- http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21710271-britons-do-more-their-shopping-online-almost-anyone-else-move-cyberspace
shopping malls
- 英國甚至有逾二百個購物商場目前正面對破產清盤的危機。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181111/00180_027.html
Supermarkets
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/434e81de-edbc-11e4-90d2-00144feab7de.html In recent years, real estate types have often parroted the same answer when asked to name the safest slice of the commercial property market for risk-averse investors: supermarkets. People will always need to eat, rendering the sector as defensive as can be, they said, adding that the oligopolistic supermarket behemoths are as solid as the proverbial rock.
- SSE has confirmed it is merging its British domestic business with Npower to form a new energy company. SSE, the UK's second-largest energy supplier, which also reported a big fall in its adjusted pre-tax profits of 13.9% in the six months to September, revealed the merger talks on Tuesday. The deal knocks the country's "Big Six" energy firms down to five. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41912570
- nuclear
- uk nuclear projects speeds ahead http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-10/10/content_18716818.htm, http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1613058/eu-narrowly-approves-plan-new-nuclear-plant-britain
- A David and Goliath battle has broken out between the two companies hoping to dominate the £1.2bn London taxi industry. Family-owned technology group Frazer-Nash will this year begin selling its electric Metrocab through Ecotive, a separate company owned by the same family, after a lawsuit from Chinese-owned competitor London Electric Vehicle Company delayed its plans by three years. LEVC has begun making its electric vehicles, but early production setbacks have given Frazer-Nash a chance to catch up. New rules to reduce pollution in the British capital mean that the 24,000 diesel-powered black taxi fleet, which accounts for almost a fifth of the city’s vehicle nitrogen oxide emissions, must be zero-emissions capable by 2033. At stake is the chance not only to supply the capital’s taxis — itself a £1.2bn market — but also to export the technology as cities around the world embrace electrification. When Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transport authority, announced plans in 2014 to require cab drivers to use electrically driven vehicles, Metrocab was well placed to take advantage of the new regulations. It already had a completed taxi that it proceeded to test on London streets for two years; it even had a list of cab drivers signed up to buy it. But the company’s progress has been delayed by a lawsuit from LEVC alleging that Metrocab had copied its “iconic” design of the London taxi. The claim was rejected by the London High Court in January 2016, but the appeals process meant that Frazer-Nash was not clear of the legal dispute until October last year. “It set us back by three years,” said Kamal Siddiqi, the company’s owner and chairman. “But we still believe by technology we are far ahead.” https://www.ft.com/content/43ff2694-32b8-11e8-b5bf-23cb17fd1498
- 勞斯萊斯周二公布計劃，指明年就可測試飛天的士，預計五年後正式推出市場，但市民可能要到直升機坪或機場才截到飛天的士。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180719/00180_034.html
automobile
- British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings. It was partly nationalised in 1975, when the UK government created a holding company called British Leyland, later BL, in 1978.[1][2] It incorporated much of the British-owned motor vehicle industry, which constituted 40 percent of the UK car market,[3] with roots going back to 1895. Despite containing profitable marques such as Jaguar, Rover and Land Rover, as well as the best-selling Mini, British Leyland had a troubled history.[4] In 1986 it was renamed as the Rover Group, later to become MG Rover Group, which went into administration in 2005, bringing mass car production by British-owned manufacturers to an end. MG and the Austin, Morris and Wolseley marques became part of China's SAIC, with whom MG Rover attempted to merge prior to administration. Today, Mini, Jaguar Land Rover and Leyland Trucks (now owned by BMW Group, Tata Group and Paccar, respectively) are the three most prominent former parts of British Leyland which are still active in the automotive industry, with SAIC-owned MG Motor continuing a small presence at the Longbridge site. Certain other related ex-BL businesses, such as Unipart, continue to operate independently.
- BLMC was created on 17 January 1968 by the merger of British Motor Holdings (BMH) and Leyland Motor Corporation (LMC),[5] encouraged by Tony Benn as chairman of the Industrial Reorganisation Committee created by the Wilson Government (1964–1970).[3] At the time, LMC was a successful manufacturer, while BMH (which was the product of an earlier merger between the British Motor Corporation, Pressed Steel and Jaguar) was perilously close to collapse. The Government was hopeful LMC's expertise would revive the ailing BMH, and effectively create a "British General Motors". The merger combined most of the remaining independent British car manufacturing companies and included car, bus and truck manufacturers and more diverse enterprises including construction equipment, refrigerators, metal casting companies, road surface manufacturers; in all, nearly 100 different companies. The new corporation was arranged into seven divisions under its new chairman, Sir Donald Stokes (formerly the chairman of LMC).
- Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), originally known as Anthony Wedgwood Benn, but later as Tony Benn, was a British politician, writer, and diarist. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s. Originally a moderate, he was identified as being on the party's hard left from the early 1980s, and was widely seen as a key proponent of democratic socialism within the party. Benn inherited a peerage on his father's death (as 2nd Viscount Stansgate), which prevented his continuing as an MP. He fought to remain in the House of Commons,[2] and then campaigned for the ability to renounce the title, a campaign which succeeded with the Peerage Act 1963. He was an active member of the Fabian Society and was its Chair from 1964 until 1965. In the Labour Government of 1964–70 he served first as Postmaster General, where he oversaw the opening of the Post Office Tower, and later as a "technocratic" Minister of Technology. He served as Chairman of the Labour Party in 1971–72 while in opposition, and in the Labour Government of 1974–1979, he returned to the Cabinet, initially as Secretary of State for Industry, before being made Secretary of State for Energy, retaining his post when James Callaghan replaced Wilson as Prime Minister. When the Labour Party was again in opposition through the 1980s, he emerged as a prominent figure on its left wing and the term "Bennite" came into currency as someone associated with radical left-wing politics.[4] He unsuccessfully challenged Neil Kinnock for the Labour leadership in 1988. Benn was described as "one of the few UK politicians to have become more left-wing after holding ministerial office".[5] After leaving Parliament, Benn was President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 until his death in 2014.
NEV
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171207/00180_039.html於周二（5日）第一輛環保的電動黑色的士首度在街上飛馳，將逐步替換現役的柴油版本，為減排出一分力。
Financial
- http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21701791-bankers-hope-obscure-law-will-preserve-citys-access-eu-financial
- libor
- https://www.ft.com/content/88d0dfee-72e0-11e7-aca6-c6bd07df1a3c Since the Libor rate-rigging scandal erupted six years ago, central banks, regulators and lenders have been scratching their heads about how to reform or replace the benchmark to prevent it happening again. On Thursday, Andrew Bailey — head of the Financial Conduct Authority — said it was “not only unsustainable, but also undesirable” for Libor to continue in its current form and announced plans to shift to alternative benchmarks by the end of 2021. Calling Libor a “public good”, Mr Bailey said the need to find an alternative stemmed less from the benchmark’s scandal-plagued past and more from the fact that the interbank lending market on which it has historically been based has dried up since the financial crisis.
Stock exchange
- london stock exchange to pursue african company listings in the UK http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2247f5f0-4313-11e4-8a43-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3EfmjQlfU
Commodities exchange
- http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1632946/change-silver-fix-sets-stage-gold-overhaul
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9b056d8a-667a-11e4-9c0c-00144feabdc0.html London’s near century-old gold fix will be replaced by an electronic system run by US energy markets operator Intercontinental Exchange, in an overhaul designed to increase transparency in the wake of rate-rigging scandals.
fintech
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-13/u-k-fintech-revolut-gets-european-banking-license-via-lithuania Revolut, the London-based financial technology startup, has obtained a European banking license as Brexit looms, with plans to launch checking and savings accounts as well as retail and business lending. The Bank of Lithuania, the eastern European country’s central bank, granted Revolut the regulatory approval that gives it permission to operate throughout the European Union.
Legal
- The Magic Circle is an informal term for what are generally considered the five leading law firms headquartered in the United Kingdom, and the four or five leading London-based commercial barristers' chambers.The five law firms generally regarded as constituting the Magic Circle are:
These firms are generally regarded as being the most prestigious law firms headquartered in the UK,[citation needed] and consistently have among the highest earnings per-partner and earnings per-lawyer of UK-headquartered law firms.[citation needed] In 2013 four members of the Magic Circle were among the ten largest law firms in the world measured by revenues,
with Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen & Overy and Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer respectively the fifth-largest, seventh-largest,
eighth-largest and ninth-largest by this measurement.[5] In 2010 Slaughter and May was the 48th-largest law firm in the world by this measure, with revenues of $628,500,000.[5]
Robotics
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a5a88716-85da-11e4-a105-00144feabdc0.html while the UK is one the of the world’s leaders in robotics research, other countries such as the US, South Korea and Japan have been more successful at exploiting those opportunities commercially. “The UK has to decide what it does best compared to others and implement a strategy quickly,” says Renaud Champion, a partner at Robolution Capital, a Paris-based private equity fund focused on robotics. “The UK is not that far behind but there is strong competition in Europe, the US and Asia.”
aviation
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lift-off-for-electric-planes-new-funding-for-green-revolution-in-uk-civil-aerospace The UK's world-leading aerospace sector is to be propelled into new era of cleaner, greener flight through industry and government investment.From the total investment, £255 million – supported by the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) - will go towards 18 new research and technology projects, including the development of cleaner and greener hybrid aircraft.
maritime
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1885509/western-ports-expand-anticipation-more-ships-china Ports in the west are speeding up the upgrading of infrastructure and building new terminals to catch volume from China amid the “big ship era”. As the industry has suffered a significant downturn, building larger ships to improve efficiency has become a priority for shipping lines, and most big ships are used for the vital Asia-Europe route. Peel Ports, the Liverpool-based second largest port group in the UK, will usher a new deep water container terminal in its core Liverpool port called Liverpool 2 next year, to accommodate the expanded container fleet. The investment is worth over US$510 million to create Europe’s first semi-automated container port on reclaimed land. “The new port will target 13,000 to 14,000 teu (20-foot equivalent unit) ships from China and greater Asia,” said Jeremy Masters, Peel Ports’ Asia Pacific Regional Director. Masters said people in the UK has seen vibrant demand for goods from China, such as clothes, toys and other household products. As the trade relationship between China and the UK heats up, he expects goods moving between the two countries to increase. The port already built up a good relationship with China as it has signed a £100 million (HK$1.17 billion) deal with Shanghai-based Zhenhua Heavy Industries to buy cranes for Liverpool 2, and the first five China-built giant cranes arrived in Liverpool in November. Direct shipping from Asia to the northern part of UK has been difficult due to limited port capacity. Liverpool 2 will be able to accept 95 per cent of the global container vessel fleet, and accommodate two 13,500 teu post-Panamax vessels at the same time, according to the company.
Aerospace
- uk aircraft industry looks east to expand http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a55c0f7a-ff67-11e3-9a4a-00144feab7de.html#axzz365TK44Vl
- https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2155427/britain-joining-space-race-building-launch-site-northern-scotland UK on Monday will announce that it plans to construct the nation’s first commercial vertical launch spaceport in northern Scotland. The UK is a “geographically strategic location for launch” with its northern latitudes, and well-placed to reach polar and near-polar orbits, the UK Space Agency said. Most commercial launches today are from Florida and French Guiana, where Nasa and the European Space Agency operate, respectively, due to their proximity to the equator. These offer easier access for satellites bound for geostationary orbit. Parliament passed the Space Industry Act earlier this year, aiming to help the nation capitalise on the burgeoning commercial interest in space. Supporters say the effort will bring new jobs and billions of pounds to the UK economy. The government has also allocated a £50 million (US$66.2 million) fund to help further the industry.
Satellite
- http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21633906-rosetta-mission-shows-britain-getting-it-right-space-stars-their-eyes
Defense
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3f4bdf0-5e8a-11e3-8621-00144feabdc0.html The Ministry of Defence is to drop proposals to privatise its £14bn equipment procurement operation. The GoCo scheme, which had been hailed as a radical way to improve the MoD’s unwieldy procurement process, will be mothballed after private contractors to run the scheme pulled out of the bidding war in recent weeks, leaving only one consortium, led by Bechtel, in place.
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/66b79bf6-60fa-11e3-916e-00144feabdc0.html
The government is scrambling to salvage key elements of its drive to overhaul the Ministry of Defence’s £14bn procurement operations after
the collapse of plans to fully hand over the job to private
contractors. A new set of proposals – different from any of the
strategic options being discussed publicly – will be unveiled by Philip
Hammond, defence secretary, on Tuesday, people familiar with the plans
told the Financial Times.
The
proposals, which Mr Hammond wants to be rolled out before the next
general election, will crucially still involve privatisation of large
swaths of MoD procurement and lead to job cuts at the MoD’s Defence
Equipment and Support (DE&S) operation, which employs 16,000 people.
“Day-to-day
functions” and “core” parts of DE&S, as well as leading procurement
projects will be run in the future by private contractors according to
the proposals, a senior MoD official said. “We are not turning our backs
on private sector involvement.”
- http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150216/1018330926.html Concerns
have been raised over the close relationship between the British
government and the private sector, after it was revealed that a number
of arms firms’ employees are currently seconded to positions in the
Ministry of Defence (MoD) and other government departments. According to
records obtained by The Guardian, more than 10 senior employees from
military equipment provider BAE have been seconded into positions at the
MoD and arms sales units at UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). The records
reportedly show that employees of companies involved in the making of
missiles and drones, as well as other defence contractors, have also
been seconded to high rankings positions of the MoD. chip in human
- 英國科技公司BioTeq提供數據晶片植入體內服務，並已為一百五十人植入晶片。部分公司是為了測試其科技系統，晶片通常植入拇指或食指上，用來進入辦公室、選取數據甚至開車，服務收費介乎七十至二百六十英鎊。有公司的所有董事及其附屬公司董事人員均植入晶片。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181114/00180_018.html
Equine industry/Horseracing
- sport
of kings a lure for nouveau riche
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2014-09/15/content_15166188.html, http://africa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2014-09/12/content_18586258.htm
Scotch whisky
- http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/22/scotch-whisky-sales-drop-china, http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1598832/dram-atic-fall-global-scotch-whisky-sales-chinas-austerity-drive-factor
- FT special report 17dec14
agriculture
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/13/uk-apple-growers-labour-shortage-brexit UK apple growers are in the grip of a 20% shortfall in the supply of seasonal labour, pushing them towards “a cliff edge” as Brexit nears, the industry has warned. At the start of the annual British apple harvesting season with more than 20 indigenous varieties going on sale in supermarkets, the main trade body for both apples and pears says worries about future labour availability are at the top of its lobbying agenda.
- 位於斯肯索普（Scunthorpe）的英國首個室內直立農場最近開始運作，內裏充滿粉紅光，一個個種植盆疊至十二米高，就如科幻小說中的畫面，首批農作物最快於下周收成。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181120/00180_030.html
Dairy
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e3eb85c-a6df-11e4-8a71-00144feab7de.html A drive to find greater economies of scale has led to controversial mega-dairies with more than 1,000 animals. Micro-dairies run counter to this logic. Although their output is a drop in the ocean of British milk, by setting their own prices they offer a potentially sustainable, and ecological, alternative to industrial production. At Holmleigh Dairy in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, delivering within a 10-mile radius reduces the carbon footprint of the dairy, which has a 40-strong herd and supplies 580 customers.
- http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/08/10/uk-britain-farming-milk-idUKKCN0QF1KY20150810
British farmers warned on Monday they were facing financial ruin with falls in the price of milk forcing many out of work and spurring others to blockade distribution centres and walk cows through supermarkets.
Farming unions from across the country were meeting in London to urge the government to provide more help for an industry that has seen a 25 percent year-on-year drop in the amount farmers are paid for milk.
The National Farmers Union (NFU) estimates that the majority of dairy farmers are now selling milk below the amount it costs to produce it. "I was earning a pittance," said Peter Parkes, a farmer who pulled out of dairy produce 18 months ago. Farmers around the country have been protesting against depressed prices for over a week, with videos online showing them entering supermarkets and clearing the shelves of milk.
tea
- thomas garway (coffee house in exchange alley) is often credited for being the first to sell tea to public in england. In 1664 the company imported just two pounds, two ounces of tea. Over the course of next 170 years, consumption of tea rose dramatically. Company tea also sold to colonial american market. The cheapness and availability of tea in britain transformed british society by sustaining emerging working classes (easy to brew at work, reduce need to return home and improve productivity)
Coffee
- .. Coffee chains brew robust future in China http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c4346f90-8a46-11e4-9271-00144feabdc0.html
Telecom
- DIY broadband pioneers reaching out to remote areas of Britain
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/913584c4-426d-11e4-9818-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3FQai4v3y
Scotch whisky
- http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/22/scotch-whisky-sales-drop-china, http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1598832/dram-atic-fall-global-scotch-whisky-sales-chinas-austerity-drive-factor
- FT special report 17dec14
agriculture
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/13/uk-apple-growers-labour-shortage-brexit UK apple growers are in the grip of a 20% shortfall in the supply of seasonal labour, pushing them towards “a cliff edge” as Brexit nears, the industry has warned. At the start of the annual British apple harvesting season with more than 20 indigenous varieties going on sale in supermarkets, the main trade body for both apples and pears says worries about future labour availability are at the top of its lobbying agenda.
- 位於斯肯索普（Scunthorpe）的英國首個室內直立農場最近開始運作，內裏充滿粉紅光，一個個種植盆疊至十二米高，就如科幻小說中的畫面，首批農作物最快於下周收成。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181120/00180_030.html
Dairy
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e3eb85c-a6df-11e4-8a71-00144feab7de.html A drive to find greater economies of scale has led to controversial mega-dairies with more than 1,000 animals. Micro-dairies run counter to this logic. Although their output is a drop in the ocean of British milk, by setting their own prices they offer a potentially sustainable, and ecological, alternative to industrial production. At Holmleigh Dairy in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, delivering within a 10-mile radius reduces the carbon footprint of the dairy, which has a 40-strong herd and supplies 580 customers.
- http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/08/10/uk-britain-farming-milk-idUKKCN0QF1KY20150810
British farmers warned on Monday they were facing financial ruin with falls in the price of milk forcing many out of work and spurring others to blockade distribution centres and walk cows through supermarkets.
Farming unions from across the country were meeting in London to urge the government to provide more help for an industry that has seen a 25 percent year-on-year drop in the amount farmers are paid for milk.
The National Farmers Union (NFU) estimates that the majority of dairy farmers are now selling milk below the amount it costs to produce it. "I was earning a pittance," said Peter Parkes, a farmer who pulled out of dairy produce 18 months ago. Farmers around the country have been protesting against depressed prices for over a week, with videos online showing them entering supermarkets and clearing the shelves of milk.
tea
- thomas garway (coffee house in exchange alley) is often credited for being the first to sell tea to public in england. In 1664 the company imported just two pounds, two ounces of tea. Over the course of next 170 years, consumption of tea rose dramatically. Company tea also sold to colonial american market. The cheapness and availability of tea in britain transformed british society by sustaining emerging working classes (easy to brew at work, reduce need to return home and improve productivity)
Coffee
- .. Coffee chains brew robust future in China http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c4346f90-8a46-11e4-9271-00144feabdc0.html
Telecom
- DIY broadband pioneers reaching out to remote areas of Britain
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/913584c4-426d-11e4-9818-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3FQai4v3y
Butler
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2015-03/02/content_19689090.htm More Chinese sign up for British etiquette classes Britain's royal family and aristocratic culture have always captured the imagination of Chinesepeople, who can now get an insight into the elite world with etiquette classes from former royalbutler Grant Harrold. "Increasingly there are more Chinese students coming to my etiquette classes, because theywant to know how things are done properly in the United Kingdom," Harrold said. "They want to know about how etiquette operates in the UK, how the royal family lives and doesthings. They want to know how to live like a royal," he added. Harrold, who was a royal butler and a member of the Royal Household of Their Royal HighnessesThe Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, established his own company NicholasVeitch, which organizes fine dining events, etiquette dinners and butler tuition.
Mining
- http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21656198-impending-closure-britains-last-deep-coal-mines-moment-reflection-and-awe-end The impending closure of Britain’s last deep coal mines is a moment for reflection and awe
waste
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/29/c_136565845.htm Planes using fuels made from trash sent to landfill dump sites could take off from British airports under a new government scheme. As part of plans to promote clean alternative fuels, the British government is offering funding for projects in Britain to develop low carbon waste-based fuels for planes and freight trucks, with matching funding from industry.
- 當地一間科技企業成功把咖啡渣轉化成生物燃料，周一起作為驅動部分倫敦巴士的燃料，有望令巴士的碳排放量減一成半。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171121/00180_043.html
Education
- grammar schools
Clubs
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cd4d51a0-9dd7-11e5-8ce1-f6219b685d74.html In London’s old guard of private members’ clubs, mobile telephones were outlawed, conducting business was ostensibly banned and the surroundings were designed with socialising in mind. Now a new breed of members’ clubs is cropping up that is turning these practices on their head and blurring the line between work and leisure. The changing nature of these institutions illustrates how technology and flexibility are reshaping working practices in 21st-century London. It reflects how a growing cadre of smaller companies, entrepreneurs and freelancers don’t wish to spend a fortune on an office but nor do they want the loneliness of working from home. Many of these new iterations take what they see as the best parts of old-style members’ clubs — a carefully selected membership list, reasonably priced food and impeccable service — and add to this to make them more conducive to working.
- ft 6sep18 "private member clubs pin hopes work friendly model"
online gambling
-
Three British bookmakers played a deft hand in $44bn global industry
https://www.ft.com/content/044a3d9e-7d1a-11e7-9108-edda0bcbc928- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2015-03/02/content_19689090.htm More Chinese sign up for British etiquette classes Britain's royal family and aristocratic culture have always captured the imagination of Chinesepeople, who can now get an insight into the elite world with etiquette classes from former royalbutler Grant Harrold. "Increasingly there are more Chinese students coming to my etiquette classes, because theywant to know how things are done properly in the United Kingdom," Harrold said. "They want to know about how etiquette operates in the UK, how the royal family lives and doesthings. They want to know how to live like a royal," he added. Harrold, who was a royal butler and a member of the Royal Household of Their Royal HighnessesThe Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, established his own company NicholasVeitch, which organizes fine dining events, etiquette dinners and butler tuition.
Mining
- http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21656198-impending-closure-britains-last-deep-coal-mines-moment-reflection-and-awe-end The impending closure of Britain’s last deep coal mines is a moment for reflection and awe
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/29/c_136565845.htm Planes using fuels made from trash sent to landfill dump sites could take off from British airports under a new government scheme. As part of plans to promote clean alternative fuels, the British government is offering funding for projects in Britain to develop low carbon waste-based fuels for planes and freight trucks, with matching funding from industry.
- 當地一間科技企業成功把咖啡渣轉化成生物燃料，周一起作為驅動部分倫敦巴士的燃料，有望令巴士的碳排放量減一成半。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171121/00180_043.html
Education
- grammar schools
- A grammar school is one of several different types ofschool in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically orientedsecondary school. The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin. Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences,mathematics, history, geography, and other subjects. In the late Victorian era grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they have evolved in different ways. Grammar schools became the selective tier of the Tripartite System of state-funded secondary education operating in England and Wales from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s and continuing in Northern Ireland. With the move to non-selective comprehensive schools in the 1960s and 1970s, some grammar schools became fully independent and charged fees, while most others were abolished or became comprehensive (or sometimes merged with asecondary modern to form a new comprehensive school). In both cases, many of these schools kept "grammar school" in their names. More recently, a number of state grammar schools still retaining their selective intake gained academy status, meaning that they are independent of the Local Education Authority (LEA). Some parts of England retain forms of the Tripartite System, and a few grammar schools survive in otherwise comprehensive areas. Some of the remaining grammar schools can trace their histories to before the 16th century.
- http://www.bbc.com/news/education-34538222
- http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21704837-lifting-ban-new-selective-schools-would-damage-social-mobility-grammatical-error
Clubs
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cd4d51a0-9dd7-11e5-8ce1-f6219b685d74.html In London’s old guard of private members’ clubs, mobile telephones were outlawed, conducting business was ostensibly banned and the surroundings were designed with socialising in mind. Now a new breed of members’ clubs is cropping up that is turning these practices on their head and blurring the line between work and leisure. The changing nature of these institutions illustrates how technology and flexibility are reshaping working practices in 21st-century London. It reflects how a growing cadre of smaller companies, entrepreneurs and freelancers don’t wish to spend a fortune on an office but nor do they want the loneliness of working from home. Many of these new iterations take what they see as the best parts of old-style members’ clubs — a carefully selected membership list, reasonably priced food and impeccable service — and add to this to make them more conducive to working.
- ft 6sep18 "private member clubs pin hopes work friendly model"
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