Something for the weekend
By George
Normally sober law firm George Green is getting all worked up about hot girlfriends and dodgy emails.
The Black Country legal eagles are warning that conversations about pursuing another’s “hot” ex-girlfriend, for example, shouldn’t be carried out via work emails.
Tim Lang, partner and head of employment at the firm, tells a steamy tale. He said: “Many newspapers have featured the story of two young city workers, who shared an email conversation, which contained an expletive-laden description of the ex-girlfriend.
“This may not seem that funny or unusual, but one of the parties copied the 'hot' ex-girlfriend into the email and the story has spread like wildfire since. The story has also gone viral, causing further embarrassment for the parties involved, but the employers of the two young men have taken a dim view of the situation and both have been suspended pending an investigation.”
Just when the story was getting tasty, Lang brings us back down to earth. “In order to protect themselves against similar situations arising all employers should consider putting in place an electronic information and communication systems policy,” he suggests.
Skinner’s frank approach
Alcester-based PR guru Andy Skinner sends us a story about… er.. Andy Skinner.
Evidence that a recovery in the commercial property market is likely to be led by the small to medium business sector comes with the purchase of Warwickshire offices by husband and wife business team Andy Skinner and Angela South, he tells us (doing that scary thing of talking about yourself in the third person).
They have moved their business interests, ASAP PR, Expat Pensions and Magna Wealth Management into the Croft Court office complex just off the A46.
According to Andy Skinner, Andy Skinner said: “Given the state of the property market we reckoned that it was a good time to buy and started looking in early September 2010. The old cliché that vendor expectations remain optimistic proved true and it wasn’t until we saw Croft Court in December that we found somewhere that fitted the bill.”
Too much pressure
Birmingham residents are being invited to roll up their sleeves this weekend and be part of an attempt to smash a world record by getting 3,000 people to take blood pressure checks in a single eight-hour period.
The Big Birmingham Blood Pressure Challenge takes place this Saturday at Star City in Birmingham between 10am and 6pm.
The challenge is a collaboration between the Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal, The Stroke Association, Birmingham’s three Primary Care Trusts and Service Birmingham and aims to raise awareness of the risk of stroke which is linked with having high blood pressure.
The current recognised world record of 2,075, which was set in Florida in 2009, was broken in Cardiff last September with a currently unverified 2,331 blood pressure tests taken. The goal on Saturday is to beat that figure.
Fred Shaw, Service Birmingham’s corporate social responsibility manager said: “This is an absolutely fantastic idea that will really shine a light on the challenge we all have in facing up to the silent threat of high blood pressure.”
