When looking for financial advice, it is perhaps unsurprising that the YouTube algorithm does not recommend advice from a fictional character from a 90’s sci-fi TV show. Notwithstanding this, following recent headlines I was reminded of a quote from one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s more avaricious characters; Quark:
Blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFTs can be divisive. For some they are a flash in the pan that haven’t quite lived up to the hype. For others, they are the future. Either way, there is no denying that recent sales of some NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have generated significant returns for sellers, but there still remains some confusion about what NFTs are and what you actually get when you buy one.
In 2020, the Scottish Government ran a public consultation on the further regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures (that pierce or penetrate the skin) and proposals to introduce a licensing scheme. On 7 July 2022, the responses to the consultation were published alongside the Scottish Government’s formal response to the independent analysis of the results.
The recent wave of hot weather in the UK was met with mixed responses, but the most creative (if unsuccessful) solution to staying cool at work was surely the breezy hi-vis kilt worn by a bin collector on his rounds in York as an alternative to his council provided PPE trousers.
I think it was Benjamin Franklin who said nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. Well, for everyone who had to take a crash course in computer literacy during the pandemic (i.e. me), then I’d include stress within that quote. It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, but if little else, it provides a segue into the fraught arena of workplace stress claims for psychiatric injury.