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Just as talk about a "double-dip recession" after the unusually bad second quarter growth figures was overdone, so was the euphoria about Britain "surging out of recession" after the third quarter figures. The official forecasts from the Office of Budget Responsibility today are for growth of 1.2 percent in 2013... Continue reading...
There has never been a better selection of books on the subject of whisky, due to the massive increase in popularity of whisky as a subject and the number of people exploring the world of whisky for the first time. Continue reading...
No one asks why feminists are moving back to women-only organising or why feminists are increasingly identifying as political lesbians or lesbian separatists? Why are women-only spaces, once again, becoming so important? Continue reading...
Cocktails require craft. If they're offering you half price drinks there's something fishy going on - they're not offering you half price beer or wine are they? Chances are it's cut price booze and a lot of sugar - neither which your head or liver will thank you for the next day. Continue reading...
Kimi Raikkonen said earlier this year in what was one of his best quotes, "The winner is the one who scores the most". That does not necessarily mean that they ranked the best through the year - at least in my view. So I present over the next series of blogs my top teams and drivers of 2012. Continue reading...
At first it didn't even occur to me to shave my head. Instead I most of my 21 inches inches off it, which were donated to The Little Princesses Trust to make wigs for kids with cancer, leaving just half an inch of hair. Continue reading...
Michael Gove, a scholarship pupil at the selective Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, clearly regards his own educational experience as a template for the rest of us. It worked for me, the thinking goes, so it ought to work for everyone else too. Continue reading...
The pressure to make enough money to support everyone, whilst bringing up two young children and running a business is hard. The emotional turmoil of seeing your parents decline is hard enough in itself. Continue reading...
Animals have feelings and emotions, and they suffer from pain, disabilities and diseases just as humans do. But unlike my father, who could clearly communicate his wishes through a system of blinking his eyes, animals can't tell us (at least not in human language) that they don't feel well, are in terrible pain or even want to die. They depend on us to notice when something is wrong and to be brave enough to make the heartbreaking-but-humane decision to end their suffering when the time comes. Continue reading...
The world is at a tipping point in our battle to reduce child mortality and lift millions more children out of poverty. Never before have we witnessed such rapid progress in reducing child mortality. In 1990, 12 million children died before the age of 5; last year it was 6.9 million. Continue reading...
Climate change is not only a crisis, but an opportunity. While some people may find it ironic that countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are making massive investments in renewable energy, we think it is absolutely fitting and a logical step. Continue reading...
Is it possible that Assad will use the chemical weapons, much the same as Saddam did? It is possible, but really highly unlikely. The regime is using the chemical option as possible, desperate leverage aimed at the U.S., Turkey, and much less against Israel. Continue reading...
Whilst I'm jubilant along with the rest of the world that Kate and William are expecting their precious bundle of joy, I'd really like to read something else or switch on the TV without being reminded about Kate's 'condition.' It's Dianagate all over again. There's an immense amount of pressure... Continue reading...
When journalists ask us about holiday stationery trends, we're finally going to be ready with our one word answer: booze! Continue reading...
Every brand campaign needs to factor in consumers' instant and direct access to more information, more channels and more choice than ever before. Today the fight for customer loyalty is the new frontline in the marketing battle. Continue reading...
One reason that Dave Brubeck was so important, so loved and will be so sorely missed, is that he was the unsquarest jazz cat ever to be liked by squares. Continue reading...
how much of the alleged £222,222 of customer spending that takes place every minute during the UK's Cyber Monday, are the traditional retailers actually getting a share of? Continue reading...
Yesterday was a chance for George Osborne to signal he would act to get the economy moving again in order to get the deficit down and begin to turn around his failing ship. Instead he stuck dogmatically to the course which led Britain to the longest double-dip recession since the war and the slowest recovery of any in the last century. Continue reading...
There are 3.6million children living in poverty in the UK. Despite popular perceptions, most of them (58%) live in families where at least one parent works. Poverty is a very real issue for many low-income working families in the UK. One of the main difficulties families face right now is the cost of childcare. The only mention of childcare in the chancellor's statement was about preventing fraud. Continue reading...
It can be a difficult task running a small business on your own in these recessionary times. Maybe you work on your own or have one or two part time staff on your books. You can have all the same troubles as a big company yet they'll have the team on the ground to talk out the problems and make positive future planning in order to keep the wheels moving. Continue reading...
Against all of the rules of accounting George Osborne managed to bring his borrowing estimates down only by adding in£3.5bn of money from the 4G phone spectrum auction that hasn't actually happened yet and won't anyway be concluded until 2013. Continue reading...
