Explainer: What is sustainable tourism?

After the pandemic subsided, tourism took back its title as one of the largest industries in the world, accounting for 10% of global GDP.  Even though there are no figures to show...

Why Big Tech pretends AI is dangerous

In April 2018 Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the US Senate to answer questions on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and whether Facebook now represented a threat to the free...

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How the media are fighting back on lost revenues

Traditional advertising alone is outdated. We knew it was coming. Ad agencies. Media outlets. The writing was on the wall.  Those selling traditional PR without martech or AI will be...

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Google’s moving goalposts, social media and more: Marketers share their biggest pain points

How to a potential customer’s activity across websites and apps following Google’s phasing out of third-party cookies is one of the major future marketing problems identified by industry experts. Although...

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Recycling plastic: A short-term remedy for a growing waste pile

Plastic waste is a huge global issue; a non-biodegradable menace for land and sea alike, for which recycling is not a long-term solution. On the present trajectory, the oceans alone...

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How high will interest rates go?

When the cost of living starts to rise, the Bank of England deploys its secret weapon: raising interest rates. Raise rates, and people are inclined to save more and borrow...

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The metaverse, cookies and sustainability: Experts reveal their 2022 marketing trends

With advertising spend rising to record levels in the UK last year, we asked industry leaders to see which trends and innovations are set to push marketing forward this year....

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Flawed climate finance pledges fail as fossil fuel subsidies persist

Developed countries have signally failed to honour their 2009 pledge to mobilise $100bn of climate finance annually for vulnerable countries. Rich countries have consistently failed to honour their 2009 promise...

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The rise of the CMO: Research reveals growth of boardroom marketing roles

New figures from professional networking giant LinkedIn show that marketing-oriented roles have witnessed the biggest growth in share of hires out of all C-suite roles in the past year. Chief...

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Health AI start-ups in the UK raised more than their fintech peers

AI-centric health-tech start-ups in the UK raised more investment this year than their peers in the fintech sector, according to a new study.  Fintech has been the darling of the UK’s...

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The New Statesman Podcast

Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the latest in UK politics. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast or your favourite podcast player

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