CLIVE POWER
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Joined August 2009
Produce the best newsletters - expert advice from FT. Many public-sector orgns still not prioritising this direct to resident & business channel. Improvements suggested include - build author profile (Jane with this week's public health tips), improve subject line, how to measure
We need to talk about open rates: @FT newsletters supremo @sarahjebner shares some of the strategies which have helped grow email subscribers four-fold to 1.6m in last four years
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Nottingham City Council's disastrous Robin Hood Energy. There's a business (e.g. management consultant) with proposition 'we set up a still successful business in sector X; we can advise you (as so many councils fail at this)'. Or do local authorities take such advice but ignore?
Energy company collapse leaves £50m in unpaid bills
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Yet only 71% of employers do so here (just 16% in Germany) according to Indeed. The UK figure is up from 48% in 2019. However this info will be obligatory in the ad, or provided before an initial interview, from 2026 in EU. Should Britain do the same? Yes, pay secrecy should go.
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London nightlife diminished but its market life near dying. Surrey St, Walthamstow, Fonthill Rd much faded. (Pix) Just a few Brick Lane stalls at 10am today, all N of bridge. Side-streets now vacant. Petticoat Lane same. I recall once crowds & men on street with loupes buying.
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Yes - and he used it well. I saw him in 'The Invisible Man' in the West End. He was on stage when there was completely unexpected full male nudity. His exclamation of 'surprise' - 'Oh er Missus; that was a shock wasn't it!' or similar was in character with such & fitted the bill.
Some actors capture an aspect of their historical moment. The combover, the knitwear, the wheedling and fussing - Brian Murphy was the absolute exemplar of a certain kind of postwar masculinity - the salaryman born slightly too early for the Permissive Society. RIP.
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England has most homeless (incl in temp accommodation) in 2023 OECD list of 22 countries. NB: no standard definition of homelessness. Some don't collect data. Partial solution for London - build council (not 'social') housing over all golf courses & whose size = a London borough.
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These endless stories about how Labour will lose so many seats ("to take more seats") at next General Election are all nonsense. It is February 2025. The next General Election needs to be held by August 2029. Who knows what will be the polling strength of parties years hence.
Reform UK to take more seats from Labour than Tories, poll shows
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RT @DanNeidle: Fraudsters are setting up fake banks on Companies House - here's how we found 16 in three minutes... using an automated tool…
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This reported by @NiemanLab doubtless due in UK. Is here small-scale now but national brands with 100s of newsletters, eg Paddington NewsToday, Mayfair NewsToday, can't be far away. The below outlets are better quality & last 2 are curators, not aggregators - but who'll survive?
So want real London news? Best to worst. £pa renewal cost. Access via 1 @_TheLondoner £89 2 @London_Centric £79.50 3 @OnLondon £50 4 @standardnews Free 5 @BBCLondonNews Free 6 @the_londonspy £40 7 @myldn Free Also aggregators (free): The London Buzz (@ianvisits), @TheLondonMinute
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So don't rely on this useless map from TimeOut to tell you where you can afford to live. Instead use the Gail's bakery location map so you know if you live where they are, you won't then be able to afford to buy even a doughnut from them.
2 minutes checking would show this is worthless. Barking more expensive than Wanstead? Plaistow pricier than Woodford? Nonsense. Borough station not in the right place. The problem - duff content thoughtlessly copied by outlets like @TimeOutLondon
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@RedbridgeLive I tried more cllrs & eventually found one with a notice saying 'please contact via XX'. Which means e.g. none of the Wanstead Park (& several other) cllrs are running surgeries, nor are saying they're not doing such & instead asking people to contact them another way. Why's this?
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@RedbridgeLive It doesn't. I selected the cllr by name from that page and then clicked the tab. No ward surgery details are given - as I stated in my original post. I also tried the same for 2 other cllrs - same result.
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BBC shouldn't carry a rather convenient video from @metpoliceuk, clearly intended to distract from the kamikaze shoplifting stories, as this doesn't show such - it's not theft to put goods in a bag. I presume the guy was done for previously taking items.
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2 minutes checking would show this is worthless. Barking more expensive than Wanstead? Plaistow pricier than Woodford? Nonsense. Borough station not in the right place. The problem - duff content thoughtlessly copied by outlets like @TimeOutLondon
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