. So where did it all start?

Mar 19, 2025 | msn.com | Jim Norton

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Mar 19, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Jim Norton

While council staff enjoy three-day weekends on full pay, furious locals say they're footing the bill for slower, sloppier servicesWhen Liz Watts stepped down as chief executive of East Herts District Council in 2019, her intention had been to find a better work-life balance. The well-travelled mother of three - who had spent six years in Sarajevo after the Bosnian war and once interviewed the Dalai Lama - hoped to spend more time with her family at home in Suffolk.