Category: The Wind Down
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Wind Down 15th Jan 2024
Are we entering a social recession? A fond goodbye to the first lady of Radio 1 The Centenarians are on the rise SEC Greenlights Bitcoin ETFs Have you thought about dying recently? Are we entering a social recession?According to the Social Progress Index the answer is we already are. The Social Progress Index is an…
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Wind Down 8th Jan 2024
FTSE 100: let’s hope life begins after 40 BYD the worlds top selling electric carmarker The price increase in the Red Sea 2024’s changes in cost of living Obscene levels of pay inequality FTSE 100: let’s hope life begins after 40The FTSE 100 turned 40 on January 3rd having started life replacing the FTSE 30…
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Wind Down 11th Dec 2023
Overweight and grazing Word of the year Math’s thinks Chester is the prettiest 10,000 more McDonalds Next years colour of the year 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…
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Wind Down 4th Dec 2023
London to New York on waste oils British Baked Beans Who can be a billionaire? Now That’s What I Call…a cracking 40 years More Class-action for Christiano Ronaldo 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…
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Wind Down 27th Nov 2023
(Un)Equal Pay Day It’s been a week for Sam Altman What’s in the price of sugar? The outlook is grim Black Friday like its 2022 (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…
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Wind Down 13th Nov 2023
Generosity across the globe grows Putting people back behind the tills Stagnation nation Lights, camera, action (again) AmsterDAMN British tourists 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…
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Wind Down 6th Nov 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty Interest Rates remain uninteresting Collins Dictionary word of the year It’s been a week for AI Will 2024 yield recession & a new government? 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…
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Wind Down 30th Oct 2023
Any excuse to talk about coffee! Even shoplifting is now stealing to order Level up, but not like that Apparently its not good to talk The Barbie Movie effect 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…
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Wind Down 16th Oct 2023
What’s going on at Metro Bank? Thousands of drivers get away with speeding everyday Is the UK economy okay hun? FTX, the greatest work of fiction of our time? Corporate Math: A record fine for KPMG Whats going on at Metro Bank?This week has seen Metro Bank secure its future through an agreeing a deal…
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Wind Down 2nd Oct 2023
A national parking app you say? No longer the worst post pandemic performers in the G7 HSWhooooo Biggest tax-raising parliament since records began So long Google Podcasts 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.…
