So Rat fans, the National Skills Strategy has been launched in a slick presentation in London headed by People 1st.
Fair play, it's a comprehensive document based on sound research, although I'm told due to the wonders of devolution each 'nation' is getting their own bespoke action plan - good thinking or an unnecessary complication?
Certainly Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, has his concerns about effectively communicating this bold and much needed plan to employers.
With any grand project, and none can be bigger than tackling the hospitality industry's chronic staffing problems, communication is of course all important.
So it was with a wry smile and twitch of my whiskers that a colleague told me that a quick call to People 1st today to enquire about who to send feedback to - on the number provided in the marketing blurb - received a solid 'don't know'.
'here, guv... have you noticed that the website of the Association of Pastry Chefs is "down"?
Are they still in existence?
C.Hibouste Esq