Practical actions that businesses can take today to help mitigate climate change. This article is part of a series on taking action to mitigate climate change. Implementing green policies in a business might presently be perceived as a resource drain. Many may ask, what is the return on investment? The…

Practical actions that individuals can take today to help mitigate climate change. This article is part of a series on taking action to mitigate climate change. Climate change is a big issue with big challenges to overcome. It’s increasingly urgent for us to take climate action and it’s not just…

This article is part of a series on taking action to mitigate climate change. Climate change is a big topic, which crosses over many domains of human existence. …

Practical actions that policy-makers and governments can take today to help mitigate climate change. This article is part of a series on taking action to mitigate climate change. Governments have the power to create climate-positive change at scale. The burden to get it right is huge and progress is slow…

Public conversations around migration are often vigorous and charged, but rarely speak to the economic realities and benefits that are brought to the host nation (see The Economic Consequences of Immigration by Julian L. Simon). A refreshing report by Laura Kuenssberg recently revealed how politicians are often stifled by their…

Here’s my per-industry economic performance analysis and commentary for Q1 2023. Looking at GVA (Gross Value Added, real-terms, seasonally adjusted) for the last three quarters (Q3 2022 to Q1 2023), and performing a second derivative analysis, the table above identifies the growth trends for each primary industry. Findings: One third…

Analysis of Thames Water’s open data on sewage discharges into UK rivers, lakes, ground water and the sea. Key findings Over 7k sewage discharges in the first three months of 2023. Discharges on every day, even during the exceptionally dry February. When the rainfall volume in a given month is…

While we wait for the next quarterly UK GDP release by the ONS (31 March), here’s my per-industry performance analysis and commentary for Q3 2022. Looking at GVA (Gross Value Added, real-terms, seasonally adjusted) for the last three quarters (Q1 2022 to Q3 2022), and performing a second derivative analysis…

[This is a archive post, previously released on LinkedIn] The UK’s GDP is slowing, but how are the individual industries performing? Looking at GVA (real-terms, seasonally adjusted) for the last four quarters (Q3 2021 to Q2 2022), and performing a second derivative analysis, the table below identifies the growth trends…