Sally Jones

1/2 Just like in Germany at the beginning of the year, the good people of Britain are coming out in crowds in anti-racist, pro-diversity, pro-democracy protests. My heart sings. Well done, all of you lovely people! x.com/paulmasonnews/…

Thread of the most beautiful bridges on Earth 1. Golden Bridge, Vietnam

I played a small part in writing a thing. Would recommend!

Small and medium-sized enterprises in the professional and business service sectors can apply for 50% off AI skills training, with funding up to £10,000 through the AI Upskilling Fund. The application window has been extended to the 18 August. Apply: gov.uk/government/pub…

Thread on the beauty of wildlife 🧵 1. When it’s cold enough to see the melody

@SamuelMarcLowe Fantastic news! Many, many congratulations. Wishing you and yours long and happy lives.

It happened, again.

Our professional & business services sector is worth £283bn to the economy and supports a huge 4.9 million UK jobs 🇬🇧📈 I had a productive meeting with the Professional & Business Services Council earlier, to discuss how we can help address some of the challenges faced by the sector & welcome new chair @SallyJJonesEY 🤝

A must read by @SallyJJonesEY on Counteracting the Green Squeeze: the role of business to support transition odi.org/en/insights/co… .@ODI_trade

Delighted to be speaking at the Labour Conference UKAS Fringe event tonight!

“The [doppelgänger] model suggests the costs of #Brexit are on the higher end of the forecasts made before and immediately after the referendum,” said @JohnSpringford, the economist behind the model. @NewStatesman buff.ly/3RiNtZU

“We can’t be decent to asylum seekers because our country is full, and broke”. First tweet in a two tweet thread. At what point on this chart did the United Kingdom become “full”? /1.

This is a picture every bit as mysterious & fascinating as Las Meninas, & should be more famous than it is. How does she know what she looks like from that angle? Who is she looking at? What is she painting?

Proud to share @SallyJJonesEY's thoughtful report on the need for closing the global trade gender gap, the benefits, how some policymakers are leading the way, and how corporate trade functions can accelerate change: go.ey.com/3p7Ji7m

Delighted to be part of this!

Fact checkers @FullFact have examined claims that asylum can be applied for through UNCHR 🔽 There is no mechanism through which refugees can approach UNHCR with the intention of seeking asylum in the UK. There is no asylum visa or ‘queue’ for the UK. fullfact.org/immigration/UN…

Not just from environmental, but economic perspective, with a tsunami of global investment waiting to be deployed on green energy, it seems incredible that £200bn of investments are in a queue for a UK grid connection lasting as long as..a decade & a half: bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

“Nobody wants to be the first mover”... The concern: that first movers will “incur the most costs and get the least benefit” cc:@bbaschuk @SallyJJonesEY bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Best thing about the #Oscars tonight? The stars rocking our blue ribbons on the red carpet 💙 RT if you stand #WithRefugees too, no matter who they are, or where they come from.

So, the next time someone thinks they're being smart by telling you they "should have stayed in France"... here's the @JCWI_UK 5-step guide to responding, which doesn't involve pointing out how deeply they are lacking in either humanity or imagination...