Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Caveat Emptor

The Fact Compiler has received an invitation to subscribe to a new weekly industry briefing note.

Called XBriefing it promises, for the princely sum of £745, to "remove noise and allow higher productivity".

But what's this?

The 'emaciated' edition attached to the email did not quite deliver on the promise.

For instance an article on First Group's results appeared to be heavily dependent on the PLC's press release for content.

Furthermore the publication's editorial team are unnamed and appear to inhabit an accommodation address in SW1.

Alas, the Xbriefing "team" were out when Railway Eye called to discover the editors name.

The Fact Compiler will keep an open mind but suspects that he will continue to rely on Rail Business Intelligence and Rail Management for his on-line industry news and analysis.