Brian Groom

Profile: Full name: Area of interest: Journals/Organisation: Financial Times Email: brian.groom@ft.com Personal website: Website: http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/brian-groom Blog: Representation: Networks:

Biography: About: Education: Career: A former editor of Scotland on Sunday Current position/role: UK business and employment editor also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Media Interview with Brian Groom - featuresexec.com, 15th March 2012 Broadcast media: Video: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

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Financial Times: Column info: A wry take on life in the UK Column name: Remit/Info: Section: Role: Pen-name: Email: Website: http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/brian-groom Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: Column format: Average length:

Articles: An inquisitor for our times - Veteran MP Margaret Hodge is striking fear in the hearts of business executives - 21st May 2013 Will we be ready for self-drive cars? - Despite the obvious advantages, the technology raises numerous questions - 6th May 2013 They all want to be German now - Thatcher would not have approved of how British politicians are being inspired by Germany - 16th April 2013 General strike call echoes Thatcher era - The Iron Lady’s death comes as old foes consider a day of national action - 9th April 2013 Open-plan debate is nowhere near closure - The question of what is the best environment invites almost too many answers - 1st April 2013 A pragmatic kind of obsession - The strongest defenders of Britain as a bastion of home ownership are politicians - 26th March 2013 Heseltine bites back at Pickles - The former deputy prime minister’s report may introduce some familiar ideas - 19th March 2013 Plot worked once but rarely since - It is one thing to get rid of a leader but quite another to put in place a winner - 12th March 2013 We are forgetting the golden rule - In the light of several public scandals, we would do well to remember an old maxim - 19th February 2013 No more the SNP’s ‘nippy sweetie’ - Nicola Sturgeon has become the life and soul of the party - 12th February 2013 Faster trains and smarter people - The rail project is all very well but ministers could look to the need for an upgrade in education - 29th January 2013 The brighter side of Northern Ireland - Ten cheerful things to say about the region - 18th December 2012 Could a Scot wield a veto on Scotland? - The discreet half-Scot at the heart of Europe - 11th December 2012 Of Rotherham and racism - The latest incident in a series the South Yorkshire town can do without - 27th November 2012 It’s time to elect a new people - Making changes without checking if they are wanted can be tricky - 20th November 2012 Yet another attempt at reform misfires - The police elections appear to have left the electorate underwhelmed - 13th November 2012 Beyond the City, things look brighter - The regions have picked up more jobs while London is left counting its losses - 6th November 2012 Who looks down on whom? - It’s not always easy to know where one stands in today’s Britain - 22nd October 2012 A businessman in Lambeth Palace? - Corporate Britain awaits the choice of archbishop of Canterbury with interest - 25th September 2012 Britain wins a gold medal in booing - It must be unpleasant being jeered – but some handle it better than others - 18th September 2012

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News & updates: Financial Times reshuffles editorial staff - Brian Groom and Caroline Daniel take on new roles - Journalism.co.uk, 30th January 2009

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