Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
Yusuf Shahrestani U6T How SMEs Navigate Inequality to Create Opportunity in the UK Economic inequality can be defined as the unequal distribution of resources, income, or wealth among individuals or groups in a particular society; though people often refer to it as ‘the gap between the rich and the poor’. In the UK, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): businesses that have fewer than 250 employees and shared capital less than £66 Million, are particularly affected by these disparities. They depend heavily on the resources in their location, such as finances like loans, or having good internet and technology. Because these resources are not equally available everywhere, it can make it harder for SMEs in certain areas to compete in equal footing. Yet, some businesses manage to turn these very challenges into opportunities, finding innovation solutions that allow their businesses to expand. Why does this matter? Well, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), SMEs...