OWNERS, managers and charterers look to be in an upbeat mood, at least according to the latest confidence survey by accountants Moore Stephens. Now, before you scoff at this series of newsworthy surveys, don't forget that it's confidence, or lack of it, that play a huge part in deciding the direction of the economy…

OUR thanks to Stena Line's Sue Morris, who has this contribution to share with readers…

A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers…

ACCORDING to the CEO of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (London Evening Standard, 10th March), most university degrees condemn graduates to menial jobs serving coffee in Starbucks. In his humble opinion, the only degrees worth having are firsts and upper seconds from the top 20 Russell Group universities…