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Steven McCabe on Theories of strategy
Well we seem to be living through pretty crazy times and if nothing else, transient advantage appears to provide useful ways of thinking about future strategy."
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Peter Shirley on Nature conservation
Rather than focusing on what has been lost is it not better to think about what we can be gained?"
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Alister Scott on Good planning
It is salient to remember that the roots of planning lay with visionaries who saw the need for policy intervention to address the overcrowded insanitary conditions that typified much of the cities of Victorian Britain"
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David Bailey on Foreign investment
Measures such as the 'patent box', offering a lower tax rate on some intellectual property, seem to have helped to improve the UK's overall attractiveness."
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Peter Shirley on Hedgehogs
One of the nation's favourite animals, the hedgehog, seems to be in a lot of trouble."
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Chris Upton on Russia
Something of an irony that a history trip would have to be cancelled because the destination was too busy making history to accommodate visitors."
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Steven McCabe on Economics
It is just over five years since the beginnings of the global financial crisis and, coincidentally, that is the maximum period of an English Parliament"
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Trevor Law on Self Invested Personal Pensions
SIPPs represent the most flexible retirement saving option available and offer some particularly valuable functions for certain individuals."
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Peter Sharkey on Jose Mourinho's return to Chelsea
Mourinho, as everyone knows, is box office. Chelsea fans love him; women love him; the Premier League are delighted to see him back at Stamford Bridge."
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Sarah Evans on Christchurch education
Every challenge that our education system wrestles with, Christchurch also faces. But the effects of the quake put it into perspective."
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Steven McCabe on Economic strategy
According to two recently published reports small businesses wanting to invest in innovation find it increasingly difficult to secure funding through bank loans."
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Christopher Bucktin on Edward Snowden
The great irony of the spying controversy is that even America’s state-of-the-art agency could not keep secret the fact that it might be spying on our secrets."
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Jonathan Walker on Badger cull
Here in the UK, plans to cull badgers have provoked outrage – even though farmers insist the killing is necessary in order to protect their cattle and their livelihood."
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Sarj Bahia on NHS politics
Politicians who do not see further than the next election have no stake in the NHS’s long-term survival and therefore are the worst people to have in charge of it."
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David Kuczora on Politics
I'm a Tory. And when you're in your (late) 20s and gay, it's quite a difficult thing to admit."
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