Last semester, I was given the opportunity to represent the Gryphon Business Section at the LUBS Night of Exchange, and speak with graduate recruiters from a slew of big-name companies. Whatever your degree, the prospect […]
Social Enterprise: Putting the ‘Good’ in ‘Good Business’
It’s easy to be cynical about business. When a consumer giant like Amazon can court enormous tax breaks whilst openly abusing its employees, ‘corporation’ begins to sound like a four-letter word. Thankfully, there are literally […]
Could Your Employer Microchip You?
Have you ever sprinted after a bus, only to discover that your ticket isn’t where it should be? Perhaps you fantasise about having psychic powers, parting doors with an imperious flick of the wrist? Then […]
The Nobel Prize in Economics and Why You Should Care
If you’ve had little prior exposure to economics, then the word might conjure up images of fusty, grey professors, wearing tweed and agonising over pie charts whilst using words like ‘hypothecation’. And that’s all (mostly) […]
Universal Credit more like Universal Car Crash…
You may recall that in 2013, the coalition government launched a controversial new welfare policy: Universal Credit. It was designed to ‘simplify’ the current benefits system, which over 80% of the public at the time […]