Category: The Wind Down
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Wind Down 15th Jan 2024
Are we entering a social recession?According to the Social Progress Index the answer is we already are. The Social Progress Index is an alternative measure of human progress than that of GDP and was adopted by the EU, Indian Governments and some UK councils over the last 12 years and for the first time the…
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Wind Down 8th Jan 2024
FTSE 100: let’s hope life begins after 40The FTSE 100 turned 40 on January 3rd having started life replacing the FTSE 30 in 1984 and continuing to be the main benchmark of the UK stock market. It’s definitely not been easy being a Millennial, we were all blindly optimistic and on the up and up…
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Wind Down 11th Dec 2023
Overweight and grazingIn the same week that a new report published that Britain’s “weight problem” is costing almost £100 billion a year and the effect on national productivity is nine times bigger than previously thought, Waitrose Food and Drink report determined that British people are no longer eating three meals a day but choosing to…
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Wind Down 4th Dec 2023
London to New York on waste oilsThis week saw Virgin Atlantic successfully complete the first transatlantic flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel, which is fuel primarily made from waste oils and fats, including cooking oil! The flight left from London Heathrow to New York’s JFK at 11:30am UK time on Tuesday 28th November. Flight100 operated…
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Wind Down 27th Nov 2023
(Un)Equal Pay DayWednesday 22nd November 2023 marked #EqualPayDay, the day based on the gender pay gap that women in the UK stop getting paid compared to men for the rest of the year, so between now and the women, if a man offers to pay for something just let him. Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of…
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Wind Down 13th Nov 2023
Generosity across the globe growsIt’s not all doom and gloom, but I can understand why you might think that, but this week the Charities Aid Foundation released their World Giving Index for 2023 and the old finance business partner for 2 very different donations office dies hard, it was always interesting to see how the…
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Wind Down 6th Nov 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried found guiltyOh it’s been a week in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried with the jury taking just over 4 hours (which included a break for dinner) on Thursday early evening to find 31-year-old Bank-Fried guilty on 7 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Nearly a year after FTX was declared bankrupt means Bankman-Fried could…
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Wind Down 30th Oct 2023
Any excuse to talk about coffee!First I have the coffee and then I do the things, except in this last week…a small head injury and few wonky blood pressure readings have meant that I have been at least a week caffeine free and feeling quite feeble and apparently there is some science in that. Researchers…
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Wind Down 16th Oct 2023
Whats going on at Metro Bank?This week has seen Metro Bank secure its future through an agreeing a deal with its investors to raise cash to shore up its balance sheet, which isn’t exactly what you want to hear as an investor and certainly not customers who in a panic have started to withdraw their…
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Wind Down 2nd Oct 2023
A national parking app you say?While most of the Prime Ministers suggestions under tag line “I’m slamming the brakes on the war on motorists” are quite frankly insane. 20mph speed limits reduce child deaths, 15-minute-cities just sounds nice, the hours on bus lanes are fine & if anything I wish parking enforcement was a little…
Rachael McKelvey 