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How large is the UK alternative finance sector?
Money & Business

How large is the UK alternative finance sector?

...Business Bank. [A disused bank which has reopened as a pub] Will a lot of other bank buildings be searching for new purposes as alternative finances grow? Pushing Boundaries - 2015 UK Alternative Finance is jointly published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge and UK innovation foundation Nesta, in partnership with KPMG and with...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...business cycle – just as it was when the Office of Budget Responsibility was first set up in 2010. Otherwise there will always be too much pressure to under-fund public investment. John Maloney, associate professor of economics, University of Exeter The economy has turned down, only slightly, but the growth forecasts are down for the next four years too, and that does...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering

...business. This episode of the Bottom Line discusses the growing field of financial engineering. Its guests explore its present significance and contemporary issues. Financial engineering is primarily concerned with risk analysis and profit. For this reason it is not usually associated to long term investment strategies. Indeed a key critique of “financialization” is...
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Soft skills training
Money & Business

Soft skills training

...businesses.] In 2015, Google launched Grow with Google to provide free training, products and tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business. You can find out more at the Grow with Google site. Through partnerships with leading providers of online education like The Open University, Grow with Google is expanding its curriculum with...
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...business training courses...Find out about The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications So whether you're just starting out in private practice, need guidance on marketing your business or find yourself managing employees for the first time, you'll find a course designed to support you. [Logo for British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy] Why...
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World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker

...Business [Madame CJ Walker image] Madam C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in the USA. In early twentieth-century USA it was not easy for a single woman to support herself and her child. Yet the widowed mother of one who moved to Denver in 1905 at the age of thirty-eight with savings of just $1.50 died fourteen years later one of the twentieth century’s...
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60 second adventures in economics: The Paradox Of Thrift
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Paradox Of Thrift

...businesses hire more people – so unemployment falls again. Simple. At least in the long run... But then a "live-fast-die-young" kinda chap called John Maynard Keynes cheerfully pointed out that “in the long run we're all dead”. So, to avoid the misery of unemployment, the government should instead spend money to create jobs. Whereas if the government tightens its...
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The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

...Business Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Law and Business students. More Introductory level courses in Humanities and Social Sciences Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Humanities and Social Sciences students. More Introductory level courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Suggested courses for SWAP Access to STEM. More Introductory level...
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