Category: The Wind Down
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Wind Down 18th Sept 2023
Cash is trying to be king once more Shrinkflation & skimpflation Brewing Habits have become Tea-dious 16 jobs for 3 years & never showed up for work Girls are sad in record numbers Cash is trying to be King once moreIndustry body UK Finance this week revealed that for the first time in the last…
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Wind Down 11th Sept 2023
Happy 25th Birthday Google Why are so many councils going bust? Can B&M save enough of Wilkos New words coming this autumn How much a day? Happy 25th Birthday GoogleBorn in 1998 this year Google turns 25 years old this week which is quite a significant milestone and what a ride it has been! Starting…
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Wind Down 28th Aug 2023
Apparently we’re all really angry at work Our lousy summer is 5th hottest in recent years Waitrose launches £5 meal deal How not to resign (if she even has) Hot week for Science Apparently we’re all really angry at workGallups State of the Global Workplace: 2023 Report has reported that 1 in 5 British employees…
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Wind Down 21st Aug 2023
Please don’t run out of coffee on my watch A-Level results deflation day China halts youth unemployment data The Hundred Are falling birth rates…a good thing? Please don’t run out of coffee on my watchCoffee is life and consumption around the globe has doubled in the past 30 years and shows little signs of stopping,…
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Wind Down 7th Aug 2023
Please do not email me on a Sunday Rain stops play Are interest rates too high now? Does anyone watch normal TV anymore? Why doesn’t anyone want the Common Wealth Games? Please do not email me on a SundayApparently, someone paid for some research by Axios HQ that found that the best time to email…
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Wind Down 24th Jul 2023
“Rip-off” degress Where do you get your news from? We’re still all going to call it Twitter right? Do you partake in “phubbing” Feedback – love it or hate it? “Rip-off” degreesRishi Sunak has pledged to crack own on “rip-off” degrees that don’t lead to a graduate job by essentially forcing English Universities to limit…
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Wind Down 17th Jul 2023
Why aren’t accountants happy being accountants? More viruses on the horizon Tim Harford’s museum of dreams Space junks exponential growth Why adulting sucks more as an independent women Why aren’t accountants happy being accountants?Despite not being part qualified anymore, I still get PQ magazine because actually I find it more useful for CPD than most…
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Wind Down 10th Jul 2023
So are we all moving to Threads now? Should we teach conspiracy theories in schools? What are we going to do about Inflation? Can you tell which muppets are predators and which are prey? Happy 75th Birthday to the NHS So are we all moving the Threads now?This week saw Meta launch is rival app…
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Wind Down 3rd Jul 2023
Thames Water is drowning in debt In defence of erasable pens George Osborne and Ed Balls join Persephonica How old are you really? BlackBerry Q1 Earnings shocker Thames Water drowning in debtThames Water is in trouble, this week Sarah Bentley resigned with immediate effect after 3 years in post as CEO, a reason was not…
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Wind Down 26th Jun 2023
Milton Keynes robot delivery service really delivers! Inflation & the price of cucumbers The El Niño effect & the price of everything If you’re unemployed, “don’t be a job snob”, know your ABC Rage against MFA Milton Keynes robot delivery service really delivers!Milton Keynes the ‘field of dreams’ 22 million trees, 5,000 acres of parkland,…
