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February 20, 2014

CAA Announce New Measures for Offshore Helicopter Safety

CAA Announce New Measures for Offshore Helicopter Safety

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today released its safety review into offshore public transport helicopter operations. This review follows the […]

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February 20, 2014

A Future Russian-Chinese Widebody and the Asia-Pacific Market

A Future Russian-Chinese Widebody and the Asia-Pacific Market

Following on from my blog post last week about the FT’s Asian Aerospace report and Twitter chat, the announcement that China and […]

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February 14, 2014

Sterling strength

Sterling strength

Yesterday, I blogged on the changes to monetary policy announced by Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England. The markets […]

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February 14, 2014

Digital Policing – will the Met Police lead the way?

Digital Policing – will the Met Police lead the way?

The Metropolitan Police recently published its new technology strategy, Total Technology, for the period 2014 to 2017.  The drivers for this digital policing vision are: Improving […]

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February 14, 2014

Defence Surveillance Technology Used to Help Tackle UK Floods

Defence Surveillance Technology Used to Help Tackle UK Floods

The RAF’s Sentinel R1 surveillance aircraft has been in action over UK skies this week,  assisting the work of the Environment Agency, […]

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February 13, 2014

Unreasonable expectations? Interest rates are going up soon, or may go up later.

Unreasonable expectations? Interest rates are going up soon, or may go up later.

Yesterday, Mark Carney, the Government of the Bank of England, set out further guidance on its forward guidance (i.e. not considering raising […]

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February 12, 2014

The changing travel patterns of Chinese consumers

The changing travel patterns of Chinese consumers

It’s worth checking out the @FTEconomics #ftaero chat yesterday on Asian aerospace. During the chat, ADS’ Richard Gale asked how the shift in […]

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February 11, 2014

Asian Aerospace and Shifting Demand

Asian Aerospace and Shifting Demand

As the Singapore Airshow kicks off this week, the Financial Times’ have released a special report focusing on the Asian Aerospace market. […]

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February 7, 2014

Benchmarking the UK’s innovation system

Benchmarking the UK’s innovation system

I’m reading Tera Allas’ thorough study of the UK’s innovation system and the summary chart is worth flagging the following summary chart […]

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February 7, 2014

Red Flag Showcases Best of British

Red Flag Showcases Best of British

Over the next few weeks, the Royal Air Force will continue to take part in the international ‘Red Flag’ exercises over the […]

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February 6, 2014

The start of something beautiful (or how innovation happens)

The start of something beautiful (or how innovation happens)

I’ve been travelling a lot this week taking about the strength and benefits of Industrial Strategy and Growth Partnerships. Yesterday, I was […]

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January 31, 2014

Seahawks get Jumbo-Sized Support from the Skies

Seahawks get Jumbo-Sized Support from the Skies

The Seattle Seahawks’ bid to win their first ever Superbowl title this weekend was given a jumbo-sized boost yesterday, as Boeing painted its […]

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January 31, 2014

US lessons for the UK economy

US lessons for the UK economy

US GDP figures out yesterday shed some new light on the outlook for the UK economy. Fourth quarter DGP growth was 3.2% […]

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January 29, 2014

State of the Union 2014: Lessons for the UK?

State of the Union 2014: Lessons for the UK?

Last night, President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address in which he outlined some of the measures required in order […]

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January 28, 2014

UK economy – maintaining the growth momentum

UK economy – maintaining the growth momentum

It is encouraging news that that the UK’s economic recovery is really starting to take hold.  For the first time since the […]

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