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Archive of: 2017
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Managing nuclear waste - it's as much about hearts and minds as economics
When I was appointed Managing Director of the Cumbria Inward Investment Agency Limited in 1998, many local businesses, community leaders, trade unionists and public-sector leaders were still recovering from the ...
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The Industrial Strategy marks a return to centralised economic planning – but who cares when there’s a Royal engagement to enjoy?
The launch had been planned for months in advance: a national industrial strategy that would demonstrate that the government could think outside the Brexit box and had ideas about our ...
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Making the Northern Powerhouse into more than a slogan can be done faster than you think...
Recently, a London cabbie told me he'd never travelled to any northern city: "What are they like?" he asked, disarmingly simple, before adding "I suppose they're just like London." I said: ...
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Debates over process do not make the boat go faster
When Sir Steve Redgrave was preparing for his Olympics races, he was in huge demand to deliver motivational speeches, support charities and appear as a guest on TV chat shows. ...
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