Michael Woodford, the whistleblower who exposed a massive fraud at camera maker Olympus shortly after being made chief executive, yesterday won a multi-million pound, out-of-court settlement in a dramatic, last-minute deal.
PC who stole £4,000 recovered raid cash jailed
Friday 25 May 2012
A lonely and debt-ridden police constable stole money seized in police raids and used the force computer to contact women after a relationship ended, a court heard today.
Autonomous once again: The corporate takeover that went wrong
Friday 25 May 2012
Mike Lynch, founder of what was once a vibrant British software house, has ended an unhappy affair with a US corporate giant
Watchdog barks up wrong tree on Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz
Wednesday 23 May 2012
The SFO has been looking at how millions were extracted from an Icelandic bank before it collapsed. But now it's the investigators who are under scrutiny
My Life In Food: Mark Sargeant, chef
Friday 18 May 2012
After stints working at Aubergine and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Sargeant became head chef at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's from 2001 to 2008, earning a Michelin star in 2002.
Improve the health and safety of your office with asset tags
Monday 14 May 2012
It’s important to remember that health and safety is something all businesses need to think seriously about, which is why companies like Seton provide asset tags which can help safeguard your belongings.
Dishonored release date confirmed
Friday 11 May 2012
Arkane Studios' action title to arrive in October.
Portfolio: John Carder Bush
Sunday 06 May 2012
I started photographing my sister Kate in my early twenties, when she was eight. We used soft, afternoon light, clothes from jumble sales as costumes, props from anything we could find, and we took the photos in the atmospheric, shadowy corners of the old farm in Kent where we lived.
The Cookbook Collector, By Allegra Goodman
Sunday 06 May 2012
When the facts get in the way of a good story
Natalie Haynes: Grannies for all – a scheme that makes kids read and my heart sing
Monday 30 April 2012
Notebook
Lisa Markwell: Children, don't do as we do, but do as we say
Friday 27 April 2012
What kind of example does a parent want to set for their child? We must teach them that shoplifting is bad, even though as a protest against the creeping rise of the soulless shopping experience many people are stealing groceries via the self-checkout system. According to a new survey by the website watchmywallet.co.uk, almost a third of us have done just that. It's tempting, sorely tempting – but it is wrong.
Paul Saffo: 'We have willingly made ourselves like tagged bears'
Thursday 26 April 2012
Renowned futurologist Paul Saffo discusses privacy, robots and using 3D printers to create genetically modified meat
Did MI6 spy really die alone? DNA found on bag may place second person at scene
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Inquest also told about Gareth Williams's pristine collection of women's clothes
Google Doodle celebrates ZX Spectrum and St George’s Day
Monday 23 April 2012
Google today marked St George’s Day and the 30th anniversary of the release of the ZX Spectrum home computer by adorning its home page with an 8-bit style graphic of St George slaying a dragon.
Julian Baggini: Is Osborne's dad worth a £19,000desk?
Monday 23 April 2012
How much would you spend on a desk? Few would – or even could – go as far as George Osborne's dad, who has his eye on one that costs "from" £19,000. Nevertheless, there are plenty of us for whom a good desk is one of our greatest extravagances. I paid three figures to upgrade from a perfectly serviceable Ikea pine corner desk to a solid, vintage one with a leather surface so worn that it has inch-wide holes. It was worth every penny.








