UK Opposition Labour Party Pledge Productivity Fix in Latest Pitch to Business

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will pledge to fix Britain’s stagnating productivity at a conference for businesses on Thursday, its latest charm offensive to companies and investors ahead of a national election expected this year. Keir Starmer, leader of the left-leaning party, will tell assembled executives that Labour will “get under the…

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The Messenger to Close After Less Than a Year

[ad_1] The Messenger, a news website that pledged to shake up the media industry with a playbook borrowed from the doomed publishing start-ups of yesteryear, will be closing down, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. It’s unclear when The Messenger will stop publishing. By closing less than a year after it launched,…

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Shaw takes helm as county business manager

[ad_1] Subhead County declares February 4-H Month At the end of a six-month search process that started last summer, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners introduced its newly hired county business manager at its regular meeting on Monday. In the initial business item on the agenda, Chairman Rich Nelson introduced long-time Aurora resident Pat Shaw…

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