Apperley Bridge Rail Station is now open – guess who was on the first train to call?
The secret’s out
The joys of working on a launch when most of the people you need to talk to haven’t signed the confidentiality agreement you’ve had to!
Charter viva
The Chartership process might have changed but I’m still on the old route – so I thought I’d get a shift on.
Crikey. Fellowship!
Somewhat delighted – and still a bit surprised, though I have been keeping the news secret for a few weeks – to have been made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
Full story on the CIPR web site.
Many thanks to Paul Amourdedieu, Stefan Casey and Rebecca Benn for the nomination; and to the many people Paul tells me he rounded up to get testimony from; and to the people who have emailed, texted or tweeted congratulations today.
I promise to only use my new-found powers to annoy.
Google’s mapping changes
I don’t know what they’ve done, but my wonderful rail station maps don’t work any more 🙁
What will the new rail franchises mean for the economy of the north?
A series of breakfast briefings I’ve been working on around the new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises.
‘C’ words
The gist of a talk I gave to final-year students at Leeds Beckett University today.
I’d like to thank…
Close, but no banana.
Eight spots available on the Open List, I came… ninth. A ridiculously close ninth too, thanks to the voting system used.
Oh well, there’s always 2016. You can see the results on the CIPR web site, as well as the full election report.
Vote Taylor!
After some consideration, I have decided to put myself forward for election to CIPR Council for 2015 & 2016.
Farewell*, Beeston
Finally… I’m moving on and moving out!