Michael Portillo on Britain and the EU

Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Michael Portillo makes some interesting observations about Britain’s relationship with the EU in The Read news …

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Laurence Kemball Cook’s Pavegen at the Paris marathon

Green technology entrepreneur Laurence Kemball-Cook is also founder of Pavegen Systems, an innovative clean-technology company which converts kinet Read news …

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Harper Reed in Perugia and Berlin

As part of his European tour, entrepreneur, engineer and innovator Harper Reed delivered speeches at conferences in Perugia and Berlin in April this y Read news …

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Is there enough water for everyone?

The rising threat of water shortage is a national as well as a global issue. In the UK, how to avoid a “water crisis” is frequently disc Read news …

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Gisela Stuart: “The train has already left the station” for Britain and the EU

Labour MP Gisela Stuart writes in today’s Times that ”The train has already left the station” for Britain and the EU. In a fascinat Read news …

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Gisela Stuart and Michael Arthur in discussion this morning

Great morning at the Royal Automobile Club in London, with Labour MP Gisela Stuart and Sir Michael Arthur in conversation about the upcoming 2013 elec Read news …

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DJ Patil interview in the Wall Street Journal

Social media innovator and data science pioneer, DJ Patil who was the founder and director of LinkedIn’s data science department (2008-2011) was in Read news …

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Harper at Gulltaggen

As part of his European tour, Harper Reed spoke at this year’s Gulltaggen conference April 24th – 25th - the largest event in Norway and Read news …

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Jon Snow’s blog

Jon Snow, the well-known face of Channel Four News since 1989, will be moderating our breakfast discussion at the RAC next Wednesday 8th May as Sir Read news …

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Herta von Stiegel: speaker on clean energy in Africa, global business and leadership

Great to catch up with Herta von Stiegel yesterday in London. Herta is a successful investment banker turned entrepreneur, philanthropist and author. Read news …

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Simon Kuper: “Professional sport finally enters the 21st century”

Enjoyed reading expert on the business of football, Simon Kuper’s article ”Professional sport finally enters the 21st century” in t Read news …

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Bob Geldof at The Times CEO Africa summit yesterday

Bob Geldof spoke passionately at The Times CEO Africa Summit yesterday, calling for ‘enlightened investment’ in the the continent. Geldof Read news …

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William Hague, Harriet Harman and Simon Hughes talk tomorrow’s local elections

Interesting to hear current Foreign Secretary and former leader of the Conservative party, William Hague, deputy leader of the Labour party, Harriet Read news …

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Good to catch up with conference moderator and former CNN anchor Todd Benjamin

Todd Benjamin is a former CNN anchor and financial editor turned professional conference moderator and presenter. Few do it better.  Todd has intervi Read news …

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Greg Williams and Harper Reed in discussion

Successful evening at the Royal Automobile Club last night (30th April). Greg Williams, Executive Editor of WIRED UK,  moderated while Harper Reed, Read news …

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Douglas Carswell: ‘The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy’

Conservative MP, political reformer and small government campaigner Douglas Carswell’s latest book ‘The End of Politics and the Birth of i Read news …

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Allister Heath’s blog

Since Allister Heath became editor of City A.M., the London business newspaper has developed an influential voice in the city and an audited print Read news …

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Howard Tullman at Technori 2013

Serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Howard Tullman delivered a keynote speech at the Technori Pitch, Chicago Auto Show (February 2013).  As Read news …

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Harper Reed on Newsnight

Great to see Harper Reed on BBC’s Newsnight last night (29th April) talking to Jeremy Paxman about how the Obama 2012 campaign used digital tech Read news …

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Gideon Rachman on the “undoing of Obama’s grand strategy”

Another fascinating article by Gideon Rachman in today’s FT on the potential “undoing of Obama’s grand strategy” with the situ Read news …

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“4 things I learnt from Professor AC Grayling about Ethics in a Recession”

Read Leo Von Bülow-Quirk’s bullet point summary of ATG|Chartwell’s Breakfast Discussion (24 April) - “4 things I learnt from Pro Read news …

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Edward Lucas: Russia “the world’s great spoiler”

Edward Lucas writes an interesting article on Russia’s opposition to regime and its behaviour as “the world’s great spoiler”. Read news …

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Mark Buchanan on the Economy and Meteorology

Social Physics expert Mark Buchanan is a prolific commentator who writes regularly for Bloomberg among other publications. In recent articles in CityA Read news …

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Latest news from Mark Buchanan

Great to have social physics expert, Mark Buchanan update us on his recent activity, seems he’s having a busy 2013 so far! Mark spoke at the Glo Read news …

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Mark Pollock impresses

We always appreciate client feedback on our speakers and were not surprised to hear such positive recent comments for Mark Pollock. The client noted Read news …

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