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MPs have slammed the senior levels of management at Carillion for its untimely demise. Carillion’s auditor KPMG, was also heavily criticised, with MPs claiming they were “complicit” in the company’s “questionable” accounting practices. A hugely damning report, that runs to 100 pages, has been compiled by two select committees on the matter. One of the most shocking findings is that Carillion’s directors focused on bonus pay-outs to senior executives even as the firm teetered on the brink of collapse. Additionally...

Arriving late, wearing inappropriate clothes - and bumping a colleague’s vehicle in the car park are among the biggest blunders made by employees on their first day at work, a study has found. A poll of almost 3,000 workers revealed almost half have made a bad first impression after having a terrible or humiliating start to a new job. Others arrived to find they were completely over-dressed, spilled tea everywhere, got lost en-route to the office and said something inappropriate...

It heated water from room temperature to 100,000 degrees Centigrade - in under a trillionth of a second

As the date to leave the EU comes ever closer another company is jumping ship before Brexit actually begins. This time it is Thomson Reuters who have said they will shift their foreign exchange derivatives trading to Ireland. The outfit will relocate to Dublin so they can continue to do business within the EU. There are fears of a mass exodus of companies, especially in financial services, in the run up to Brexit. A spokesperson said: “Thomson Reuters has commenced...

They targeted the Senate House which is over a thousand years old.

The Dorset countryside - forever associated with the novels of Thomas Hardy - has stood in for Mars as scientists hunt for life on the red planet

The Home Office are telling couples who they have refused the right to remain to use "modern channels" to maintain their relationship. According to campaigners, the ministerial department responsible for immigration is refusing thousands of people the right to remain in the UK each year and telling families that while they will be separated, the existence of phones, messaging apps, Facebook, and other internet modes of communication makes the distance immaterial. The new policy is designed to head off judicial challenge...

Almost one third of UK employees would NOT feel comfortable talking to their manager about mental health problems for fear of being judged, a study found. Researchers who carried out a detailed study found in excess of nine million workers would ‘dread’ discussing their mental wellbeing with their superior. According to the data one fifth fear they would be ostracised, while another 36 per cent think confiding in their boss would hamper their career. And 71 per cent STILL consider...

Raises the possibility the extinct species may have behaved like humans, using language and stone tools