What goes up must come down: in this instance it’s the gargantuan rigs that have spent their entire lives extracting oil and gas from the remotest parts of the North Sea. In fact, decommissioning these giants could make up almost one fifth of all expenditure off Scotland’s coast within ten years, according to the latest […]
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It’s that time of the year when GPs surgeries and hospital A&E departments can look more like war zones than centres of healing. Everything from festive hangover maladies – think over-indulgence in Granny Ina’s home made sherry to the fall-out felt from undercooked turkey – to winter flu and norovirus bugs make this an incredibly
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Coca Cola didn’t invent Santa and they weren’t the first to portray him as a kindly old man with a white beard and a red coat. But since they first became associated with Mr Claus back in the 1930s, the company has done little to dispel that particular persona. Not only have they created those
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Brand ambassadors are to business what Spandau Ballet songs are to the band’s songwriter Gary Kemp: gold, marketing gold (ask your granny, she’ll sing you the chorus!). They’re the people who make a brand stand out from the crowd, attract new customers and retain existing ones. Most businesses can’t afford Taylor Swift or David Beckham
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What turns your life around quicker than a tornado, takes you places faster than a jet fighter and is as sexy as a chocolate truffle smothered in, well, even more chocolate? Yes, that’s right: it’s your career. British supercar creator McLaren is opening the bespoke £50 million Composites Technology Centre in 2019 and plans to
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Back at work after the Christmas break and who’s the first client to walk through your door? A disgruntled spouse seeking a divorce. Yes, it’s time to shake off that holiday mood fast because this client is just the vanguard for a long line of equally unhappy married people in a rush to have their
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If you’re a fan of TV show Suits, you’ll be familiar with the top-tier law firm that is Pearson Specter Litt and its prestigious employees. You may look at successful attorney Harvey Specter strutting around in his $12,000 suit, winning high-profile cases, and think such jobs surely don’t exist. But if you work your way
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You might think after thousands of years of evolution, we’d have noticed once a year, every year, the weather turns downright nasty. But, no, every January we’re caught with our thermals down: roads are blocked, public transport stalls and offices and factories lie idle as workers fail to get to work. If your mission is
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If you work in financial services, you have a very special set of skills. You’re good with figures, highly organised and have a great capacity for handling large amounts of small detail. But have you ever considered using your talents to help yourself and do good for others at the same time? There are many
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2018 promises a year of US political turmoil as colourful and confusing as a Wild West bar fight. And yet there’s one thing upon which commentators from all persuasions can agree. When it comes to bragging, Donald Trump really is the leader of the free world. His boasts are the best there have ever been
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