Something for the weekend
Ladies that don't lunch
More than half of women in the Midlands do not get together with their girlfriends as often as they would like, according to a survey by Oxfam. More than 50 per cent of women in the Midlands (56 per cent) meet with their friends less than once a month. The survey comes as female celebrities launched Oxfam's new fundraising campaign, Get Together, to support women around the world for International Women's Day. Celebrities including BBC presenter Gemma Cairney and columnist Caitlin Moran from the Midlands joined Lauren Laverne, Miquita Oliver, Caroline Flack, Dawn Porter, Grace Dent, Cherry Healey, Brix Smith-Start, Jo Good and Whistles' Jane Sheperdson to show how a fun night out in great company can make a massive difference. We guess these lot can afford to go out more than once a month, though…
Back to the shire
To Fothergills, in Nottingham, and a somewhat sober experience as we said goodbye to outgoing RBS communications overlord Andy Cameron-Smith, who is leaving the company to go and work in the relative backwaters of Loughborough. No more calls on Christmas Day from the Daily Mail about Fr*d Goodwin for Andy; instead he's working on the Hollywell Park campus in Loughborough. See you in the SU bar, sir.
We'll meet again
It was like a who's who of economic development and regeneration past and present in Nottingham's Kean's Head pub the other day. We popped in there for a meeting with Clare Farley of Eden PR, and who should we spot but Mike Taylor of Nottingham Regeneration Company, John Nicholls, ex-Leicester Regeneration Company head honcho, and Clare's old boss Jeff Moore. Jeff gave Clare a big hug and kiss, which was nice to see. He merely nodded to us.
