El Celler's Joan Roca (center) is now number one, but do consumers really need to know that?ReutersThis week, El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, became the world’s finest eatery – at least according to the 2015 World’s 50 Best Restaurant awards – thanks to the “curiosity and creativity” of the three...
Let's be pragmatic about this.EPA/Julien WarnandFollowing five years of imperfect yet noticeable economic progress Greece is once again at the epicentre of the financial world’s attention. The country is due to repay €1.6 billion to the IMF in four steps between now and June 19. The first payment of €300m is due on Friday June 5.
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Ali Smith accepting her award.BaileysThe runaway success of Ali Smith’s How to be Both signals a new and original approach to 21st-century historical fiction. Its shimmering linguistic audacity has been rightly celebrated. Her Bailey’s award scoops a hat trick of prestigious prizes – she has already won the Costa and the...
Cuts are not quite as advertised.Kerim Okten/EPAThe Conservative Party manifesto commits to cut total public spending in real terms by 1% a year in 2016–17 and 2017–18. It implies this is easy. It “means saving £1 a year in every £100 that government spends”. Spending is then to be frozen in real terms in...
For decades, the Australian trade and construction sector operated almost entirely on word-of-mouth recommendations and local community networks. Small business owners typically relied on local newspa...
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Introduction Visa decisions can shape employment, family life, study plans, travel, and future residence. A small omission can lead to delay, added expense, or refusal. Immigration lawyers assess l...
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Many industrial processes require moisture to be removed from compressed air, products or process materials before they move to the next stage. Excess moisture can affect equipment performance, produc...
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Effective communication helps teams stay organised, share ideas and keep track of important information. While digital tools are now common in many workplaces, a whiteboard continues to provide a simp...
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The Evolution of Sustainable Event Merchandise Event planning has undergone a massive transformation over the last decade. Gone are the days when organizers could hand out cheap, single use plastic...
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Flowers have a great power to speak when humans cannot express their feelings with right words. Flowers are the best gifts when you are celebrating a birthday or welcoming a newborn child into your fa...
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For a long time, you might have defaulted to overseas suppliers when sourcing fabricated metal components for a project. The unit price was lower on paper, and the maths seemed straightforward. That...
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Tariff escalations, supply chain fragility, geopolitical events, and the ongoing threat of cyber disruption have reshaped the risk environment facing Australian organisations. The problem is that ma...
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Starting out as an Uber driver in Melbourne is not as complicated as it sounds but getting the vehicle right is where most new drivers get stuck. Uber has strict requirements around vehicle age, condi...
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A battery does not usually reach its advertised cycle count and suddenly stop working. Capacity ch...
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Australia's hiring market has cooled considerably since the post-pandemic frenzy of 2021 and 2022. F...
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For the past couple of years, artificial intelligence in marketing has mostly lived in the "let's se...
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A construction site can look chaotic from the outside. There are machines moving in different direct...