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WEF Recognises Young Global Leaders from Africa
The World Economic Forum announced last week the new members selected to join the Forum of Young Global Leaders. From Africa, this year’s class includes: Bernice Dapaah, Ghana, Executive Director of the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, a social enterprise which
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Sir Alex Ferguson: The Formula of Success as Told by an Endearing Control-Freak
Becoming the most successful and admired manager in the history of British football is no mean feat by any standard. Sir Alexander Ferguson (71) instilled the players of Manchester United with his trademark winning mentality and went on to propel
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Dame Zaha Mohammed Hadid: Never an Understatement – Design Rooted in Nature
The work of Dame Zaha Mohammed Hadid, one of today’s most accomplished and celebrated architects, has always been ambitious. To her many admirers she is the Queen of the Curve – a big-picture visual thinker with an impressive record of
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Bentley Motors: Keeping Assembly at Home
The Bentley SUV Bentley Motors recently confirmed that it will proceed with the development of the Bentley SUV, the company’s fourth model line. The SUV will be made in Crewe and will go on sale in 2016. It will create
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CBI: Great Expectations on the UK High Street But Not Out of The Woods Yet
High-street sales continued to grow strongly in the year to September, at the fastest pace since June 2012, and exceeded already solid expectations, according to the CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey of 111 firms. This was the third consecutive
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Bentley Motors Middle East: World’s Biggest Workshop in Dubai
Sales In March this year, Bentley Motors announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2012, reporting a significantly increased operating profit of Euros 100.5m compared to Euros 8m in 2011. Bentley boosted its total turnover by 29.9%
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China: The Big Spenders
Thanks to rapid urbanization and rising disposable incomes in their country, Chinese tourists spent $102 billion during their travels in 2012, more than any other nationality, making the Asian nation the world’s number one tourism source market, the United Nations
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Higher Growth When More Women Work
“Employers who don’t offer equal opportunities to women simply ignore a large part of the skilled workforce. In many countries, growth could be much higher if more women were in paid employment. In Japan, for example, raising the female labour
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UPDATED: Spain Still Up for a Class Ride
[update 06/08/2012: further gallery images added] Drive Espana – High Performance Luxury Touring Drive Espana was created in 2004 to give discerning owners of High Performance Sports Cars great driving holiday experiences So Why Spain? Simple – miles and miles
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Brazil’s World Cup Host Cities Will Have Additional Funds for Investing in Tourist Infrastructure
Resources from the Ministry of Tourism will be used for implementing tourist information centres, as well as putting up street signs and accessibility related construction works. Less than seven hundred days away from the beginning of the 2014 World Cup,
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