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While England fans are raucously celebrating the Three Lions win both at home and abroad, Dragons fans are quietly lamenting what could have been.

The Bahrain International Airshows (BIAS) forum programme will provide future-focused content and facilitate the exchange of insights and knowledge on the latest trends shaping global aerospace and aviation.

United Trust Bank (UTB) has hired Sundeep Patel as director of bridging, with a mandate to grow the bank’s short-term lending business.  Patel is currently on gardening leave and will take up his new role later this year in November. Most recently, he served as director of sales and member of the commercial executive

The Association of Short Term Lenders has elected three new members to its board. The new members are Glenhawk sales director Jamie Pritchard, Avamore Capital head of operations & marketing Sabinda Robinson-Sandhu and United Trust Bank chief commercial officer Mark Stokes. The trio took up their posts last

Administration officials say they are hoping China’s military exercises last only a few days, but they are discussing their options if the movements expand into something more.

The media is so wonderful. Something is happening with Taiwan, so readers must be treated to a rolling barrage of wrong assertions and bad history, born-in-Beijing justifications, Chinese propaganda delivered by Chinese officials, incorrect portrayals of US Taiwan policy and, of course, stern warnings that war is in the offing. All with nobody asking the Taiwanese for their opinion (of course!). The media mess surrounding US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicked off with Edward Luce’s July 22 pie...

Introduction This article is the first in a two-part series on the evolution of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) enlisted force. Part one provides background and examines key issues in the PLA’s conscription and recruitment of enlisted personnel. Part two overviews the role of the enlisted force in the annual training cycle. The PLA’s yearly training cycle has always revolved …

It's too soon for fatalism about China's rise.

Investegate announcements from Pembroke VCT PLC, Result of AGM

UTB’s Robert Owen set to retire this year By Leah Milner 27 th May 2021 11:57 am United Trust Bank managing director for mortgages and bridging Robert Owen has announced plans to retire at the end of the year after four decades in the industry. He will be stepping back from day-to-day responsibilities at the start of June in order to support chief commercial officer, Mark Stokes, in an advisory role and work on several projects including further developing UTB’s ...