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Brown assigns senior officials to help secure top Europe role for former PM. Gordon Brown has asked two of his most senior civil servants to lobby discreetly within Europe for Tony Blair to become its new president amid warnings from allies in government that the former prime minister will lose his chance unless he launches a dynamic campaign.John Cunliffe,...
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Since its inception in 1968, 62 men have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Economics. Elinor Ostrom, Professor of Economics at Indiana University has a reputation for challenging conventional wisdom and is the first woman ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize for Economics
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In addition to the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Games (see separate news), three other Olympic Games Organising Committees presented to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Copenhagen today. The Beijing 2008 Organising Committee (BOCOG) was making one of its final reports now that its edition of the Games are over, while London 2012 and Sochi...
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Links between diversity and company image and inclusivity and staff retention are well known but it is new factors coming to light around increased creativity and better customer service that are ensuring diversity and inclusivity are keys to success.
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A relaunch of the New Statesman includes a new look, more pictures with their first ever picture editor and a host of new columnists. They include the writer and after dinner speaker Will Self, world renowned economist and international keynote speaker David Blanchflower and award-winning comedian Mark Watson
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CEO of Birmingham Football Club, Karren Brady is to take over Margaret Mountford's role on the hit television show The Apprentice. As a long standing friend of Lord Sugar's, Karren has been associated with the series for many years, putting the candidates through their paces in the gruelling interview process. Karren is due to step down from her role at Birmingham FC once the club is taken over
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is set to be the biggest programme ever with over 34,000 performances in 265 venues. Comedy accounts for a full third of the programme and big names include Frank Skinner, Clive James, Denise Van Outen, Alistair McGowan, Rhod Gilbert & Ricky Gervais
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A visionary and lauded public intellectual, Harvard professor, Howard Gardner has not only revolutionized our understanding of intelligence and creativity, but he has also established himself as one of the world’s foremost authorities on leadership and professional responsibility. He is a contender for this year's Thinker 50 poll and is a much sought-after international keynote speaker
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Total government spending in June hit £49bn, up from £44.2bn a year earlier, so what do the experts think? Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global InsightIn some respects, the June public finance data provided some relief for the chancellor as they were not quite as dreadful as feared. Even so, it is hard to gain much comfort from a public...
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This year's Henley Festival has a huge line up of entertainers including many of Speaker's Corner's favourite after dinner speakers, comedians, bands and cabaret acts. Jo Brand will be topping the comedy bill and James Naughtie, the Bootleg Beatles, Tim Fitzhigham, the Three Mo' Tenors, Katherine Jenkins and so many more, will be delighting audiences at Henley
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Over the coming weeks, Speakers Corner will feature some of the world's most influential business & management thinkers who are contenders for The Thinkers 50
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Last night the Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneur Awards were held at Christ Church, Spitalfields. The winner of the Upper Tier award went to Anne Wexelstein at Columba 1400 which provides leadership development experiences for young people in Scotland who have faced such challenges as homelessness, addiction, poverty and growing up within the care system, the Lower Tier winner was the charity A Way Out founded by Jessie Joe Jacobs which aims to help the most vulnerable people in North East England.