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Girl power?

It’s feminism, Jim, but not as we know it. Sturgess Motor Group has become one of the first car retailers in Leicester to sign up to FOXY Choice’s female friendly UK garage network. The move is part of a drive by Sturgess to meet the particular needs of women motorists who often feel ill at ease and on their guard when taking their vehicle to a garage for service or repairs. As a subscriber to the FOXY Promise, Sturgess has pledged to “never overcharge, patronise or sell women services they do not need or want”. It has also appointed six women members of staff to be 'Female Business Ambassadors' for the scheme. All good stuff, but surely that name needs some work?

The revolution begins in Leicester

We receive some smashing press releases here at Insider, but rarely has a headline caught our eye than on a missive from the University of Leicester earlier this week. In a stinging satirical, the university put out a release entitled “Leicester researcher takes Bronze for research on rotting ancestors in Parliament”. Could it be that the university is saying that the good ladies and gentleman of Westminster are rotten? Alas not. The release went on to point out the news that Robert Sansom, a researcher at the university has won a gong for research which looked at how our soft-bodied ancestors rotted, to help our understanding of the origin of vertebrates on Earth. We prefer our version.

I’ll give it six months

Hats off to Howes Percival, the Leicester law firm, who this week managed to spin a tale about how happy they were involving the impending nuptials of Wills and Kate (as we think everyone is calling them) into a call to action for their family law division. What started out as a lovely piece of news, turned much darker when Howes Percival warned: “We wish the royal couple every happiness. We hope this is indeed a match made in heaven. William and Kate met whilst at university, and have had an opportunity to develop their relationship with a degree of privacy. They have shared a home together, and have tested their compatibility. But how many couples invest time in building the foundations for a strong relationship? How many proposed partners-to-be examine their respective attitudes towards risk, financial matters, fidelity, children, discipline, and other areas prior to entering into commitment? Divorce statistics show many invest time in wedding preparations, sadly paying more attention to the cut of the dress and the colour of the flowers, rather than whether, as individuals, they are compatible.” How cheery.