Charlie Cashdan


Is it a bank? No, it’s a shop and you must be sold too

I went into my bank yesterday just to pay in some cash and was shocked by the hard-sell tactics, writes Charlie Cashdan.

Is it a bank?  No, it’s a shop and you must be sold too

Give the unemployed work experience in public sector

Offer the unemployed work experience in the public sector, not private, and let tax payers benefit rather than big business, writes Charlie Cashdan.

Give the unemployed work experience in public sector

High speed rail – it’s the price that matters, not speed

I went to London yesterday for a meeting, writes Charlie Cashdan. 

High speed rail – it’s the price that matters, not speed
Daybreak spell is finally broken as Adrian and Christine present last show

Once the golden couple of prime-time TV, now Chiles and Bleakley feel the cold metal of the television axe as it descends upon their expensive necks this morning, writes Charlie Cashdan.

Daybreak spell is finally broken as Adrian and Christine present last show

Where are all these unemployed people desperate for work?

Yes it’s that time of year again, the time when people who work in recruitment for retail start to go a little greyer and wish they had become an accountant/solicitor/dentist/teacher, writes Charlie Cashdan.

Where are all these unemployed people desperate for work?

Easy to see why shoppers are deserting Wolverhampton

Another deserted Bank Holiday in Wolverhampton centre as shoppers desert the city, writes Charlie Cashdan.

Easy to see why shoppers are deserting Wolverhampton

Riots: Where are the parents?

Why are children running riot in our streets?  Where are the parents? writes Charlie Cashdan.

Riots: Where are the parents?

Points of interest about holidays abroad

Charlie Cashdan offers a few thoughts on taking a holiday abroad.

Points of interest about holidays abroad

Cheryl Cole offers a salutary lesson to young girls

The new judging panel for the UK X Factor has been announced and there is no mention of Cheryl Cole, writes Charlie Cashdan.

Cheryl Cole offers a salutary lesson to young girls

A ray of sunshine in ‘broken Britain’

Isn’t it nice to know that there is still kindness in ‘broken Britain’? writes Charlie Cashdan.

A ray of sunshine in ‘broken Britain’

Sexism is just part of what’s wrong with football

Events of the last week involving Angy Gray, Richard Keys and ‘linogate’ have frankly endorsed my feelings about football, writes Charlie Cashdan.

Sexism is just part of what’s wrong with football

At least VAT rise is shared

VAT has gone up to 20% which isn’t exactly good news, but at least it’s a tax for everyone, writes Charlie Cashdan.

At least VAT rise is shared

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