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Beyond the beach read: What private equity’s summer reading list can tell us
There is something comfortingly predictable about August in the business pages. Parliament is in recess, most of LinkedIn appears to be posting from...
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Leadership lessons: How success is never a straight line
What does winning actually look like? It’s a simple question, but one that often receives surprisingly superficial answers. Wins are celebrated...
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The careful art of the corporate victory lap
There is a curious communications problem emerging in European boardrooms: how to talk about success without sounding indecently pleased about it. In...
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Burnham's balancing act: Policy trade-offs for the new PM
Andy Burnham is facing one of his first major challenges as Prime Minister with the early release of prisoners, including those responsible for the...
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Planning and Infrastructure Act: opportunity, flexibility and a shift in culture
We were delighted to host members of the National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA) for a breakfast event last week looking at the...
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From Burnham to Bev: The Greater Manchester coronation without a crowd
After the political dramas of the early summer, and the ascension of Andy Burnham to become Britain’s seventh prime minister in just over a decade...
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Fiscal devolution moves from theory to reality as PM announces new powers for England’s mayors
Unveiling what the government described as the biggest transfer of power from Westminster in a generation, Prime Minister Andy Burnham last week set...
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FIFA’s own goal was years in the making
Some might see FIFA’s failed attempt to sell a stake in the World Cup a little bit like an overconfident child playing a game of Jenga. Little Johnny...
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