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12 Apr

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]I would start off with a tax joke, but I doubt you’d ‘depreciate’ it… For our investment management client, Brooks Macdonald, the lead up to the end of the tax year is important. It is...

26 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Trump’s inevitable return Not even a Twitter ban can keep Donald Trump off social media… After the Capitol Building riots in the USA, the 45th US President was banned from Twitter for breaching guidelines after it...

19 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Companies around the world took to social media on 8th March to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). Some put the spotlight on inspirational women throughout history, and others shared motivational messages. Critics might say...

12 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]“Why Basingstoke?” said one. “I thought tech innovation only happened in London and Silicon Valley,” added another. Well, we’ve got news for these people…in the heart of Hampshire, things are changing. Basingstoke is evolving! After Tech Nation named...

08 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]At the start of 2020, Dominic Cummings was widely ridiculed in the media for writing a blog entitled ‘Two hands are a lot’ — we’re hiring data scientists, project managers, policy experts, assorted weirdos… In...

25 Feb

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]It is ironic that Facebook’s decision to withdraw news content from its platform in Australia has made global news. The tech giant’s decision came after the Australian government proposed a new law that would...

12 Feb

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Technology has a massive impact on our lives, something that has been brought into sharp focus during lockdown: from ordering takeaways from our favourite restaurants; to video-calling loved ones we are not able to...

08 Feb

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]In 2019, I attended an event which pitted start-ups alongside investors to generate opportunities for both parties to make new contacts.  I was struck at the time by how every single company that was...