John E. Hallsworth

May 27, 2024 | enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kenneth Timmis |John E. Hallsworth |Terry J. McGenity |Rachel Armstrong

INTRODUCTION The purpose of education (see Martin Luther King: http://okra.stanford.edu/transcription/document_images/Vol01Scans/123_Jan-Feb1947_The%20Purpose%20of%20Education.pdf; and Biesta, 2008 for discussions on why this is important) is to develop the minds and abilities of children, to help them realise their full individual potentials and to provide them with the knowledge and understanding they need to flourish as adults and manage the challenges and opportunities they will face that...

Apr 29, 2024 | enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kenneth Timmis |John E. Hallsworth

MICROBES ARE SPECIAL Microbes are the dominant life form on Earth, collectively constituting a global biochemical reactor carrying out an unimaginable number and diversity of reactions that directly or indirectly sustain and regulate all life in the biosphere, and drive planetary processes and evolution (Falkowski et al., 2008; Goldman & Kaçar, 2023; Sousa et al., 2013).

Feb 5, 2024 | ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Karim Haji |John E. Hallsworth

Total UK fintech investment dropped to $12.3 billion in 2023, down 34% from $18.7 billion in 2022, according to KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech, a bi-annual report on fintech investment trends published today (6 February 2024). Geopolitical and economic uncertainty fuelled by events including conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the high interest rate environment, and tight liquidity across regions saw fintech investors holding onto their cash throughout much of last year.

Aug 21, 2023 | kpmg.com | John E. Hallsworth

215 UK M&A, PE and VC fintech deals completed in H1 2023, down from 392 in H1 2022 Despite drop in investment, UK remains a global leader in the fintech space Difficult first half of the year for the fintech market globally, total funding and the number of deals dropped from US$63.2 billion across 2,885 deals in H2’22 to US$52.4 billion in across 2,153 deals in H1’23 Total UK fintech investment dropped to $5.9 billion in the first half of 2023, down 57% from $13.8 billion in the same period...