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Standard Chartered legal chief in move to DubaiStandard Chartered group head of legal David Brimacombe is jetting off to Dubai to take up a new position at the bank, leaving the organisation to search for a successor in London. Brimacombe is moving to the Gulf in the next few months to help drive forward the bank's operations in the region. The bank has not yet made a decision on his replacement in London. Meanwhile,Standard Chartered has hired its first-ever employment specialist. Rebecca Priestley will join the bank's London legal team from Simmons & Simmons in August. She will be looking after employment issues across all of the bank's 56 locations. Brimacombe said: "This is very much a global role. Rebecca will be working with the legal team and the HR team on employment issues across all our offices." The move comes as banks look to beef up their in-house employment capabilities in the wake of increased litigation for unfair dismissal or sexual discrimination. read more. Bring back ex-Margao SDMNoel Pinto, Dubai-UAEIt is disgusting to note the treatment given to former SDM of Margao, Mr. Suresh Pilarnekar. The situation in which he is in today is the result of his good work towards the society. How on earth he is deserved such an awful treatment from the government after keeping on check several gambling activities by himself? In fact, he should have been awarded with medal or at least his work should have been appreciated. If he had to cooperate with the gamblers, police and politicians, would he be happy? Definitely yes, he would be happy but not get the satisfaction. He would have made lots of money for himself, but he chose not to do it as he is a man of honour, believe in honesty and the good work for the society. Well, rather than punishing those who are guilty in his attempt to curb the menace of gambling, he paid the price in the form of a transfer to Sanguem as a Forest Settlement Officer. If such things continue, it means government is encouraging the gambling activities, corruption and anti-social elements in our society. Without the intervention of Chief Minister – Mr. read more. Record stand takes Jayawardene, Sangakkara into top 10Dubai: Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara reaped rich rewards for their record-breaking partnership against South Africa in Colombo which saw both batsmen storm into the top ten in the latest ICC rankings.The two added 624 for the third wicket at the Sinhalese Sports Club in the first Test against the Proteas, setting the platform for an innings victory for their team.Jayawardene, who scored his country's highest Test score of 374, moved up nine places to number 10 while Sangakkara, who scored a career-best 287 climbed three places to eighth.Australian captain Ricky Ponting continued to head the batting charts ahead of his Indian counterpart Rahul Dravid while Jacques Kallis gained one spot to number three.Also gaining a place each were Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf and Australian Matthew Hayden. read more. Popping Off: It turns out that just talking about race is a four ..."The surest way to get called a racist in Seattle," said my friend and sage colleague, Melanie McFarland, "is to point out race." I did, and so I was. A few readers took issue with my description of the target market for the McMansions on Seattle's Street of Dreams in last week's column: the Whitey McWhitersons, aka Wasps. This was based on the many family portraits, the marketing equivalent of "Your Family Here" signs, scattered throughout the homes. . read more. Readers' panel: Web anniversarySunday 6 August marks the 15th anniversary of the publication of computer files credited as the start of the World Wide Web. The publication, by Tim Berners-Lee, began the spread of computer interaction that has lead to the web as we know it. There are now 882 million people around the world online reading more than 100 million websites, and with each website offering potentially millions of pages of content. To mark the birthday we've drawn together a panel of web-users from across the world, to give us their thoughts on the birth, the worst, and the future of the web. Today's question to the panel: When was the first time you ever used the internet? . read more. South Africa: Bags Full of Possibilities for Job CreationJOB creation is often seen as requiring big projects, massive capital outlay or state intervention. Business and government overlook opportunities in the so-called second economy. Instead of pouring money into job creation, why not support and expand existing markets created by the entrepreneurial instincts of poor people? An excellent example of this is the Johannesburg cross-border retail trade sector, where more than half a million people are coming into the city each year to shop, bringing in between R15bn and R20bn a year. Figures from South African Tourism indicate that one third, or R15,7bn, of the total spend by domestic and international tourists in SA in 2004 was in Johannesburg. Of this, R5,7bn, or more than one-third, was from regional shoppers travelling overland to SA. read more. Location mattersSpa and leisure facilities at Fujairahs first five-star beach resort, Le Meridien Al Aqah, are preparing for expansion, following three successful years of operation, according to Talar Hagopian, spa manager at the resort. The resort, which first opened in 2003, has set the benchmark for hotel operations in the emirate, and is soon to be joined by Rotana and Japanese hotel group JAL Hotels, which is set to open the Nikko Fujairah in December, as the Fujairah coastline becomes a favourite weekend and day destination for those living in the UAE. As local weekend and day visitor numbers continue to grow year on year, Hagopian is preparing to extend her spa facilities with the opening of more treatment rooms and is now busy promoting the resorts day spa offering. My new challenge is to market our day spa, or what we refer to now as Al Aqah Journeys, to the residents of Dubai and neighbouring emirates. read more. O'Neill ready to start work at VillaMARTIN O'Neill's appointment as Villa boss should be rubber-stamped today with the Irishman expected at Villa Park to sign a long-term contract. O'Neill and chairman Doug Ellis are booked to fly to Hanover tomorrow morning so that the new manager can at least be present, if not necessarily in charge, of the club's pre-season friendly in the afternoon. An agreement between O'Neill and Ellis had been hatched at least a fortnight ago with O'Neill desperate to return to management after over a year on the sidelines looking after his wife Geraldine, who was diagnosed with cancer. With his wife now believed to be in much better health, O'Neill is set to replace David O'Leary and is believed to be hungry to bring success to the club. . read more.Uncovering new Dubai Hotel In Job Vacancy articles shouldn't be a hard activity. We have gone through the facts and sifted it so that it can be displayed for you. Our zeal for the matter has resulted in this website.
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