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How the world counts | Tally systems

How the world counts | Tally systems Interesting Facts | Mathematics | Business FACT BOX: Tally systems can be dated back to around 35’000 years ago in Africa, cut into animal bones.  Modern 5 Digit Standard Systems: Modern Hexadecimal System: Hexadecimal numbers operate on a base of 16 rather than…


Pound £ GBP crashes to lowest value in history

Pound £ GBP crashes to the lowest value in history Economy | Europe | UK  FACT BOX: In 1971 the UK replaced a highly complex system of Pounds, Shillings, Pence, Crowns and Sovereigns with the current decimal currency system of (£) Pounds and (p) Pence. The GBP crashed hard early…


Tax rises for the UK

UK’s Boris Johnson is breaking his own election manifesto promises by hiking UK tax rises ECONOMICS | FINANCE | TAX | UK Next week will see UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announce that he is breaking his own election manifesto promises by hiking taxes. The UK has been hit by…


Coronavirus COVID19: Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic puts liquidators on standby as empire teeters on collapse

Coronavirus COVID19: Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic puts liquidators on standby as empire teeters on collapse Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic has put A&M administrators on standby Sir Richard Branson, who resides on his own private island in the Caribbean’s British Virgin Islands, has not escaped the financial destruction that…