Punch Taverns is laying on Polish language lessons for its bar managers in London and English lessons for its Polish pub workers.
Prufrock, in The Sunday Times, recalls how bus company First Group provided DVDs of Only Fools and Horses to help Poles go to grips with the London accent.
You can just hear it, can’t you: “A pint of best, barman”.
“Awright guvnor – you know it makes sense”.
The Sunday Times (Business) 26/11/06 page 16 (Prufrock)
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