Bangalore, India’s outsourcing capital, has been renamed Bengalooru. The change will take some getting used to, and is likely to remain for some years as Bangalore in many people’s minds. The name change makes the place sound less British, but like the failed change of Britain’s Post Office to Consignia plc (it is now called the Royal Mail Group), throwing away a strong brand can be a mistake.
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- 08.May
- Turning the tables on Sunday trading
On Telegraph.co.uk, I write about churches and Sunday trading:
I was once taken to a church in London called the Kensington Temple, the sort of church where people either engage in crass, self-indulgent behaviour or are led to visibly express their love for the son of God, depending upon your point of view. We were early [...]
Entrepreneurship
- 17.Jan
- Learning from America’s entrepreneurial culture
On the Telegraph’s Brassneck blog, I argue that the British public’s attitudes towards entrepreneurial failure is bad for the country.
Trade
- 28.Feb
- Fairtrade sugar leaves a bitter aftertaste
On The Guardian’s Comment is Free site, I argue that the recent award of Fairtrade status to Tate & Lyle sugar undermines the ethos of the movement and leaves a bitter aftertaste.
Bangalore, India’s outsourcing capital, has been renamed Bengalooru. The change will take some getting used to, and is likely to remain for some years as Bangalore in many people’s minds. The name change makes the place sound less British, but like the failed change of Britain’s Post Office to Consignia plc (it is now called [...]