The high spot of the week should of course have been the IRA's decision to abandon its arms. Assuming it's serious this could have been a final end to the risks we all remember from the 1970s and the 1980s; after recent weeks of course this became a hollow hope and led many to abandon public transport. MI5 has certainly started offering advice to the bigger businesses in coping with an emergency under the current circumstances.
Speaking of safety there were concerns over your safety if you use a headset with your phone, so maybe the people advocating abandoning business travel wherever possible have a point?
Elsewhere there was more on offshoring your business to bring your price down and a threat to companies the OFT believes are overcharging for their credit card services; a suspicion that retirement ages are going to head north and some confusion over whether manufacturing was doing well or badly, which you'll find on the same link as the credit card story.
Next week everyone will be watching the Bank of England very carefully indeed as it decides whether or not to cut interest rates - Thursday lunchtime will be the time to check back for that story. Meanwhile have a good weekend and see you on Monday for a round-up of the Sunday business papers.
