Just met a young man who took us up on the offer of free dry cleaning for his interview clothes…and got the job!

Four decades after the Cross of Nails was recovered from HMS Coventry off the Falklands, former clearance diver Ray Sinclair who was involved in the delicate operation has had it commemorated on canvas.

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📢 Last week, the winner and runners-up of the LSE Phelan US Centre Master's Student Essay Competition presented their work to members of the British-American Parliamentary Group, The Rt Hon Ranil Jayawardena MP (@ranil), Lord Elliott and Lord Fox

Read their essays below ⤵️
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.Nus Ghani MP it was an honour and a privilege to have you speak at the launch of the UK-US Special Relationship Unit last night - thank you! 🇬🇧🇺🇸

A trade deal with Donald J. Trump?

On the 78th anniversary of Churchill calling for a “special relationship” between the 🇬🇧&🇺🇸, I’m proud to announce the launch of the Special Relationship Unit at the Legatum Institute w/ an op-ed in Daily Express. #Trump

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“The tech sector in Sheffield appears to be a great blueprint for other places outside of London, Oxbridge and Manchester, looking to escape from the past and emerge into the future. There are a lot of jobs waiting to be created out there.”
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Obituary of my dad in The Times today.

Huge thanks to Australia's former PM Tony Abbott for backing our Legatum Institute paper out tomorrow - From AUKUS to CAUKUS: The Case for Canadian Integration

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“And that’s the thing about a job, it’s tough at first finding out what you want to do, but if you find something right, you gain in so many ways.” Our CEO, Georgiana Bristol, on enjoying your work:
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In Sheffield today speaking to local business owners about how to create jobs, a project for the The Jobs Foundation. Hadn’t been to Sheffield for 20 years and I’m impressed by how much the city has changed - in a good way.

2024 is a HUGE year for democracy. Half the world’s population, in 60+ countries will hold elections.

🇺🇸 USA
🇬🇧 UK
🇪🇺 EU
🇮🇳 India
🇷🇺 Russia
🇹🇼 Taiwan
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇸🇻 El Salvador
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇷🇴 Romania
🇧🇾 Belarus

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The Prince of Wales joins volunteers serving Christmas lunch at The Passage in central London
The Prince and Princess of Wales #royals #canon Canon UK and Ireland The Passage Charity

Decided to look up which sinister multinational actually owns Yorkshire Tea. Turns out, Taylors of Harrogate was bought up back in 1962. By, er, the company that runs Bettys tea rooms. Hence the most delightfully English statement of accounts you'll ever read

On the left an old bus shelter

On the right a modern place of worship at Bristol airport.

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We believe jobs provide the best route out of poverty, and in any economy, businesses are the best job creators. So, we welcome the #AutumnStatement today, which focussed on support for businesses and helping people get in to work… 🧵

🧵1/5 I’m sure the FT wouldn’t want to only tell half the story in today's article on FDI, so let’s look at how the UK is actually attracting more investment since Brexit and is one of the top investment destinations in the world.

Brilliant from Matthew Elliott: We should teach our children that entrepreneurs are heroes, not villains telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/1…