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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...accounts from small business specialists who were directly involved in establishing the Quarterly Survey, a review of key trends affecting smaller firms, and ten short cases that share the experiences of small business owners who have been taking part in the Quarterly Survey for two decades. Mike Holland, 59 has been participating in the Quarterly Survey since the 1990s....
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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...account (such as a bank, online shop, iTunes, Facebook or the like). These phishing messages are likely to be fakes sent by criminals, and whilst they might not carry malware, they might form part of a much larger campaign. Providing the sender of the email with some personal information – such as name, address, password and the like – allows them to target you, or...
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The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...account, when they have been willfully or recklessly negligent or involved in mistreatment. However, the report takes a strong stance that safety is best improved and ultimately assured by adopting a broader systems approach to understanding why and how failure or error occur. The basis of the systems approach, as we have learned from listening to Dr Kevin Fong talk about...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...accounts of the murder”. But reenactments of topical murders formed only one type of violent drama found on the contemporary stage. Much more prominent was the murder melodrama. Theatre playbills, which were highly informative productions at this time, not only provided a textual description of the violent scenes in advertised plays, but from the 1840s, graphic...
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Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?

...account for the growth of public spending in many Western European countries to around 40 to 45 per cent of GDP. Neoliberals would claim that the role of the State is to protect property in its narrowest sense and to ensure the functioning of free and efficient markets. However, the claims made for market efficiency are contestable. For example, markets often depend on...
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Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Health, Sports & Psychology

Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

...accountability and support the notion that traffic collisions are inevitable. Likewise, using the word ‘accident’ to describe crashes, suggests they are unavoidable. In reality, speeding, drink or drug driving, phone use and not wearing a seatbelt – all of which are avoidable – are the leading causes of road deaths. We need a balance of education, policy and...
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COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit
Nature & Environment

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit

...account for nearly 90% of the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change, many have argued that there is a clear conflict of interest in having oil and gas producers at the helm of climate talks. The UAE is alleged to flare more gas than it reports and plans to increase oil production from 3.7 million barrels a day to 5 million by 2027. Some contend that the oil and...
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Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Society, Politics & Law

Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?

...are again raised around performance, financial sustainability and superiority of service. The state might not offer preferable alternatives to their business counterparts, but there is one key difference with state run facilities: public accountability for the individual or institutional infliction of harm or systematic violence, at least in theory if not practice....
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