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Back at work –I was also in the office last week as series of meetings to prepare for. The next few months are going to be busy. Looks like I might be spending quite a bit of time in the North West over the next few months.

Aside from great football coverage, 5 Live also does some good in-depth reporting via it’s 5 Live Report. I listened to last weekend’s report on Fairtrade which raised many questions about just how “fair” products being sold under the Fairtrade label are in supermarkets. In theory it's a great scam. People feel good about buying Fairtrade products as farmer etc being paid that little bit more. But in turn the mark-up at the supermarket end is considerably higher - you can charge a lot more for a product that people feel "morally" obliged to purchase. I accept that lower production output etc will mean generally higher overheads but I will be taking a closer look at prices in the future and probably stick to purchasing from "reputable" outlets. You should be able to download the programme in a week or so from the BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/fivelivereport.shtml

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