Woods-Scawen ready to vent his spleen
Brian Woods-Scawen, chairman of West Bromwich Building Society, will be speaking to Birmingham Business Breakfast Club at the Botanical Gardens on November 12 on the subject of 'Why don’t we trust politicians?'
Do I detect a certain irritation still about the lad’s failed bid to become chairman of Advantage West Midlands, a move thwarted by said politicians?
Come on Brian, give them both barrels.
Not something Charles Hanmer, the Black Country Braveheart, is ever afraid to do.
He phones up Bright in full political rant mode bemoaning how he has become something of a sage, with the younger fraternity who have never seen a recession before asking his advice on how to cope.
Well, Charles, has been through a few so he certainly knows.
Not that even he has managed to escape a couple of bad debts hits.
“They’ve got to get on the phone and start chasing orders,” he charges.
But he reserves his biggest tongue lashing for the Government and the Bank of England.
“If I ran my finances like the Government and the Bank of England I would have been out of work months ago,” he rails.
Calm down, Charles.
I sympathise, but for old boys like you and I, it’s not good for the ticker.
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It’s Friday, so here’s a couple of credit crunch jokes to cheer you up.
The financial markets crash is worse than a divorce......
I’ve lost half my money and I still have a wife!
Boom, boom.
And the latest gag about some volcanic outcrop in the Atlantic …
What’s the capital of Iceland?
About £3.50.
