Background: For too long criminals have been destroying our undersea cultural heritage (UCH), damaging the marine environment, and desecrating naval war graves through unauthorised salvage of wreck sites. No longer. By using satellites and artificial intelligence originally designed to stop…
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Manufacturing is the lifeblood of economic growth in the UK, directly and indirectly supporting 23% of the British Economy and providing directly and indirectly over 5 million jobs, with salaries above the whole economy average. While manufacturing is the biggest…
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A lunchtime concert featuring Claire Ward (soprano) and Jong Sun Woo (piano) from 1pm at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall Tickets are only available in advance via City Music Foundation’s website. Programme Fauré “Mandoline”, Op.58, No.1 Fauré “Le Secret”, Op.23, No.3 Brahms…
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Tips And Ideas For Parents, Based On Granular Interactions With Teachers And Students, To Help Empower Children To Navigate An Ever More Complicated Financial World Background: Children are entering into an ever more complicated financial world ill-equipped to make educated…
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Background: The lecture will explore the role of social capital and connectivity in nurturing health, wealth and happiness, including through inter-generational progress and drawing on recent research in the field. It will also discuss how public policy might be refocussed…
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Background: Novel medical technologies are being introduced at unprecedented rates, demanding scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy at an unprecedented pace to ensure patient safety and benefit. With success in both in-vitro/in-vivo studies, products are tested on clinical trials…
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For 60 years, this service has been the prime fixture for senior figures in civic and business spheres to meet, to renew institutional links and to welcome the challenges and events of the coming year. The Lord Mayor of London…
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Background: The City has a long and profound history of an entrepreneurial mindset. It has innovation and invention in its DNA. Much of this has been driven by smart thinkers who are natural problem solvers, many of whom come from…
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Background: Modern multi-storey buildings in the City of London are usually supported on piled foundations; long columns of concrete that take the building loads into the ground. When sites are redeveloped each new building has tended to have a new…
Background: I think we all get it now: the days of our dependence on fossil fuels are numbered. But just how big is that number? Incumbent fossil fuel companies are massively powerful players in today’s global economy – and geo-politics…
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Background: Quantum computing promises a massive increase in processing power, opening up a world of calculations the like of which we have never seen before. We’ll be able to solve global problems by crunching data much more quickly. But this…
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Background: Through extensive research on his MBA (1992, Open University) and PhD (2022, Sheffield Hallam) into the dynamics behind training and development programmes for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), Dr Glyn Cartwright increasingly recognised a frustrating lack of relevant evidence…
An evening where you will meet your fellow Junior Wardens at the splendid Drapers' Hall for a two course dinner and a relaxed fun game or two of cards. No expertise required.
Background: Sustainable Chemistry is both the implementation of sustainability in the production, use and fate of chemicals (Green Chemistry) and the application of chemistry and chemical products to enable sustainable development. The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a framework for…
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Background: In a broad narrative of decline in religious practice in contemporary England, the place of the Christian faith is surprisingly prominent in what is viewed by many as a secular democracy. Whether in Parliament, the Crown or the City,…
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Lord Mayor's Coffee Colloquies are a series of in-person events held at Mansion House promoting connections that help address the leading issues of the day. See the City of London website for the programme.
Marking the 350th Anniversary of the Indenture of Agreement (5th September 1674) made between George Ravenscroft of London, Gent of one party, and John Steward the Elder, Humphrey Kilby, John Kempster, and forty-two others, all Glass-Sellers of London of the…
Read More Glass Sellers Annual Ravenscroft Lecture – The Legacy of George Ravenscroft
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