The Home Office has welcomed a radical new product aimed at making young people think twice about crime.Funded jointly from the public and private sector, every secondary school in Greater Manchester is set to receive a copy of the computer ‘game’, together with an accompanying teachers handbook.
The application, on CD ROM, faces young people with a series of real-life scenarios, sometimes calling for tough choices when faced with hazardous situations. 

Local councils are getting together with the business community for a series of regional meetings dubbed ‘Listening to Business.’The seminars are being organised jointly by the Local Government Association and the British chambers of Commerce.
It follows a recognition of the need for an even closer relationship between the two in the interests of everyone - businesses create local economic activity and employ local residents; councils provide essential services. 

J Pendlebury, F Meston and B Grouard
This book describes the dynamics of change, its causes, what’s at stake, and the criteria for success. Then it puts forward a practical method for driving change, whether it be a simple evolution or a major transformation. The authors show how efficient organisations use change to reinforce their position, control their activity and their future and how a large part of the process involves the motivation and development of people.
ISBN 0-471-97930 250pp