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Philip Green hired by the Government to help identify potential savings

By admin on August 13th, 2010

Their wives may wear his Topshop clothing line, but now it seems politicians also want a piece of Topshop mogul Philip Green.

The Arcadia boss has been hired by Prime Minister David Cameron to conduct an efficiency review into the government’s annual spending bill over the next three years.

He will work with the government free of charge to set out to cut inefficiencies and identify potential savings.

Green told the Guardian: “I believe that our shared experience in the procurement of many goods and services, across a broad geographical area of the UK will enable us to have important benchmarked information which will be extremely useful.

“I will give this efficiency review my very best effort knowing how hugely important it is to the recovery of the country. I want to help focus, motivate and energise to achieve these efficiency savings. It is these actions that will restart growth in the UK.”

Green will report his findings to the minister of the Cabinet Office Francis Maude and chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander in October.

We wonder if we’ll be spotting any of these politicians in Topshop or Burton suits in the future.



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Gallery: Pale and proud celebrities

By Andrea Petrou on January 14th, 2010

When we first reported on the sunbed ban bill, we bought you a gallery of super tanned celebrities to show you how ridiculous many look when they over do it on radiation machines.

Therefore, with the news that pale Nicola Roberts is supporting the campaign we thought it only right to give you a gallery of pale celebs, who clearly show you don’t need a tan to be beautiful.

Click on the picture below to begin the gallery.



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Nicola Roberts backs proposed underage sunbed ban

By Andrea Petrou on January 14th, 2010

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Last year we told you about a proposed private members bill, which would ban under 18s in England and Wales from using sunbeds, and we’re pleased to see we’re not the only ones backing the cause.

Last night Girl’s Aloud member Nicola Roberts also put her weight behind the campaign being proposed by Cardiff North’s MP Julie Morgan.

Speaking about her personal experiences the pale red head admitting had felt pressured to have a tan when she was a youngster.

“I was once in a place where I did feel a pressure to have a tan – having a tan made me feel more attractive, it made me feel more accepted and as a young girl being very influenced by peers, by media, by everybody in society, that was just the way I felt… without having a tan I didn’t feel attractive, I just didn’t feel very good at all,” she said.

It is thought that 6 per cent of 11- to 17-year-olds in England have used sunbeds – usually coin-operated, unsupervised, and charging as little as 30p per minute. This figurerises to 20 per cent in Liverpool.




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