A RSS Feed from Keeble Hawson for the latest blog posts So a tabloid newspaper has reported allegations of match-fixing by a test cricket team. Technically I think the allegation is ‘spot-fixing’ as it was alleged not that the activity directly affected the result, but that it ‘fixed’ a specific moment in the match to enable betting to be rigged.

]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:08:50 GMT I am hors de combat at the moment, struck down in my prime with a debilitating condition. I am not suffering from man-flu or anything like that. No, this is much more serious - I have managed to injure my back by, of all things, bending down to pick something out of a bag.

]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:38:15 GMT So, David Beckham is no longer an England player and Fabio Capello has drawn the tabloid wrath for the manner in which the end of DB’s England career was made known. It has been described as very poor management by Capello and apparently draws into question his ability and fitness to be England manager. This of course is the manager who guided AC Milan, Roma and Real Madrid to sustained periods of success.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:00:55 GMT So take your pick; either David Cameron is a straight-talking, no-nonsense politician not afraid to call a spade a spade when it comes to our foreign affairs, or he fundamentally fails to appreciate the finer nuances of political diplomacy and by doing so, puts at risk delicate ongoing negotiations, our international relations and our role as a strategic world power.

]]> Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:10:14 GMT So Paul the Octopus was right (Spain won the World Cup) and like all true greats should, he has retired at the top.  Leaving aside my understanding that Paul always favoured the right of the two containers (and so more right-handed than psychic), it has demonstrated to me how important foresight is as a commodity.

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:08:15 GMT This is my first blog entry for a while. I have been away (and you really are away when you go to North Norfolk for your holiday) and I was made to pay by the holiday gods when I returned, because it was straight into a matter which did not complete until 1.30am on Saturday morning.

]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:05:05 GMT June is awards month courtesy of the Insider Dealmaker’s Awards dinner for South Yorkshire to be held on 24 June 2010.

]]> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:26:51 GMT I must admit to being worried today. It’s not the question of whether the legislative programme proposed by the new coalition government is too radical (or not radical enough) or whether they have the drive or stomach to see it through or even whether it is the right programme to deliver the real growth in the economy which all of us involved in professional services want to see.

]]> Fri, 28 May 2010 16:04:44 GMT You will have noticed that this blog is called rather unimaginatively ‘the Keeble Hawson’ blog. Inspiration completely failed me when I was asked to name it last week

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