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Coeliac Awareness Month: where to eat gluten-free in London
You would be forgiven for not knowing that May is Coeliac Awareness Month. In fact, coeliac disease is characterised by its tendency to slip under the...
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Riding the wave of devolution
As the former Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, uploaded a reflective picture of himself tackling a ‘literal mountain’ rather than...
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94 years later, what does work look like?
In 1930 or so, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that in the not-too-distant future, we’d be working 15-hour weeks. The idea was that, as...
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#ConsumerCorner: Is Madonna the Queen of Pop, or just a lot of clever marketing?
Last weekend Madonna performed the biggest ever concert by a solo artist, with an audience in excess of 1.6M on Rio’s Copacabana beach. The concert...
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The SEC Newgate AI Weekly
In this week’s AI weekly, a tool from Microsoft creates a talking head from a static image, the FT strikes a deal with OpenAI, and bears in Japan are...
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The final countdown: Local Elections 2024
Over the last six weeks, the Local Advocacy team at SEC Newgate has profiled some of the key battlegrounds in today’s elections: London , West...
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The FCA’s naming and shaming proposals – a step towards transparency or a leap too far?
Earlier this year, the FCA announced its proposals to “name and shame” City firms if they are under investigation by the regulator. While it confirmed...
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Private housebuilders need a healthy not-for-profit sector
Housing associations are struggling to build houses. Last year housing starts were down 16% to 148,900 compared to the previous year . This year new...
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