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At $8bn per hour, the Facebook outage gave us a pause for thought
By Ian Silvera Just two years into his fledgling company’s operations, Mark Zuckerberg faced a “turning point” as then internet behemoth Yahoo...
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After 889 days, it is time for the return of the London Marathon
By Polly Warrack This Sunday - 889 days since it last took place - the Virgin Money London Marathon returns to the streets of the capital. Whether you...
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Countdown to COP
By Will McMyn On 22 September, Boris Johnson gave a speech to the UN General Assembly in New York, describing the forthcoming COP26 summit in Glasgow...
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Movin’ on up – Michael Gove and the Department for levelling up
By Laura Griffiths Amidst all the reshuffle news a couple of weeks ago, we also saw the rebrand of a Ministry to a Department. The Ministry of Housing...
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From pandemic to endemic: Adapting to a new normal in Singapore
By Eunice Lim, SEC Newgate Singapore For many of us, life before the pandemic seems like a distant memory. When Singapore announced its first wave of...
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Things can only get better?
By Charlie Rattigan As the dust settles from this year’s Labour Party Conference, the question remains whether Keir Starmer has a real vision to...
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What lies ahead for the student accommodation sector in the coming months?
Covid-19 had a major impact on much of the property market, but nowhere has this impact been felt more acutely than in the student accommodation...
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Fuelling the Flames of Fear
By Pearce Branigan Last Thursday, BP and ExxonMobil (who operate Tesco garages through Esso) announced the temporary closure of pumps and several...
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