Daydream

I was trolling through the leafy green of Sherwood yesterday when I felt the wind of an arrow as it passed close by my tanned peasant brow. I must admit that my first thought was “it’s that fucking Robin Hood shooting up again” but I was wrong.

Quivering in a tree trunk close by was an official arrow pinning a King’s message to the sturdy oak. Upon close inspection it was an invitation to a grand fair at the castle. This fair would give me the opportunity to comment freely on my noble masters, something that would normally send a shiver of fear across the land.

However, this problem had been addressed. I should fear no punishment as all the nobles involved in gathering this information would be from another land and they would be blindfolded. There would be no way to know if a lowly serf made derogatory remarks about his betters.

I went on my merry way in a much improved frame of mind. I was eager to join in all the fun of the fair. Oh Joy. I could soon voice all my concerns about the shit I have to take on a daily basis. I could complain about the way the Prince holds demonic sway over this part of the Kingdom. I could do something to rid this once green and pleasant land of the pestilence that covers it.

And the beauty was I could do all this in complete anonymity.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

For fucks sake wake up! Robin Hood was a legend not a fairy story!!

God Save The King!!

It has been pointed out to me, by more than one of the peasants of my acquaintance, that if the Robin Hood theme is going to continue I should redefine one or two of the principal players.

Always willing to oblige I agree that the current King should be demoted to Prince Alex and King Michael reigns in London town.

Talk amongst the nobility is that this state of affairs may not continue for much longer but let’s go with it for now boys and girls.

God Save The King!!

You know it makes sense.........

There appears to be a high fear factor within NML. I have received several emails that are complimentary about this blog but the authors, almost to a man/woman, are very worried about adding comments.

For a company that considers itself to be employee friendly this must surely be a concern (don't you think so Michael?) In one region especially (no prizes for guessing which one) mild paranoia seems to be the order of the day.

Let’s get this in perspective. If you really are worried about reprisals don’t comment using the computer at the office and post anonymously. Come on boys and girls. Show some backbone. Comment on the blog.

You know it makes sense……

Suggestions Wanted!!

Please feel free to send me any suggestions for posts on this blog.

The rules are fairly simple. It has to be relevant to Northcliffe Media Ltd. It can be radical and provocative but please….not crude or personally abusive. If you send me your ideas I will post them and await comments.

Comments are, at the moment, not moderated. Hopefully this can continue but I would ask that the language used is not extreme.

This blog could become an extremely useful way of getting your point across in a way which would not be possible otherwise. It is already being read by many people, at all levels, within NML.

My email address is nmlnews@hotmail.co.uk and I look forward to hearing from you.

The King of the Midlands

This week sees the departure of the formidable Ms Heather Wozniak from Tamworth. She is the last of the original Midland region’s centre managing directors inherited, ignored and demotivated by the mad and not so merry monarch of the Midlands, King Alex.

The king is now in total control and I, as a lowly peasant in the Midlands realm, am not the only one of the serfs who wonders what the plan is. Demotivation still seems to be the order of the day and it appears that the Emperor in Kensington, to use a popular catchphrase...... just isn't bovvered.....

Stop Press:

Rumour has it that the hottest bet in Nottingham is when the circulation figures will hit minus 15%!!

The Northcliffe Purpose

The "Northcliffe Purpose" is the new initiative intended to portray Northcliffe companies as local and friendly within their core areas, both too the public and too their own employees. Is it the latest two minute fad or will it change attitudes within what are now the mini fiefdoms of the Northcliffe Empire?

Regional managing directors now act independently of any substantive central control and the newspapers have been emasculated editorially by removing troublesome editors such as Mike Lowe of the Bristol Evening Post. Is it now possible to attain an ethos intended to revert the local centres back to all things “local” with a “family” feel when some regional MDs are so dictorial in their approach that it is well nigh impossible to retain or recruit good management teams to work with them?

Is the "slash and burn" mentality of Aim Higher truly in the past or do certain MDs still feel that quality is subservient to cost in many areas of their business?