Beecroft plan will boost discrimination, but not productivity
Removing employment protection with a 'no-fault dismissal' will give us a wild west economy that does little for business

Stefan Stern: The office giants we pretend to be
Sometimes the spinning has to stop. In the case of Scott Thompson, the outgoing chief executive of Yahoo, that moment came five months into his tenure at the struggling US internet business. The accounting and computer science degree on his CV apparently lacked one vital element – computer science. I...

An iPad app to track performance? Stick to Angry Birds, Cameron
A sense of purpose and direction would probably serve David Cameron and his government better than a bespoke app

Public sector pay: is it time to go local?
Matthew Sinclair argues against national pay deals while Stefan Stern says regional approach is fraught with problems

Stefan Stern: Not levelling down but making it fair
Is it because he is Les? Or Luton? Professor Ebdon, the newly appointed head of the Office for Fair Access (Offa), is vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire where, it may be assumed, there is little in the wine cellar to compare with the riches of other more venerable institutions....