Opinion: Fear of age blinds UK plc to opportunity

The grey market is big - and getting bigger - but the corporate environment of UK plc seems to be in denial about it. Indeed, the UK's Peter Pan business leaders are likely to be throwing their toys out of their prams again this week, after it was confirmed that the Government plans to abolish compulsory retirement ages. I can imagine now the most youth-conscious managers recoiling in horror at the concept of over-65s in the workplace, no doubt envisaging corridors clogged with Zimmer frames.