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Detail from a page of doodles by President Ronald Reagan, kept by Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher papers reveal her ‘grimmest year’

17 Mar 2012

Thousands of papers relating to perhaps the toughest year of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership are to be opened to the public at Cambridge University’s...

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Final assembly at the Lotus Cars factory, Hethel, Norfolk.

Job security and pay fears at heart of manufacturing’s “image problem”

08 Mar 2012

Misplaced fears about job security and low pay could thwart efforts to strengthen British manufacturing and rebalance the economy, a new analysis of...

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The Square Mile by night

Who owns the City?

22 Nov 2011

Foreign investors now own the majority of City of London offices, according to a new study from the Department of Land Economy.

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Colourised geek stuff

Silicon mashup as Valley hits Fen

15 Nov 2011

Interested in what our digital future will look like? This week Cambridge plays host to pioneers of some of the most exciting and disruptive Silicon...

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Marriage inventory, Württemberg, 1682

300 years of list-making

20 May 2011

Personal inventories spanning three centuries are helping researchers unlock the mysteries of how economies edge towards growth and prosperity.

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Coalport China Museum - former Coalport Chinaworks - by the River Severn

Reassessing the industrial revolution

21 Sep 2010

It was the dawn of an age of prosperity and transformed Britain into an economic superpower but our rose-tinted view of the industrial revolution...

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London Terraced Houses

Bleak housing

15 Sep 2010

Britain faces a future of more volatility in the housing market and worsening housing affordability if drastic measures are not taken, senior...

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Simply leaf

Promoting green innovation

01 Feb 2010

A regional knowledge transfer project is linking the region's top plant science research with businesses wanting to develop new products.

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 Professor Jaideep Prabhu

India and the global knowledge economy

01 Jan 2010

Jaideep Prabhu is the first Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise, which was endowed by the Government of India, and is...

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Business leaders call for ambitious global deal on climate change

22 Sep 2009

The business leaders of over 500 companies from around the world will this morning publish The Copenhagen Communiqué calling on world...

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Viking Ship

Vikings offered early lessons in effective immigration

13 Mar 2009

New evidence which reveals how the Vikings successfully blended into British and Irish culture long before they were consigned to history as barbaric...

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Men Shopping for Clothing Accessories

Fashioning the value chain

01 Jan 2009

Changes in the clothing industry have fashioned a new look for how manufacturing and retail is managed globally.

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