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...“Investment returns are therefore very important for local government schemes,” said Iain Campbell, senior investment consultant with Hymans Robertson, a professional services firm....
...From small-town governments to associations managing firefighter pensions, municipal authorities across Minnesota are having a hard time finding external auditors, Blaha said....
...Thanks to climate change, the amateur and professional paths have converged. Firefighting, I quickly learn, is an odd pursuit....
...Laws limit the use of so-called mortar fireworks, designed to set off large-scale displays, to licensed professionals....
...McCarthy’s father was a firefighter, and the family had no money for him to attend a four-year university....
...Top stories today Firefighters to walk out | Firefighters are set to join the wave of strikes sweeping the UK, after a ballot by the Fire Brigades Union produced a “decisive” mandate for industrial action...
...Or, my favourite, Sam Springsteen, a firefighter, who just so happens to be Bruce Springsteen’s youngest son. jo.ellison@ft.com...
...In dialogue scenes, the film can feel as stiff as a Crimewatch reconstruction, as if the professional cast were aiming for the awkwardness of non-professional actors....
...The construction of the cladding facade “was the responsibility of . . . the designers, contractors, consultants and other construction professionals involved”, it said....
...Remote towns and villages are taking advantage of post-pandemic working patterns to attract professionals....
...Birmingham’s police and fire departments now have similar numbers of white and African American police and firefighters....
...By September 14, 89 per cent of employees at state hospitals and care homes, and 95 per cent of private healthcare professionals had received the jab....
...According to local media, several firefighter units want to boycott the festivities....
...While extremely grateful to the volunteer and professional firefighters on the ground — whose resources, they say, were stretched beyond capacity — many criticised the late arrival of firefighting aircraft...
...Business: Professional services groups Accenture, McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group have joined the corporate exodus from Russia....
...Rioters looted a Dollar Tree store nearby, according to media reports, and firefighters were deployed....
...They will help do the jabs and provide support at 100 vaccine centres around the country, alongside professional healthcare providers....
...The Fire Brigades Union, which represents firefighters said on Tuesday: “The total disregard for safety in the pursuit of profit is stomach-churning – and it's a symptom of the shamefully lax regulatory...
...“It’s great ministers have recognised the need for flexibility, but no healthcare professionals should be left behind....
...Calpers’ total assets represent just 71 per cent of what it needs to pay future benefits to the 1.9m police officers, firefighters and other public workers who are members of the scheme....
...Big institutions that manage money for teachers and firefighters have a much lower appetite for risk. So hedge funds have had to tailor operations to their biggest clients — or as some say, grow up....
...On Monday, the BMA, the doctors’ professional body, said it had written to Matt Hancock, health secretary, warning him of its intention to take legal action....
...“The new pension flexibility for NHS doctors is a major win,” said Lucille Thirlby, assistant general secretary of the FDA, the union for senior public service professionals....
...Brad Detring farms 1,000 acres outside Farmington, Missouri. He said the shutdown was having little effect....
...I started my professional career as a firefighter. It was exciting, demanding and personally rewarding. People often say it is like being a CEO, where you fight fires all day....
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