I HAVE a vacancy at Burgins Perfumery, so I posted the position on the Government's Department for Work and Pensions website.

I have just been informed that it has been banned because, and I quote: (I must) "ensure that all adverts are available to jobseekers on an open and fair basis".

"The job description states that applicants must be 'energetic'. While the word 'energetic' is not synonymous with age in itself, it can be interpreted as such, and so may be regarded as discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010".

The world has indeed gone mad.

Hanus Wolf, Coney Street, York