Go online to track down Tunnel info

TWENTY MILLION passengers and 11 million tonnes of freight went through the Channel Tunnel last year, so Eurotunnel executives should be in buoyant mood when announcing interim figures on Tuesday. The website www.eurotunnel.co.uk is a mine of information, one organisation chart even revealing that an unlikely combination of communication, public affairs and safety all report to chairman Patrick Ponsolle and diminutive deputy Charles Mackay. What has proved more difficult to establish is whether Mackay will, at some stage, take over the chair and whether he would do so without rocking the - er - boat.

ON THE subject of job changes, if you feel that your career is heading in the wrong direction, try a visit to www.michaelpage.com.

International recruitment specialist Michael Page offers a range of services online. It can help you to write or polish up your resum. You are also invited to check job availability by feeding in your requirements for location, sector and salary. If they come up with something you fancy, you can apply for the job on the screen in front of you. If the boss isn't around. I didn't get that far - I was irritated by the American date set out as 7-14-99 and justifiably scared of having my application turned down by some faceless consultant.

WEDNESDAY is scheduled to be a big day for results and steaming out from the madding crowd comes Railtrack. The contents of www.railtrack.co.uk are not for anyone of a sensitive or nervous disposition. Some of the prose is almost lyrical. "Railtrack is not about taking a nostalgic journey back to a golden age, it is about travelling into the future on a mode of transport that is more relevant to the needs of the 21st century than any other." And "Railtrack is all about people.

Together they provide the platform to build on the strengths of the past and achieve even greater successes in the future." Isn't communication meant to be about getting the perception to match the reality? And why no mention of leaves on the line? Pass the sick-bag, mother.

FOLLOWING all this with Young & Co's Brewery is as refreshing as a pint of Special bitter. It is the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday, not that this is apparent at www.youngs.co.uk which is one of life's less illuminating corporate sites. But if you want to book a tour of chairman John Young's brewery or buy a pair of boxer shorts for GBP 5.50 from the Ram Collection, this is the place to be.

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