John Roberts

Limited space = loss of nuance! This isn’t about removing anyone's ability to get a free GP appointment. It’s about adding the ability to pay £15 to get a video call GP appointment within 15 minutes. If a reasonable percentage of people opt for the speed, quality and convenience of the £15 option, it'll hugely help improve the currently abysmal appointment waiting times by relieving pressure and see fewer people using A&E because they can’t get to see a GP.

Well, @AO’s Christmas Party was definitely a night to remember and all the sore heads were worth it! Huge thanks to @AlbertsSchloss for making it an amazing time, @RickParfittJnr for rocking the dancefloor and our @ao team for proving once again that there ain’t no party like an AO party. #OfficeChristmasParty

So far, so incredible at the @ao Christmas party. @RickParfittJnr is absolutely rocking @AlbertsSchloss Huge congratulations to Angela, James, Marie, Gwill and Chloe who won the top prizes of £7k, 5k, £2.5k, a box at the @AOArena and an iPhone 17! Couldn’t be prouder of throwing the UK’s best #OfficeChristmasParty yet again

Tonight’s the night. @ao’s Christmas Party is here. We’ve worked hard to serve customers brilliantly this year so our amazing team of AOers deserve to play hard tonight and where better it than @AlbertsSchloss There’s a free bar, over £15k of prizes to be won, incredible Schloss entertainment and @RickParfittJnr We’re ready to rock!

One more sleep until the ultimate @ao Christmas Party – and we’ve got a mega night @AlbertsSchloss planned for 2025’s celebration of an incredible year. Watch this space

Been inspired yet again this morning by the art of the possible for our young people at @WarringtonYZ business breakfast. The political turpitude delivered by the chancellor at the budget proves the money is not the problem. We could truly give all kids these opportunities and a better life if they had any political courage. Instead our taxes are once again thrown to the winds to buy votes and backbencher’s silence rather than build futures, resilience and independence. Kids don’t vote so politicians don’t care about them.

Just been reading the Sunday papers and now need some fresh air to get rid of the frustration! Tax rises and debate around where they need to rise fill the pages and yet I’ve not found one article that investigates how we actually do better with less. It’s what businesses and households have to do everyday - because they’re spending their own money. Why do politicians of all sides have so little respect for how hard people have to work to pay the taxes they fritter away? We need to change the conversation.

Pleasure to chat to @seanfarrington for a new BBC business podcast. I’ve got high hopes for the Big Boss format to really get under the skin of what makes great businesses tick far beyond what three minutes on @BBCr4today could ever do! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

More Winners 🏆 This time the @LancsCricketFDN U16’s beat Surrey in the final at Loughborough 🌹

Mega win for @LancsCricketFDN 👏 You make everyone @ao proud to support you

Maybe it’s a step in the right direction but the devil is in the deployment. Local and national government’s record of investing well in young people is horrific. Listening to @lisanandy on @LBC talk about funding buses, theatre trips and climbing walls doesn’t fill me with hope. It won’t make a dent in the £1bn of cuts to youth clubs and youth workers since 2011. Match funding invested by experienced people could turbo charge real investment for real change. But will this Government be brave enough to try?

Doubly proud to support @thundernetball and extend our investment in grassroots sports kit sponsorships to their stars of the future. Got an u16 sports team that’s looking for a new kit? Apply for @ao sponsorship here: forms.office.com/pages/response…

Good luck to the @LancsCricketACA lads today from everyone @ao Hope the ☔️ doesn’t stop play 🌹

Mega proud to extend our support of @altrinchamfc Go Robins ⚽️ Champions League here we come!

@ao gets a shout out @glastonbury 🥳☀️

The @ao Talent Pathway Player of The Month for April goes to Rueben Mercer from our U12s squad. 🥇 In the opening match of the season, Rueben had remarkable bowling figures of six wickets, for six runs from just four overs which saw the team win by 118 runs. 🌹 #RedRoseTogether

Massive congratulations to @lancscricket U15s from your proud sponsors @ao T20 champions! Just mega 🌹

Congratulations to the @ao team not only karting to 7th place in Crewe’s @KrazyRaces but taking home the public vote. Just mega. #aoletsgo

Wishing the @ao team a big boost of AO speed today as they compete in Crewe’s @KrazyRaces This year’s streamlined kart looks set to break some records. Good luck everyone. You’ve already done us all proud.