Author: Gabriella
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Hyundai IONIQ 5 Review
Sometimes, we see a car in photos and they don’t give the full picture. Sometimes the photos don’t do the true car justice. Sometimes they hide a multitude of sins. In the case of the IONIQ 5, the pictures got it about right, except one thing. The size. When I first saw the pictures it…
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Bank of England rises base rate to 4%
In response to the current spiraling inflation and cost of living crisis, the Bank of England has risen the UK base rate to 4% but what does this mean for your finances and the economy as a whole? We are in an almost unprecedented financial situation with inflation at a sustained high level and the…
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The real story behind ‘Bank of Dave’
The ‘Bank of Dave’ has become the number 1 film on Netflix in a week of its release, but how much of what was portrayed really happen? How much is fact and how much is fiction? How much did Netflix exaggerate the story of Burnley’s best known ‘have-a-go hero’? Dave Fishwick is a serial entrepreneur…
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The business of F1
Formula One, the pinnacle of motorsports, an market worth millions of pounds yet a lot of F1 teams aren’t particularly profitable. Although the ultimate goal in motorsports is to win races, in order for the teams to survive they need to be lean, efficient businesses. In this article we will mainly focus on the team…
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Williams, it’s James.
Williams announce Mercedes’ Chief Strategist James Vowles as Team Principal. After what feels like an agonisingly long wait, we finally know who will be at the helm of the Grove-based outfit for the 2023 season – James Vowles. Vowles is (well was) Mercedes’ Chief Strategist and had a role in F1 folklore for the phrase…
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Why are free trials so effective?
Free trials have become almost ubiquitous in the world of online services but why do they work? What makes us so susceptible to free trials? If they’re so good why are big companies stopping them? Since the dawn of online services, companies have offered us free trials to try and hook us into their system…
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The innovation, rise (and possible fall) of Netflix
Netflix: the business with over $5 billion dollars in profits, 220 million subscribers and history that involved constant innovation. Their story is one of beating their competitors, becoming dominant and then being under threat from the competition once again but this time whether they will come out on top is less certain. The story of…
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Book Review: ‘Can’t we just print more money?’
Economics is all around us, yet vast swathes of the population don’t really understand how it works and that’s a pretty fundamental problem given the situation our world is facing. To try and rectify the problem that is the lack of economic understanding in our nation, two senior employees from the Bank of England (Rupal…
Money and More 