tech, society, & the odd oxford comma

On June 23, 2016, about 52% of those UK citizens who voted in the referendum on membership of the EU decided to pull the UK out of it’s 43 year membership of the largest trading bloc in the world.

I always try to make a habit of reading, following, or observing those whose views I do not necessarily agree with. Being a self-diagnosed centrist, I recently decided I needed to see what the Tea

I was fascinated to read an op piece by one of the small band of Economists for Free Trade (previously “for Brexit”) that attempted to lay waste to the UK government’s views on the economic

The implosion of Carillion plc in the UK a few weeks ago sparked a brief debate about why outsourcing has proven so popular, and what the future holds. This is ever more relevant given the polls

For my dear friends who know me better, have no fear — the world has not stopped spinning on its axis nor have I started believing in a supernatural being that may pull from from the brink of

I was asked to look at the investment prospectus of a new online collaboration tool the other day. In the context of a couple of years of “collaboritis” (sounds worse than it is), the SAAS /

Post-brexit, the UK is embarking on what most cogent economists describe as one of the most surprising acts of economic self harm by a sovereign people. One of the single largest reasons given for

What is most interesting about the press coverage of the apparent collapse of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada is the focus on the implications of the collapse, rather than the

I was in conversation yesterday with the CEO of a UK-based technology company who is currently using manufacturing plants in Shenzhen. Inevitably, I asked whether the devaluation of the Pound meant

There has been much debate surrounding the rout against the British Pound since the UK’s vote to leave the EU on June 23rd. One interesting (albeit largely solitary) voice on this is that of the