I see that Starbucks have binned The Times and are now selling The Guardian and Observer as their newspaper of choice. It’s a shrewd move by Starbucks. With lefty liberals condemning them for monopolising the high street and exploiting third world coffee growers, what better way is there for Starbucks to say they are on the side of social and global conscience? I wonder how many Guardian jou...

The Conservatives have set out plans to offer businesses a £2,000 bonus for taking on apprentices.

Peter Mandelson’s spat with Starbucks is clearly over. In February he went on a tirade after seeing the chairman of Starbucks talking the UK economy down on US TV: “Why should I have this guy running down the country? Who the fuck is he? How the hell are they [Starbucks] doing?" But today he is pictured on the front of G2 drinking out of a Starbucks cup. The most interesting thing...

Coffee any time just as long as it ain't Starbucks. Starbucks is a determined anti-union shop, as detailed at drink soaked trots and stopstarbucks.com. Here's a question: what's the difference between Starbucks and Walmart? The answer is that they both spend a fortune on union busting lawyers rather than concentrate on what they do, in Starbucks case, making and selling coffee. Here...

Purim is a Jewish festival on which masquerading and spoofery are encouraged. We’ve had some drollery from the US newspaper, Forward. But what about this, from MEMRI “The Girl in the Starbucks Logo is Queen Esther… The Queen of the Jews” Safwat Higazi: “Today, I would like to talk about the Starbucks coffee shop. Starbucks is to be found

Yay! I can finally buy coffee at Starbucks now.

Labour’s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has announced a package of measures to help 500,000 people into work or training. Speaking at an employment summit in London, the Prime Minister highlighted £500m to be spent on providing recruitment subsidies for employers, financial help for new business start-ups and enhanced training opportunities for those out of work. The measures will i...

I see that the UK Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson, has launched an extraordinary tirade against the head of the Starbucks coffee empire, accusing him of spreading gloom and overly denigrating the state of the British economy. "Earlier, angered at remarks by Starbucks chairman, Howard Schultz &# who said the UK was in an economic "spiral" with "very, very poor" consumer confidence &# Mandelson ...

Labour’s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has announced a package of measures to help 500,000 people into work or training. Speaking at an employment summit in London, the Prime Minister highlighted £500m to be spent on providing recruitment subsidies for employers, financial help for new business start-ups and enhanced training opportunities for those out of work. The measures will i...

With a founder who is pro-Israel and a symbol of globalization, Starbucks was bound to attract the haters.