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muriel_volestrangler

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6. The Guardian isn't claiming 'Northern Powerhouse' falls under BIS, just that the office closure

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 10:10 AM

Jan 2016

looks bad for the idea, since it's meant to be about encouraging industry (though their URL for the story seems to show they started by calling it the department's "only" office outside London, where the story says, now, it was the largest). The Mirror calls it the 'Northern Powerhouse' department, and it looks like that's sloppy reporting.

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'Northern Powerhouse' department to close Sheffield office and move 247 jobs to London [View all] Denzil_DC Jan 2016 OP

Pardon me for asking.... T_i_B Jan 2016 #1

Dunno. Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #2

Who does fully understand what "Northern Powerhouse" actually means? T_i_B Jan 2016 #4

In fact I'm left wondering what part of BIS's remit does fall under the "northern powerhouse" stuff. Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #5

The Guardian isn't claiming 'Northern Powerhouse' falls under BIS, just that the office closure muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #6

Thanks. I suspect that, as so often, a sloppy subeditor coming up with the headline Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #7

The perils of rhetorical bullsh*t.... T_i_B Jan 2016 #8

Indeed. In one of the articles I linked above, Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #9

What does "The North" mean in this context? T_i_B Jan 2016 #10

In further (local) news on this subject... T_i_B Jul 2016 #11

Actually, my bad. It looks like the Daily Mash covered this back in November Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #3