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November 5, 2007

Hub humbug: One party fits all at Telegraph

By Axegrinder axeblog

Before we know it, Christmas will be on our doorsteps and it will be time for Axegrinder and his sources to crack open the bubbly.

However, I hear that staff at the Telegraph Media Group’s all-singing all-dancing newsroom hub in Victoria aren’t too happy about new arrangements for their Christmas do this year.

In the past, staffers all got a voucher (for about £35), which meant that each department head could arrange their own party for their team. Whether it was going to a restaurant or a pub, a nightclub or a strip joint, no one seemed to mind.

But now, managing editor Richard Ellis has decreed otherwise: there will be no vouchers, and they’ll be arranging one party for all and sundry. Well, you’d better show up, or else.

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