Entries from January 2012
Derek Smalls - Tuesday 24.01.12, 14:09pm
In a new paper released today, The Case for Aviation, Kwasi Kwarteng MP calls for a new planning compensation system to tackle the problems stopping the development of our aviation industry. He argues:
London is falling behind other European cities. Paris and Frankfurt enjoy 1,000 more annual flights to the three largest cities in China than [...]
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Derek Smalls - Tuesday 24.01.12, 13:50pm
A new website is bringing the latest research from leading institutions to investors and businesses in the South East.
A new collaboration between five of the South East’s leading research institutions launched today. South East IP brings together the latest research from five research institutions across the South East, making it available to business and investors [...]
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Edwin Huxley - Wednesday 18.01.12, 15:24pm
The shipping industry has been warned by a leading maritime lawyer that it may soon face its “Deepwater Horizon moment” in the event of a mega containership casualty.
Speaking at a Maritime London lunch earlier this month, Holman Fenwick Willan partner Andrew Chamberlain said that the consequences of a serious incident involving one of the larger [...]
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Derek Smalls - Sunday 15.01.12, 15:17pm
New research suggests the government’s strategy of measuring and explicitly promoting happiness over other objectives is counter-productive and a waste of money.
The report, “…and the Pursuit of Happiness: Wellbeing and the Role of Government”, examines the flaws in attempts to measure happiness. It suggests that:
The government should not be trying to measure or maximise happiness [...]
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Terry Lane - Monday 02.01.12, 18:39pm
When looking for a new job you may be one of hundreds or even thousands applying for every vacancy. If you are one of those people that perform well in interviews then you need to do all you can to be sure you are given the opportunity to shine.
Following a recent television debate about youth [...]
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