Leader | NED | Innovation | Built Environment | Industry | Decarbonisation | Sustainability | Business | Ex #Siemens Director | @GMBusinessBoard | @SusVentures

Manchester, England
Joined February 2011
Worth a read to properly understand this selective claim.
🧵 You've probably heard this claim - both from @rishisunak and more recently from @Nigel_Farage 👇 UK has leapfrogged others to become the world's fourth biggest exporter! And all after Brexit! Unfortunately the reality is somewhat less impressive than this sounds. Here's why:
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A delight to have been able to experience this finale concert and spend time with numerous staff, supporters and sponsors who make sure @the_halle thrives in #Manchester - Thank you and Happy Birthday Sir Mark Elder.
😭 W-O-W we're struggling to find the words after our last Manchester concert with Sir Mark Elder 😭 Thank you to everybody who came and supported us this weekend. The outpour of love towards us and Sir Mark has been overwhelming ❤️ 📸 Alex Burns, The Hallé @hallechoir
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One in ten highly skilled freelancers are currently out of work due to the impact of reforms to #IR35 tax legislation. #contractors jacksonsonline.co.uk/news/la…
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How on earth did the normal quite smart Amazon algorithm come up with this!
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🗣Today we’re at the launch of CEAMS, Centre of Expertise in Advanced Materials & Sustainability in Rochdale The project is funded by GM’s Innovation Accelerator programme and will bring high-impact investment to the region. #InnovationAccelerators @innovateuk @InvestRochdale – at Rochdale, England
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Delighted to be able to join a panel highlighting the fantastic opportunities for businesses & Advanced Sustainable #Materials and #Manufacturing in Greater #Manchester. Find out all about the programme and innovation funding opportunities for businesses ceams.org.uk
When asked about the most exciting things about advanced materials @JSL_Kelly said "For me it’s the breath of opportunity. There’s a huge spectrum, whether we’re talking about cement at the construction end or the forefront of technology within aerospace and healthcare."
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“To have social mobility we need to have physical mobility” #cotn24 #socialmobility #Transport #devolution
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Justin Kelly retweeted
Perhaps even more important than overall GDP is GDP per capita, which adjusts for the rising population (v important given the scale of migration flows recently). It’s probably a better measure of real economic growth. And it’s down by 0.7% in 2023. That’s very bad!
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These are costs that end up with the consumer of course. Don’t remember any Brexit campaign ever highlighting these costs going up!
"Businesses are used to the costs of doing business" Dame @andrealeadsom MP tells @KayBurley businesses need to "adapt" to leaving the EU single market and the rising cost of checks on food and plant imports as a result of Brexit. trib.al/vkgFnyi 📺 Sky 501
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