The chairman takes a sabbatical to escape stress testing, whoopee cushions and mean Scottish politician man
"Calm down," I told the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBluePlanet as we sat drinking pints of On Yer Bike at The Extended Holiday And Very Definitely Not A Sabbatical. "I'm almost 100% certain the FSA is not going to be sending out any special operatives to creep up behind you and shout 'boo'. "Firstly, it's got enough on its plate trying to show that far from being, as our dear Prime Minister recently suggested some companies believe it to be, 'hugely inhibiting of efficient business', its ever-expanding tree-massacre of rules, regulations and meddling is ac...
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