http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/ Karen Brady Birmingham City Managing Director and successful businesswoman provides her comment on latest news and Birmingham City FC news. en-gb Birmingham Mail no Karen Brady Birmingham City Managing Director and successful businesswoman provides her comment on latest news and Birmingham City FC news. Karen Brady Birmingham City, Karen Brady, Karen Brady Managing Director, Managing Director Birmingham City FC, Birmingham City FC news http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/30/tipping-s-becoming-just-gratuitous-97319-24022262/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:45:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/30/tipping-s-becoming-just-gratuitous-97319-24022262/ THE Aussies don’t do it. The Americans do it in spades. The English? We cough and splutter and wonder what percentage of the bill should be passed over as a tip. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/23/press-whistleblowers-deserve-to-be-protected-97319-23947320/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/23/press-whistleblowers-deserve-to-be-protected-97319-23947320/ IT IS no secret that the provincial press is battling for survival, trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea, the devil being the economic slump and the deep blue sea the internet revolution. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/23/karren-brady-protect-press-whistleblowers-97319-23947542/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/23/karren-brady-protect-press-whistleblowers-97319-23947542/ IT IS no secret that the provincial press is battling for survival, trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea, the devil being the economic slump and the deep blue sea the internet revolution. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/16/horsey-hat-etiquette-driving-me-mad-97319-23887090/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:49:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/16/horsey-hat-etiquette-driving-me-mad-97319-23887090/ EVERY so often, for weddings usually, I’m confronted by the need to buy a hat or fascinator. No fan of hats, it’s the one time I find shopping a pain in the basket. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/09/my-flight-phobia-just-won-t-go-away-97319-23822124/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/09/my-flight-phobia-just-won-t-go-away-97319-23822124/ IF YOU are anything like me, you heard of the Air France airbus A330 disaster and had a quiet rush of panic. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/02/fiddling-us-left-right-and-centre-97319-23768076/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/06/02/fiddling-us-left-right-and-centre-97319-23768076/ At least the MPs’ allowances scandal has stopped us yawning at the prospect of the European elections on Thursday. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/26/only-a-sea-battle-will-clean-up-gulf-s-piracy-97319-23712774/ Tue, 26 May 2009 09:56:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/26/only-a-sea-battle-will-clean-up-gulf-s-piracy-97319-23712774/ IN the end, there will be a good deal of bloodshed off the coast and in the humble seaside villages of Somalia. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/19/britney-s-crusade-to-save-the-world-economy-97319-23658551/ Tue, 19 May 2009 08:23:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/19/britney-s-crusade-to-save-the-world-economy-97319-23658551/ WHAT is a girl to do? There’s £900,000 still left of the £7.6m she made this year and she doesn’t know how to spend it. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/12/pm-can-t-hide-cracks-with-a-bit-of-make-up-says-karren-brady-97319-23595783/ Mon, 11 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/12/pm-can-t-hide-cracks-with-a-bit-of-make-up-says-karren-brady-97319-23595783/ AS IF things aren’t bad enough for Gordon Brown, a London cabbie found in his vehicle a file of the Prime Minister’s make-up routine to be used before television appearances, should he have to do it himself. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/05/swine-flu-and-other-tales-of-doom-97319-23544300/ Tue, 05 May 2009 08:14:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/05/05/swine-flu-and-other-tales-of-doom-97319-23544300/ The story so far: swine flu has come knocking at the door, carrying nasty viruses in a big bladder before entering and spilling them all over us, making most of us very ill or worse. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/28/we-shouldn-t-accept-bullying-in-school-97319-23489328/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/28/we-shouldn-t-accept-bullying-in-school-97319-23489328/ TOM Daley is the most talented diver from this country in generations. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/21/our-resorts-should-rise-to-the-challenge-97319-23433937/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:57:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/21/our-resorts-should-rise-to-the-challenge-97319-23433937/ TRAVEL the quieter roads of England at the moment and rejoice. In a green blaze, the countryside has burst into life and under a blue sky the passing snapshots of beautiful scenery are matchless. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/14/sunbed-tan-does-not-come-without-a-cost-97319-23381623/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:30:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/14/sunbed-tan-does-not-come-without-a-cost-97319-23381623/ The trouble with three minutes each side on the sun bed is that, if it doesn’t show, you try another six minutes and, if that does a little, then there can be no harm in another six. Doesn’t work like that. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/07/compensation-door-s-on-its-hinges-97319-23330749/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:55:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/07/compensation-door-s-on-its-hinges-97319-23330749/ ALEXANDER Darg kept his left hand well and truly in his pocket as he walked out of the High Court in London £400,000 the richer. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/07/compensation-door-is-hanging-from-its-hinges-97319-23327157/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/04/07/compensation-door-is-hanging-from-its-hinges-97319-23327157/ ALEXANDER Darg kept his left hand well and truly in his pocket as he walked out of the High Court in London £400,000 the richer. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/31/troop-withdrawal-from-a-job-well-done-97319-23273951/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:34:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/31/troop-withdrawal-from-a-job-well-done-97319-23273951/ THE end of the long, long leaving of Iraq is in sight. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/24/expenses-excuse-not-good-enough-97319-23220759/ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:13:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/24/expenses-excuse-not-good-enough-97319-23220759/ TWO MPs were caught at the weekend metaphorically with their trousers down, one in the House of Commons, the other after a distinctly smelly expenses claim. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/17/it-s-time-to-give-housewives-their-due-97319-23163528/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/17/it-s-time-to-give-housewives-their-due-97319-23163528/ WOMEN and equal pay, it seems, are getting nowhere fast; rather, we are in retreat. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/10/no-set-of-values-for-gym-slip-mums-97319-23107878/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/10/no-set-of-values-for-gym-slip-mums-97319-23107878/ One bitter truth of the welfare state is that it attracts cheats and wastrels as well as fulfilling its design as a safety net for unfortunate and disadvantaged people. Karren Brady http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/03/gail-is-setting-a-new-standard-97319-23050511/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:56:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views/birmingham-mail-columnists/karren-brady-birmingham-city/2009/03/03/gail-is-setting-a-new-standard-97319-23050511/ IT BOTHERS me a little that Gail Trimble, the Oxford graduate with a billion-dollar memory, should have come in for the kind of personal comments usually reserved for coke-sniffing starlets or politicians who don’t know how to smile at themselves. Karren Brady