We are in the Exponential Age between the faster computers, better software and bigger data, amid accelerating climate change, a deadly pandemic and unravelling global supply chains are critical. Ours is the first era in human history in which technology is constantly accelerating without breaks empowered by our compulsion to innovate. Azeem Azhar, writer, a…
Month: October 2021
NatWest Bank has pleaded guilty to failing to prevent alleged money laundering of nearly £400m by one customer. NatWest said “We deeply regret” failing to “adequately monitor and therefore prevent money laundering by one of our customers between 2012 and 2016”. The case was brought by the Financial Authority (FCA) which alleged the bank failed…
“Our mission as Conservatives, we promote opportunity across the UK” Boris Johnson has told his party conference. In the leader’s first conference 45-minute upbeat speech peppered with occasional jokes, the PM said fixing the “broken housing market” and boosting infrastructure would help “level Up” the economy. He said reducing regional inequality was the “greatest project…
CLOCKWORK MARKETING AT THE INDEPENDENT HOTEL SHOW OLYMPIA For the past 25 years Clockwork Marketing have been the insiders in Hospitality. Established in 1992 this “all singing all dancing” company will do a lot of work for you to fuel the growth of your business. They colour travel ideas and boost bookings. They will take…
TOM SAVANO – AN IMAGINATIVE NAME AND DRINKS TO GO WITH IT Entrepreneur James Kerslake hailing originally from New Zealand, is now the founder and owner of this high end cocktail drinks company based in East London. The two year old company, situated in Canning Town, and already available in John Lewis, possibly soon to…
FLOREAT – SPARKLING BOTANICAL WINE DEVELOPED BY AN EXPERT – TASTED AND ENJOYED BY MANY. Floreat should be served chilled in champagne flutes at its best. It’s perfect for functions or alternatively for an evening in with friends and is also vegan – the new designer way to consume anything and everything orally! At 5.4%…
Founder of this cute line in making designer choccies with logos and pictures on them using food colourings and niche milk and other chocolate is Leeann Smith, Chocolatier, who started the company six years ago. Based in south Wales, the company supplies their wares to hotels and many companies who want to produce specially styled…
Tom Mayes – creator and owner – appeared with his colleague with a tantalising stand at Olympia to trade in his delicious range of cocktails produced by his two year old company….EdmundsCocktails.co.uk For each bottle or box bought the tree planting company ECOLOGI plants a tree somewhere around the world as a gesture towards climate…
Rishi Sunak, in his first Tory conference speech as chancellor said “the EU would provide flexibility to shape a more modern economy and Brexit is in UK’s long-term interest”. He also said he wanted to cut taxes, but only when the public finances are on a “sustainable footing”. He announced more funding for research into…
A private single engine Pilatus PC-12 plane bound for the island of Sardinia, piloted by Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu, 68, after take off form Milan’s Linate airport, has crashed into an empty office block in the northern Italian City of Milan, killing all eight people on board. The crash set the office block and several…