The Brownlee brothers impressed Theresa May but we could all learn something from them. The other day I met two young men from Yorkshire who have come to embody the spirit of sportsmanship and comradely teamwork. Yet the British triathlon stars, Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, turned out to be more riveting on a different matter: how to deal with a close work colleague who becomes a worrisome rival.
People working as teams sometimes adopt ideas that fail, simply because they do not think them through properly.
It is almost nine decades since John Maynard Keynes, world-famous economist, forecast that people would one day work for only fifteen hours a week. This, he said, would be brought about by productivity improvements made possible by advances in technology.
For many, the first few months of a New Year is a time of inflated waistlines and shrunken wallets – not to mention the bills piling up until they can no longer be ignored. If this describes your position right now, keep on reading…
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According to property experts, house prices will continue to slow as we enter 2019. Lower demand points to peaking or stabilizing trends going forward.
2018 has been defined by three important markers of the new and developing trends in the global economy. The rise of systemic geopolitical uncertainty, the waning of the monetary policy dominance over the economy, and the emergence of the ‘beggar-thy-neighbour’ economic policies mark the pivot toward slower growth momentum into 2019. Read more →
According to Donald Tusk a no-deal Brexit is ‘more likely than ever’, and it could have devastating consequences.
Since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) ten years ago, academics, and regulatory bodies’ analysts have repeatedly highlighted the changing patterns in historical evidence relating to financial crises. The two key changes identified in the growing body of empirical research point to two trends: firstly, the financial crises are now happening with higher frequency; and, secondly, each consecutive crisis has been marked by an increasing economic disruption associated with it.
Looking for ways to make your money stretch? We’ve compiled a list of tips to help you save more money…
