Memory tricks and tips to help you win at business May 23, 2019 Even in the age of Google, remembering certain things can give you a huge advantage in business. In fact, your ability to remember can become one of your most valuable assets. The bottom line is this: people want to do business with smart people, and we view people who have a razor-sharp memory as being [...]
Get ready for an epic battle over the EU’s heart and soul May 23, 2019 So caught up is the UK within its own seemingly never-ending Brexit melodrama that we might be forgiven for forgetting that today’s European elections are only the start of a pan-European voting process that comprises the largest transnational electoral experience in the world. For a period of four days, over 400m voters will have the [...]
DEBATE: Does the Jamie’s Italian chain have only itself to blame for its demise? May 23, 2019 Does the Jamie’s Italian chain have only itself to blame for its demise? Patrick Clover, founder and chief executive of BLACKBX, says YES. It’s a sad story for all involved, not least the 1,000 workers made redundant, but to call Jamie’s Italian a victim of external forces is too simplistic. The climate for mid-market restaurants [...]
The future eminence of our legal sector rests on more than Brexit May 23, 2019 Ever since the referendum, we have seen dire warnings that London risks losing its place as a global business hub. We have read countless stories of other European cities pitching for our international financial services sector, and there are now concerns that the continental courts are gearing up for an assault on its preeminent status [...]
Small businesses will be collateral damage in Corbyn’s war against the rich May 23, 2019 A new word was coined earlier this month. Joining the terms “Brexit” and “omnishambles” in the English lexicon, we now have “Corbygeddon” to describe the abject fear of a hard-left Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn, that’s set to drive the uber-wealthy (or at least a proportion of their assets) out of the country in [...]
Chris Tremlett: Well-rounded England justify their position as World Cup favourites May 22, 2019 Three weeks ago England’s World Cup campaign could have been derailed. Alex Hales was withdrawn from the squad after failing a drugs test and the storm that followed could have thrown their preparations off. But to their credit England dealt with the incident quickly and bypassed any distractions. Now, with the tournament just a week [...]
Employers want to use wearable tech to track the health, sleep, fitness and productivity of the office May 22, 2019 If you've woken up and checked your watch for last night’s sleep data, you’re not alone. In the UK, more than five million wearables (such as Fitbits and step counters) are now part of individuals’ everyday lives – 1.96m were sold in 2017 alone. So it’s only natural for employers to be interested in the power of [...]
DEBATE: After this week’s incident with Nigel Farage, is ‘milkshaking’ an acceptable form of protest? May 22, 2019 After this week’s incident with Nigel Farage, is ‘milkshaking’ an acceptable form of protest? Eleanor Penny, writer and editor at Novara Media, says YES. The milkshake protest meme began when group of far-right goons harangued a Muslim teenager, who defended himself with a milkshake. They pounced on him and beat him up. This public intimidation [...]
The extremist Green party is trying to overthrow capitalism May 22, 2019 The Green Party is doing well. It gained nearly 200 council seats in the recent local elections and is hoping for a strong showing in the European ones this week. Publicity over school children going “on strike” to protest about climate change has helped. With politicians competing to fawn over the truants, the Green Party [...]
Malevolent superintelligence? That’s science fiction, not reality May 22, 2019 In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL 9000 was an all-knowing robot that decided to destroy a spacecraft and its crew. Naturally enough, the crew didn’t care for this. The film was an important crossover moment from science fiction to science fact. Many who saw HAL came to believe that there are indeed such computers [...]