ANY AB out there planning a trip to the job centre should think carefully about the application….

FANCY being the next James Bond? Well, if you are a City banker you may be in with a chance…

RECRUITMENT Today cites a Daily Mail story of a company boss who says he would rather employ ex-cons than ex-servicemen and women on the basis that they have worked for the Government…

GIVE us the strength, goes the prayer, to see ourselves as others see us. A useful maxim for all of us no doubt, especially politicians, but one which we try to live by here at Spinnaker…

BRUTAL BUT HONEST is the slogan on the current mug – and that's the kind you drink out of – in the specially designed series of promotion mugs by consultancy company Marine Professionals and we cannot but applaud the sentiment…

Shipbuilding and related ship finance issues are on the agenda for the next in the London Shipping Law Centre's series of seminars…

SHIPOWNERS and shipmanagers have had their battles with the International Transport Workers Federation in the past and will doubtless do so again. Eyebrows may have been raised therefore at the news that Monaco-based trade association InterManager has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ITF…

NO, this is not a story about the proliferation of McDonalds in Bergen, but news of Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein continuing overseas expansion with the appointment of Chris Grieveson in Singapore. Grieveson, who was formerly with Ince & Co will head up the firm's dispute resolution practice handling both litigation and arbitration….

UK employers who have so far managed to miss the news that sick notes are no more, can read about the new “fit notes” (yes, it's true) that their staff will now be producing after a Shakespearean visit to the doctor…