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Delph Property Investment Reports: Finding a Property

By Rebekah Law | Published: November 17, 2011
Choosing a Location Introduction For most people, buying a property is the largest single investment they will make during their lifetimes. And choice of location is the single most important factor they have to face. This report will guide you through the process of refining your choice: what issues matter most to you, to your...

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Golfing drama in Dubai

By David Nicholson | Published: July 27, 2011
(By David Nicholson, published in Mashreq Herald magazine) As he stood on the approach to the final, decisive hole in this year’s Desert Classic golf tournament in Dubai, South African Ernie Els held his breath.  Ahead of him was an imposing grandstand, packed with thousands of fans, forming a maginificent semi-circle around the opulent green. ...

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Scottish sporting estates – living the dream

By David Nicholson | Published: July 27, 2011
(By David Nicholson, published in The Scotsman) The opportunity to acquire a Scottish sporting estate, somewhere that country sports writer Charlie Jacoby describes as “the best example of sub-Arctic wilderness in the world” is an event that may happen just once in a lifetime, if that. For a start, there is a severely limited supply. ...

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Boot room to boardroom

By Rebekah Law | Published: July 27, 2011
(By David Nicholson, published in The Wall Street Journal) “It is a ruthless game. One thing must burn through your body, and that’s the will to win. Without that, you’re dead.” It was the FA Cup final of 1960: Blackburn Rovers against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Young Dave Whelan for Blackburn, known for his robust approach, went...

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HS2 Briefing Paper – David Nicholson

By David Nicholson | Published: July 26, 2011
Introduction The Department for Transport proposes to build a high speed rail link from London to the Birmingham, the first stage of a new rail system that should eventually link to Manchester, Leeds and on to Scotland. The project – known as HS2 – was put out for consultation from 28 February until 29 July...

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Richard Branson Profile

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Richard Branson profile for Hertz magazine On the 24th July 2003, billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson wrote a letter to Geoff Dixon, chief executive of Qantas, the Australian airline. “Dear Geoff,” it began. “I was amused to read Qantas’s completely dismissive comments about Virgin Atlantic’s chances of getting permission to fly to Australia.” He went...

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Profile of Tiger Woods

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Profile of Tiger Woods for Open Road magazine “Golf, as we know it, is over,” wrote Gary van Sickle in Sports Illustrated in 1996, having watched the 20-year-old Tiger Woods play. “He’s not just a promising young Tour pro anymore, he’s an era.” Some people might have shrugged and thought Woods a flash in the...

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Media-Controlled Games

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Researchers at Nokia Research Centre in Tampere are experimenting with new technology that could transform the way we play games on our mobile phones. Instead of a game having a musical accompaniment wired into it, we could play the music of our choice and this could make the game easier, harder or more varied. For...

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The Rise of Vladimir Putin

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
‘The Age of Assassins’, Russia Book review about Vladimir Putin, for CNBC Russia watchers have been pontificating furiously over the significance of the emergence of Dmitry Medvedev as the country’s new President, along with Vladimir Putin’s sidestep into the Prime Ministership. Is Putin still pulling the strings? they ask; will Medvedev be able to clean...

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Report for Ernst & Young

By David Nicholson | Published: March 2, 2011
Active industry sectors Infrastructure With a rapidly rising population, vast cash reserves yet poor basic infrastructure in many parts of the region, the Middle East will have an acute need for investment in the sector for many years to come. Highways, water desalination plants, power stations, airports, schools and hospitals are all needed, either to...

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