Business News

Barnet Waddingham partner comments on The Pension Regulator campaign

Commenting on The Pensions Regulator launching a campaign encouraging good governance and administration and better management of pension scheme risks, Paul Jayson says: “Whilst it must be right that trustees have adequate training and the ability to manage large amounts of other people’s retirement funds there could be unintended consequences of the increased governance requirements.  For example, many lay trustees feel increasingly out of their depth with the ever increasing requirements made of them and subsequently may step away from their appointments with a resulting loss of their talents in running schemes. “It would be helpful if the Regulator would be more specific about its concerns, based on examples of where things are going wrong. This would give trustees certainty of what was expected of them, rather than the general fear factor that pervades trusteeship currently.”

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Oxford Theatre News

FOUR APPRENTICES JOIN THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY AS THE RSC LAUNCHES ITS ‘THINK THEATRE’ CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE A THEATRE CAREER Four new apprentices have joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of the RSC Craft Apprenticeship Scheme. The apprentices are working in the Company’s theatre crafts workshops where the sets and props for its plays are made. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/theatrenews.htm

Oxford Motoring

BRITS GET SMART WITH CARS TO BEAT THE RECESSION

As savvy young drivers change car habits to save money

Clear evidence emerges today that Britons are rethinking the relationship they have with their cars as consumers respond to recessionary pressures with smarter approaches to car usage.
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Oxford Motoring News

Car Crime News
 

The incidence of theft from motor vehicles in the Oxford City area is showing signs of increasing and as we move closer to the festive season the opportunities for theives to break into cars will become more frequent.

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ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE ASHMOLEAN CONCERT -25th November 2009

A Concert Review by Julia Gasper.26 November 2009
 
 
The beautiful Mallett Gallery of the newly-reopened Ashmolean Museum was surely the most desirable place to be in Oxford and perhaps in the world, yesterday evening, as the Baroque ensemble Charivari Agréable gave the annual FRIENDS OF THE ASHMOLEAN concert. Both soloists were playing on original instruments. Kah-Ming Ng, the distinguished harpsichord performer and musicologist, played on an authentic early eighteenth-century instrument from the museum’s collection, while Bojan Čičič played a Ruggieri violin made in the period of Bach. Lit with chandeliers and surrounded by Titians and Poussins, this was early music in an ideal setting.http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/oxfordmusic.htm