The enormous international recall of Mars products, which began when a boy found a piece of plastic in a Snickers bar in Germany back in January, spread to the UK yesterday. The problem in Germany was traced to the Mars factory in the Dutch town of Veghel and, as a precautionary measure, the company has [...]
I was delighted to hear a lengthy discussion on this morning's Radio 4 "Today" programme about risk management in the context of capital requirements for British banks. Sir John Vickers, who headed up the Independent Commission on Banking has queried whether proposals that the Bank of England has put forward are strong enough. Whilst I [...]
