Will Godfrey

3 weeks ago | orr.gov.uk | Will Godfrey

Hello and welcome to our April newsletter. March was a busy month across both economic, and health and safety matters. First off, we published our report into the costs and benefits of health and safety interventions. This sets out our recommendations to help improve how the industry makes these interventions effectively and efficiently on the rail network.  This has been a truly industry-wide project, and I am grateful to all duty holders and other organisations who engaged with us.

1 month ago | orr.gov.uk | Will Godfrey

Productivity matters. It is a major driver of growth and value – and rail is no different. Expenditure on the operational railway is more than £25 billion per year, with nearly half of this government funded, so even small percentage changes in productivity can make a big difference in value for passengers, freight users and taxpayers.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Will Godfrey

For some of us, the process of researching, choosing, and booking a restaurant is an anticipation-filled preview of the meal to come. For others, it feels like you can't trust the information available online, and the restaurants you end up booking are just as likely to provide an unforgettable experience — that you'd rather forget. Fake reviews, dodgy photos, and out-of-date information can make it feel like you're rolling the dice when booking a restaurant.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Will Godfrey

Food styling is an intriguing profession, blending the specialized skills of art direction, culinary arts and in-the-moment problem solving. They're a key cog in the food marketing machine, essential for getting food to look its very best in video and photo for advertisements, cookbooks, restaurant websites and menus, television commercials, social media, and even in TV and film.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Will Godfrey

Several kitchen tools in front of a blurred kitchen backdrop - Static Media / ShutterstockDon't get the wrong impression: I'm not someone with a pile of unnecessary, unusual kitchen gadgets hidden away in a cupboard gathering dust. There's plenty of professional kitchen equipment which has no place in a home kitchen, either because it's very task-specific (a shell-shaped silicone mold, for example) or it's too bulky to be worth the surface space for a home cook (like a chamber vacuum machine).