which require very technical qualifications/skills. For example, some consultants have mathematical and IT skills that enable them to help comprehend, model/simulate problems to help their clients to visualise complex problems, and even use advanced mathematical algorithms to find solutions to problems, such as improving the operational output times/volumes of factories/processes (using existing or less resources). Then there are those consultants who help the government sector to procure services, you won't believe the amount of EU regulations / minefields that are out there that the public sector has to adhere to, one minor mishap and they get sued for millions, hiring expeienced advisors/consultants help prevent such mishaps (a benefit that is never advertised)... You have to remember the press never bother publishing the good stories as it doesn't sell newspapers, only the bad stories sell. For example, how often do the press praise doctors on the good work they do, saving countless number of lives per year? but all we have heard lately is how overpaid they are, or what the latest botched up operation is (mistakes do happen). Most popular on the Guardian Today in pictures After advising tourists against travel to the cities of Jammu and Srinagar for nearly 20 years, the Foreign Office has lifted its guidelines after a fall in violence. So, Dal Lake and part of the Valley of Kashmir, one of India's most beautiful regions, are once again open to visitors