David Sainsbury

Type: Person

Name: David Sainsbury

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Scientists: UK risks losing edge

London - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive advantage, leading scientists said on Tuesday.The Royal Society, an influential ... [Published News24.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, Martin Taylor, David Sainsbury, Gross Domestic Product, Germany

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Better government

LORD DAVID SAINSBURY has been a leader in business and government. His new book, "Progressive Capitalism", offers suggestions for making a faulty system better Follow paywall rules ... [Published Prospero - The Economist - 11 hours ago]

Entities: David Sainsbury

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

York Debates Equality and The Economy Today.

As Part of York's Festival of Ideas questions on the economy and equality will be debated by a range of business leaders, policy experts, economists and journalists in York today.How do you govern for shared prosperity? Is there an economic divide between ... [Published 104.7 Minster FM - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Equality, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Martin Vander Weyer, David Sainsbury, Charles Cecil

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Ken Starkey: Plutocracy Rules

The idea of alternative economic systems to capitalism no longer commands much attention. Even in China the idea of capitalism thrives, albeit in a context of strong state control. Capitalism is justified as the economic system best suited to liberate ... [Published Huffington Post UK - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: David Sainsbury, Takeover Bid, John Kay, Hostile Takeover, Democracy

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Online shopping surges

From left, Simon Head, Sam Wanklyn and David Sainsbury buy mostly online. Photo / Natalie SladeMore Kiwis are shopping online than ever before, with more than half of New Zealand adults contributing to $3.7 billion of internet sales last year. Nielsen's ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Online Shopping, David Sainsbury, New Zealand

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

University of Cambridge

Meet the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

6/06/2013David Sainsbury – businessman, philanthropist, Labour life peer, former government minister and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge – takes part in the Cambridge Wordfest summer season next week (Tuesday June 11 at the Emmanuel United Reformed ... [Published Cambridge Network - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: University of Cambridge, David Sainsbury, United Reformed Church

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Long-lasting philanthropic bodies 'often become sclerotic', says unnamed wealthy donor

Bill and Melinda Gates: Giving Pledge to be extendedThe claim is included in a study carried out by the Institute for Philanthropy after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said the Giving Pledge would be extended outside the USLong-lasting philanthropic ... [Published ThirdSector - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Donor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, David Sainsbury

First reported Feb 19 2013 - Updated Feb 20 2013 - 1 reports

Globalising giving

THE mission led by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to make large-scale philanthropy the norm among the super rich has just won a dozen new converts. For the first time, those taking the Buffett-Gates "Giving Pledge" come from outside America, according ... [Published Newsbook - The Economist - Feb 19 2013]

Entities: Bill Gates, Warren E Buffett, Christopher Cooper-Hohn, Mining

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Scientists: UK risks losing edge [Published News24.com - 2 hours ago]
Lord David Sainsbury on progressive capitalism:... [Published Economist Magazine - YouTube - 10 hours ago]
Better government [Published Prospero - The Economist - 11 hours ago]
York Debates Equality and The Economy Today. [Published 104.7 Minster FM - Jun 14 2013]
Ken Starkey: Plutocracy Rules [Published Huffington Post UK - Jun 13 2013]
Online shopping surges [Published Big News Network - Jun 10 2013]
Sainsbury's woes should be a warning to Tesco [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Jun 06 2013]
Meet the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge [Published Cambridge Network - Jun 06 2013]
Long-lasting philanthropic bodies 'often become... [Published ThirdSector - Jun 04 2013]
Have Blog, Will Travel: INET Hong Kong [Published Economist's View - Apr 04 2013]
CSR wins prestigious “Wireless Business o... [Published Releases from RealWire - Mar 20 2013]
Globalising giving [Published Newsbook - The Economist - Feb 19 2013]