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Reminiscences of an estate agent

by Alan Howick | Sep 8, 2021 | Golden Oldie, The Agent

Originally published September 2017. This November I clock up 50 years as an estate agent – and what have I learnt or gained from this experience? Well, I have tried alternative business options over the last five decades but still ended up selling second hand...

Climate rollercoasters and Southern Africa’s double whammy

by Martin Schwarzburg | Sep 8, 2021 | The Fund Manager, zLead Article, zOurWriters1

“Rain does not fall on one roof alone.” (African proverb) Albeit debating the reasons along ideological lines, the world is getting to grips that climate change is an undeniable fact. Apart from pandemics, the subject is likely to dominate the global agenda, drive...

Hurricane Ida threatens global plastic markets

by Peter C. Earle | Sep 7, 2021 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

(By the time this article is published, Hurricane Ida will have made landfall and the aftermath will be already under assessment. One hopes, as always, that the damage is minimal in terms of lives and property, but the same nature which we so readily associate with...

How it was

by Ed Mead | Sep 7, 2021 | Golden Oldie, The Agent

This article was originally published August 2017. About 30 years ago I remember my stepfather, a well-known man of considerable standing, surprising me by telling me I was in a ‘gentleman’s profession’. OK, he was quite old, but amongst the next generation up from...

The cuts to housing benefits

by Amy Clair | Sep 6, 2021 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

They led to over 75,000 more overcrowded households during the pandemic. Covid-19 has been described as a ‘housing disease’. Overcrowded living conditions make it easier for the virus to spread, and statistics show a link between overcrowding and mortality...