Chris Lord and David Newns
Are successful entrepreneurs born with it, or made through their circumstances? In David Newns’ case, it was a bit of both.
The son of a biscuit factory worker, growing up in a poor part of Blackpool, from an early age Newns had a goal to be financially independent. Now 36, Newns has founded and helmed two companies in the e-cigarette sector which sold for a combined £150m to FTSE 100 companies. He was one of the youngest-ever FTSE 100 executives in the UK, and, with his business partner he has registered more than 800 patents in the harm reduction and tech sectors – they are the 11
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The relative size of a mammal’s brain is often linked to evolutionary changes in body size rather than to intelligence, research suggests.
An international team of scientists analysed data from 1,400 living and extinct mammal species to piece together a timeline of how brain and body size evolved over the last 150 million years.
There are “lots of different ways that species end up with big brains”, according to the researchers, such as decreasing body size to suit a new habitat, climate or way of moving.
Conversely, the study indicated that the California sea lion’s body increased in size at a faster rate than its brain as it diversified to a semi-aquatic niche, leaving it with a smaller relative brain size.
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Sarah Townsend
Salford City Council has approved the regeneration framework for the 250-acre site, and developer English Cities Fund will soon be compelled to submit a business plan for the first component within the next six months.
A consultation on the £2.5bn Salford Crescent masterplan took place last autumn, proposing revisions such as the construction of a Metrolink extension connecting the area with Salford Quays.
The updated framework has since incorporated such changes, splitting the 20-year development site into six key areas – The Adelphi, Peel Park, Crescent, Innovation Zone, Transport Hub and Parks & River Zone.
Salford City Council’s approval this week of the so-called Crescent Strategic Master Programme and Delivery Plan means an overarching agreement signed between the council and its development partner ECF takes effect and becomes unconditional. However, the framework requires sign-off by each individual partner in the Crescent Partnership, which comprises