Dashwood: George, you could be in the thick of it at HMRC Adding awards to Autonomy's woes The curse of the awards ceremony strikes again. Dashwood is amused to note that the man in charge of Autonomy's finances in the giddy pre-HP takeover days of 2010, one Sushovan Hussain, won not one but two finance director of the year awards for his "exemplary performance." The selection process was "rigorous," say the judges, who praised the crucial role played by Mr Hussain in the software company's "exceptional growth trajectory." That's the same growth trajectory now linked to the mega-battle between Autonomy's founder, Mike Lynch, and HP chief executive Meg "$8.8bn writedown" Whitman. The only social media way is Essex Mark Zuckerberg, watch out. Andrew Dewar, a 14-year-old from Essex, gets in touch to claim the social network he started last year from his bedroom will one day surpass Facebook, which he criticises for its "overvalued" float. That's some chutzpah, and Dashwood for one admires his initiative. Ooblur has over one million members, he claims, and Dewar is talking to eBay about adding an e-commerce element to the site. He began with £200 from his dad, Gordon, who works for the Salvation Army General Insurance Corporation. Andrew plans to make "at least" £50,000 from advertising next year, then float the company by the time he is 20 and sell for a Facebook-style profit. "I don't know where he gets it from," Dewar senior tells me.