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Love Island contestant and investment analyst Jay Younger 'couples up' with Broadcast Specialist Kim McAllister to demystify investments and the world of finance in this informative money management podcast. Class Assets is a Connect production sponsored by Aubrey Capital Management and Aston Martin Edinburgh. https://www.connectcommunications.co.uk https://www.aubreycm.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/astonmartinedinburgh
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Dr Murray Collins and journalist Kim McAllister reveal why Edinburgh is on course to become the space data capital of Europe, in association with Picture Zero. From satellite data to space robots and even landing on comets - they interview experts from across Scotland. Professors, business leaders and students share insights from their work in space and satellite technology in Edinburgh and across the world. www.ed.ac.uk www.ed.ac.uk/bayes www.ddi.ac.uk Twitter.com/murraybcollins twitter.com ...
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Mike Welch OBE: "I wasn't ready to sell the business, but with hindsight it was the best time"
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Liverpool-born Mike Welch OBE left school at 16 with very little in the way of qualifications and went on to sell his business for £50m. He is now living in Miami and building another business ten times as big... Join Chartered Financial Analyst Jay Younger and broadcaster Kim McAllister as they ask Mike how he invested the proceeds of the sale of …
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Jay's Beginner's Guide to Investments Part 2
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Episode 5 continues where episode 4 left off with more lessons in understanding investments - and there are more videos! Join Chartered Financial Analyst Jay Younger and broadcaster Kim McAllister as they break it down. *How to value a company *The price-to-earnings ratio *How much is £1 of the company's profit costing you? *PEG - how to calculate …
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Episode 4 is something a little bit different and comes with explainer videos. Lots of listeners have got in touch to ask for a step-by-step guide to understanding how to invest in a company - so Jay has obliged. Join the Chartered Financial Analyst and broadcaster Kim McAllister as they break it down. *Where to find information on a publicly-liste…
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Vanessa Kanbi: "I sold one bitcoin and bought land in Ghana to build a house"
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Vanessa Kanbi is a content creator based between Edinburgh and Ghana. She has built her YouTube channel to 164,000 subscribers and it now supports both her and her husband as well as an employee. Join Jay Younger and broadcaster Kim McAllister as they chat to Vanessa about investing in bitcoin, land, and stocks and shares while managing a career th…
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Jake Wightman: "Being World Champion means I never need to work outside my sport"
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1500m World Champion Jake Wightman has an emotional reunion with his childhood athletics buddy Jay Younger in the second episode of Class Assets. The Edinburgh Athletics graduates swap tales of training as teenagers in the rain and how their paths diverged as one fell out of love with the sport and in love with investments. Join Jay and broadcaster…
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Kieron Achara: "I was saving but I didn't know what to do with it"
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Kieron Achara, captain of Team GB Basketball at the London 2012 Olympics, talks about growing up on a Stirling council estate and winning a $160,000 scholarship to play basketball in the States. Jay describes what stocks and shares actually are - and explains what he does as an investment analyst. Listen to the end to find out if a 6 ft 10 in athle…
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Class Assets is a six part weekly podcast launching 11 October 2022. Chartered Financial Analyst Jay Younger and broadcaster Kim McAllister demystify the world of investments, teaching you all the things you wish you'd learned at school. *How to grow your savings from as little as £100 per month *What even is the FTSE and where do I buy or sell sha…
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It's the season finale - so we've crammed in 3 interviews with 3 superstars! Dr Steve Hancock is working on NASA's GEDI mission from Edinburgh with the University of Maryland Vladimir Ivan is working with the only NASA humanoid robot outside the US, Valkyrie, to simulate life on Mars and David Alexander OBE joins us from Houston, Texas where the Gl…
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After our appearance on the BBC on Friday (Living in lockdown is like living on Mars - featuring Kim's interview with astrobiologist Charles Cockell) we turn to business and sustainability. Two guests with amazing stories share details of their pioneering work. Gary Watmough is using satellite data to measure poverty. Robin Sampson is fusing satell…
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Time to move away slightly from the science and into the commercial applications. We speak to two space companies working in Edinburgh - Orbital Micro Systems and EarthWave. American company Orbital Microsystems opened its first international office in Edinburgh - Greg Porter explains why they chose the city and what ambitions they have. EarthWave …
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We're looking out into the universe with two astonishing experts - one lands spaceships on comets and the other grows microbes on meteorites in the International Space Station. Both are based in Edinburgh. Colin Snodgrass is leading the next UK deep space mission called Comet Interceptor. This will catch a comet as it enters the solar system to fin…
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Measuring coastal erosion from space and trying out space data analysis at home... We're thrilled to have Encarni Medina Lopez join us to explain how space data can help us monitor our marine environments. Professor Iain Woodhouse - who literally wrote the book on remote sensing - explains how easy it is to download satellite images and start analy…
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How are we going to feed the world when resources are dwindling and population is exploding? Prof Mat Williams explains that "X-Ray vision" from drones and satellites allows farmers to understand the health of their crops and even predict yield. He's working with the European Space Agency to launch the 'Biomass' satellite with a brand new sensor - …
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Deforestation causes about 20% of carbon emissions - and it's completely unnecessary. Dr Murray Collins and journalist Kim McAllister talk to leading scientist Dr Ed Mitchard about his work mapping forests across the world using satellite data. Ed's work is helping governments measure their efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and he ha…
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Why does Edinburgh have the ambition of becoming Space Data Capital of Europe? Dr Murray Collins (@MurrayBCollins) and Kim McAllister (@KimMcallister) present the first episode in an eight-part series examining the space ecosystem in Edinburgh and its relationship with the rest of the world. Featuring Kristina Tamane (@Kri0sis) and Callum Norrie (@…
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Could information from space help save the planet What can we contribute from Scotland? Will Edinburgh become the space data capital of Europe? Join me, Kim McAllister and Dr Murray Collins – space lead at the Bayes Centre – as we interview some of Scotland’s leading experts in satellite data, space robots and even landing on comets. We’re launchin…
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