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Pennsylvania's Infrastructure: A Beacon of Competitiveness in the Northeast
Pennsylvania's Infrastructure: A Beacon of Competitiveness in the Northeast
Pennsylvania, popularly known as the Keystone State, has long been recognized for its top-notch infrastructure and…
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The Significance of a Robust Healthcare Sector: Why Investors Should Consider Pennsylvania
The Significance of a Robust Healthcare Sector: Why Investors Should Consider Pennsylvania
When considering where to invest, it's critical to consider more than just economic indicators. One factor that often…
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Continuing the Momentum: Crucial Work in Pennsylvania of Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Continuing the Momentum: Crucial Work in Pennsylvania of Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions
In recent years, the conversation surrounding climate change has become increasingly pertinent and urgent. A…
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A Thriving Hub for Crypto and Fintech, learn more about Neuchâtel
A Thriving Hub for Crypto and Fintech, learn more about Neuchâtel
Switzerland is recognised as a global leader in finance and innovation, and the city of Neuchâtel is emerging as a…
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How can you put a value on a Derry Girl?
How can you put a value on a Derry Girl?
When Lisa McGee wrote the show and submitted it for commission, it is hard to imagine the impact and popularity that…
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New Agency, Big Challenges
New Agency, Big Challenges
I wanted to share the following interview with Rodrick Miller, CEO of the newly created Invest in Puerto Rico -…
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Better to have a hole in the team, than an A**hole in the team
Better to have a hole in the team, than an A**hole in the team
I have been asked to support a client in building a new sales team, from managers/ supervisors through to sales agents,…
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Post Hoc, Ergo, Propter Hoc – Making better business development choices from live, rather than historical data.
Post Hoc, Ergo, Propter Hoc – Making better business development choices from live, rather than historical data.
Apart from Latin scholars and “West Wing” anoraks, I probably need to explain the meaning of the title which is “After…
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16.1 Million reasons to support and invest in the creative sector
16.1 Million reasons to support and invest in the creative sector
Last night, as John Snow stood atop Fair Head, with Ballycastle in the distance (granted, its called something else in…
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Get a laser focus on the right market
Get a laser focus on the right market
Cost of sales is a killer. After developing an excellent product or service and fine tuning the details you need to…
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Culture eats strategy for breakfast... or does it? We have all heard the saying. It is often credited to Peter Drucker, though there is no record he…
Culture eats strategy for breakfast... or does it? We have all heard the saying. It is often credited to Peter Drucker, though there is no record he…
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Well that just happened!! ✅ Appear as a guest presenter/interviewer on LIVE TV that is shown across Europe to millions of people ✅ Thank you to…
Well that just happened!! ✅ Appear as a guest presenter/interviewer on LIVE TV that is shown across Europe to millions of people ✅ Thank you to…
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Volunteer Business Advisor
Young Enterprise NI
- Present 19 years 10 months
Education
Guiding a student company as they develop and create a product, produce a business plan, sell to the public at Young enterprise NI Trade Fairs and enter the prestigious Company of the Year competition.
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Volunteer
The Prince's Trust
- Present 17 years 10 months
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Assisting young people in business matters
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Fundraiser
Action Cancer
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Health
Treks and walks, from Slieve Donard in Antrim to the hills of Cuba, raised over £10,000
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Young Leader of the Year: Finalist
Northern Ireland Young Leaders
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Northern Ireland Top 40 Under 40
Business First
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Northern Ireland's Next Business Leaders: 40 Under 40
Business First Magazine
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Institute of Directors, Northern Ireland
Member
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Institute of Export and International Trade
Member
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Chartered Institute of Marketing
Member
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International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
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So the Government has released its SME Digital Adoption Taskforce report (https://lnkd.in/ei4zh7Yq), chaired by Phil Smith CBE with Sage's Jonathan Cowan on the group. There's some interesting stuff in there, specifically: 🤩 Ambition - to have the most digital confident SMEs in the G7 by 2035 📍 Acknowledgement that some of this stuff NEEDS doing locally and one central Whitehall lever can't solve all the problems 💡 Let's pilot things - this is how the tech sector works so it makes sense digital adoption works this way too One thing I will say is I think the North East is a true leader in this space - since COVID the region has had a proper digital adoption programme. Indeed Sunderland Software City had international visitors here just last month speaking about our work in this are (well done on the early investment into this The North East Combined Authority, Lisa Harwood and Phil Witcherley) Support has moved with the needs of SMEs - from digital adoption to SURVIVE to digital adoption to THRIVE. If the government follows these recommendations the North East is ready to be more of a pioneer in digital adoption Dynamo North East / UK Tech Cluster Group
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Ian McLintock
King Charles III Charitable Foundation has published new grant guidelines for its small grants. UK registered non-profits with income £25,000 pa to £500,000, working in the environment, countryside, education, heritage and conservation, social inclusion, and health and wellbeing. Grants to approximately 100 organisations each year of up to £3,000 pa over three years. In 2025/26, applications will open in: August (6 to 20) – Environment and countryside funding themes, October – Education and heritage and conservation funding themes and January – Social inclusion and health and wellbeing funding themes. They'll publish dates on their website and social media at least two weeks prior to the application window opening. https://lnkd.in/exTgitQz
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Tom Leeming
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Nick Harrison
Where has all the money gone? A powerful new report from Resolution Foundation explains economic trends over the last 20 years, and why Britain feels so much poorer today. It’s a sobering picture. In the decade before the financial crisis, median household incomes grew at around 3% a year. Since then, growth has collapsed to just 0.3% a year. To put that in perspective: if incomes had carried on at their earlier pace, the average household would now be £20,000 a year better off. Why has this happened? The root cause is productivity. Our output per hour is now 24% lower than the US and 20% lower than Germany – a gap that has widened over the last three decades. And a key driver is chronic underinvestment. Across public and private sectors, Britain has invested around £100bn a year less than the OECD average for the past 20 years. That’s a staggering £2 trillion investment gap – money that could have delivered the factories, medical scanners, railways, housing, technology, and more needed to keep us competitive. In a situation where the overall pie is not growing, there have been winners and losers: Pensioners have seen their real incomes rise by 21% over the last two decades, compared to just 7% for working-age households. Families with children have fared badly, with child poverty rising and many households with kids now worse off than retired people. While the minimum wage has boosted pay for the lowest earners by 37% in real terms, cuts to benefits mean the poorest 10% of households are still worse off than they were twenty years ago. Meanwhile, wealth has grown even as earnings stagnated. Low interest rates fuelled asset price rises, pushing up the value of housing. That has entrenched inequality and made it far harder for young people to get on the property ladder unless they can rely on the bank of mum and dad. If house prices had tracked earnings since the mid-90s, the average home would now cost half what it does today. The international comparisons are equally sobering. In peer countries such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands, middle incomes are on average 24% – or £8,000 per year – higher than in Britain. And because the UK is more unequal, the poorest households here are 40% worse off than their equivalents abroad. The bottom line is stark. Decades of low investment have produced weak productivity, leaving us poorer. And choices in government spending have worsened the squeeze on the poorest and families with children – something we see every day at The Sutton Trust, where child poverty undermines education, limits opportunity, and locks in inequality across generations. Turning this around will take decades of sustained investment and different choices about where government spends. But if we want a fairer, more prosperous Britain, there is no alternative. Credit to Ruth Curtice and the team at Resolution Foundation for pulling together such a compelling – if depressing – analysis.
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