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...Alex Cobham, chief executive of the Tax Justice Network, a UK campaign group, says the baby boomer generation — generally taken to mean those born between 1946 and 1964 — have been unusually fortunate in...
...There is a long list of potentially productive public spending eg, public investment in energy/health/training/education/transport provision/legal system/defence....
...When Cobham, the defence company, made a bid for Ultra this year, Sclater’s legal view of the takeover process proved helpful....
...The private equity firm calculated there would be few buyers for the company as a whole given its disparate operations, from training military pilots to air-to-air refuelling to antenna systems, people with...
...His training in design is helpful as he produces evocative sketches to help clinch the deal. Projects are all bespoke, he says, but start at around £25,000....
...David Cobham: With luck, it will ease off quite soon, as it should do....
...These improvements require education, training and investment, all of which take time to have an effect....
...More recently the UK aerospace and defence group’s aircraft have provided combat training for Britain’s military pilots. Its antennas are used in a range of radar and electronic warfare capabilities....
...David Cobham: I fear that he may but hope that he will not....
...Textron also has a systems division that specialises in military simulation and training tools, as well as armoured vehicles....
...The group still had to prove it had overcome problems in the contract with Boeing for the US Air Force’s new tanker, while important contracts were coming up for renewal in its air training services business...
...It sprawls geographically and across activities — from satellite communications to wireless testing, training, and aviation. That will be where the Air Marshal comes into his own....
...In 2005 Chelsea Football Club moved its training ground to Stoke D’Abernon on the outskirts of Cobham at the southern end of the borough’s “golden triangle” (the other points being Oxshott and Esher)....
...David Cobham, professor, Heriot-Watt University Very little....
...There will be some shortages of staff such as pilots and nurses with high training levels....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot Watt University There is no good reason to expect any serious change in the UK’s poor productivity performance....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot Watt University Positively but slowly, 1-2 per cent = less than most other ‘advanced’ economies; mainly the result of years of misguided austerity since 2010...
...And then there is the current crop of German economists, many of whom have done part of their training outside of the country and are well versed in different intellectual traditions....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
...In 2005, the arrival of Chelsea’s football club’s training ground in Cobham, Surrey, marked the beginning of a spurt of super-home building in the area that continues today....
...But the real sportsmen are to be found at Chelsea’s training ground, which opened in Stoke d’Abernon in 2007....
...Given the UK’s poor educational system (islands of excellence in a sea of mediocrity) and very poor vocational training, the inflow of skilled workers and high-tech talent from the EU-27 have boosted output...
...Chris Shaw, who heads operations at aviation supplier Cobham, says he is confident its supply chain can handle the volume increase....
...The solution, says Susie Brindley, Welcome to Yorkshire’s training officer, was to provide external bike washing facilities and secure garages with individual cycle-locking stations....
...By contrast, Cobham, its closest UK defence peer, last month agreed a $1.5bn acquisition that will take its commercial share of revenues to more than 40 per cent....
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