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Stakeholder Strategy is another of those books that believes it has a good idea and wishes to spend 200 pages expounding it.

This is not necessarily a bad thing but I sometimes wish authors would realise that not every reader agrees with all their opinions - a little more argument and debate would not go amiss.

Three on radio shortlist

The Ministry of Defence has short-listed three companies to supply and support replacements for army radios. Computing Devices of Canada, Thomson-CSF of France and TRW of the US will bid for the long-delayed contract, which will include manufacturing and vehicle conversions. A cancelled contract with BAe Systems cost the MoD £330 million.

Part share slashes bills

Car manufacturer Volkswagen plans to slash up to £2 billion off production and purchasing costs over the next decade through more component sharing across brands. The group is to introduce 11 joint-production platforms over the next five years for brands such as Audi, Seat and Skoda.

British American Tobacco

Federal Trade Commission

Transactions set to rise

Companies across the industrial spectrum are predicting massive expansion in the use of web-based business-to-business technology, according to a recent survey on e-commerce.

Guzzlers to be penalised

Tough fuel tax laws will see high-mileage drivers of “gas guzzling” vehicles taxed up to thousands of pounds a year, a report has predicted. Previously drivers received tax discounts rising with each business mile travelled.

Facilities heads’ pay up

Salaries for facilities managers are continuing to rise above inflation and are up 13 per cent from last year, according to a survey. The poll of 351 facilities managers by recruitment agency Facilities Recruitment Limited, found that the average salary for a facilities manager is £34,418, senior facilities manager £44,420 and facilities director £64,162.

New report damns RIP Act

The government must examine the impact of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act on business confidence and investment within a year of its implementation, according to a damning new report.

Blue Circle burns rubber

Cement group Blue Circle plans to slash £6 million off its £300 million annual fuel bill by burning old tyres to heat cement kilns. The joint venture, with French tyre manufacturer Michelin, follows the rise in fuel costs last year.