One intriguing facet of Spada’s research into British professions comes deep within the White Paper – on page 27, to be precise. There, citing research by Bobby Duffy and Anna Pierce on socio-political influencers (who they are and why they matter), we find that influential people may come from a range of backgrounds and that [...]
The radical academic Ivan Illich once categorised professions as cartels which dominate modern society. As Spada’s White Paper, British Professions Today: the State of the Sector, notes, his modern-day disciples might include the likes of Prem Sikka, who, opining in The Guardian of August 2007, said “the aim of the International Accounting Standards Board is [...]
In these troubled times, entrepreneurial success is seen about as often as snow in the Sahara. All the more reason to celebrate a comeback by former Chelsea footballer turned global businessman Roger Smee, says Alex Wade. In April 2009 he backed his global office fit out businesses into Real Office Group Plc. listed on London’s [...]
Alex Wade, recently nominated as Sports Feature Writer of the Year in the annual Sports Journalism Awards, reflects on professional life. “All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without [...]
Red tape is everywhere, from edicts issued by schools banning games of conkers to the raft of legislation now governing the professions. If Max Mosley has his way, there will even be laws ending the centuries’ old tradition of “publish and be damned”, with judges, rather than newspaper editors, having the right, as a matter [...]
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Memo to would-be hacks: good writing is no longer a tool of your trade
Released almost a year ago, Spada’s groundbreaking research report, British Professions Today, is available for free download
This bank is so well designed that many of its staff never go home (allegedly)
In the latest of our series of white papers, Spada Research examines trends in environmental reporting.
After a raft of phone-hacking admissions and allegations, we are no longer seen as the gruff but dependable watchdog. Neville Thurlbeck, formerly of the News of the World (part of his Damascene conversion; to be continued).