Comment: Industry or profession?

'Profession or industry' was the title of an article I wrote in 2004 and, five years on, I thought it might be interesting to revisit the subject to see how things have developed in the intervening period. This idea was triggered after attending a few conferences recently, including the excellent IFP Conference at Celtic Manor last week, where the subject was brought up on a number of occasions. Five years ago I commented that at the PIMS conference, platform speakers were taken to task for referring to the ‘industry' rather than the ‘profession'. A member of the audience suggested th...