To track & monitor my running I use the app runtastic, its a brilliant app & the version I use is free. They have teamed up with adidas & starting June 8th, adidas will donate $1 for every km run to help tackle marine plastic pollution. “The oceans are at risk: marine plastic pollution is…
If I’m out running in the morning or walking down to do the recycling I always say ‘morning’ to everyone I walk by. In today’s world it puts nearly everyone on the back foot, they feel uncomfortable with it. I remember when I used to go to New York City with my mates, we couldn’t…
Who is going to buy all these new houses that are being built in the UK? Where we live within a 3 mile radius it seems there are new mega housing estates being built, ones with 400+ houses. Without even thinking I can think of 6 or 7, & that doesn’t include all the 75…
Banks still running on 1960’s mainframes. 33% of small insurance claims paid & settled on the spot, by bots. Small business loans typically taking 6 months now taking days. If your interested in Finance, Technology & Disruption, listen to this weeks fascinating Exponential View podcast ‘Disrupting Finance‘ Show notes: Artificial intelligence is unlocking new value…
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Plant-based meat replacements are certainly all the rage at the moment, this was the title of an article on the front page of today’s Investors Business Daily – Four Reasons Why Beyond Meat Stock Is An ‘Extraordinary’ Opportunity. Read the article here
So many good books out there that I would like to read, when I used to get the train to work I’d get through a book about every two weeks, spending 2.5 hours on the train a day makes it pretty easy. The book I’ve chosen to read on my upcoming holiday is: The Lean…
I was reading a post on my sisters blog the other day about how to reduce plastic use which got me thinking. I always try to use local stores & farm shops, if we stop using them they will disappear, and their produce normally tastes better, a lot better than the supermarket stuff. However I…
This was the headline of an article to hit my inbox this morning. I was surprised when the VR in question was Oculus. I don’t know why I was surprised but I was, Oculus was the VR company bought by Facebook for $2.3 billion in 2014. “In nearly 15 years of writing about cutting-edge technology,…
Jamie Oliver’s restaurants crash leaving 1,300 jobs at risk https://news.sky.com/story/jamie-olivers-restaurants-crash-leaving-1-300-jobs-at-risk-11725346 Whilst in the US the restaurant industry group keeps going out at all time highs
