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Aurora top 20, February 2012 news analysis
Posted on 02. Mar, 2012 by msoadmin.
Wow isn’t the year going fast; we can’t believe we’re in March already and the news stories have been pouring in. We’ve had some interesting ones, including the special effects worker who now has his own special effect with half a titanium skull! With constant headlines, the NHS’ health policy and service issues remain at [...]
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Aurora top 20, January 2012 news analysis
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by msoadmin.
It seems like 1 January was only yesterday, but now, a month back at work, hasn’t time flown? Due to many of you holidaying during the month of December, we didn’t distribute the December top 20, but no need to worry, we have been busy analysing two months of news and you can find last [...]
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Aurora top 20, December 2011 news analysis
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by msoadmin.
We hope December treated you all to a wonderful festive period. In the short business month, issues in the NHS remained a solid part of the Top 20 with NHS performance issues clinging onto the top spot and NHS budget/finance issues climbing 15 places since November. As you might expect, many familiar Christmas ‘time-of-excess’ themed [...]
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Aurora top 20, November 2011 news analysis
Posted on 30. Nov, 2011 by msoadmin.
Headlines in November have been splashed with stories about finance issues. We have witnessed the resignation of two prime ministers amid financial pressures between Greece and Italy and the European Union. In the meantime, strikes are taking place at hospitals, schools, transportation and local governments due to funding cuts. The world of healthcare is not [...]
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Aurora top 20, October 2011 news analysis
Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by msoadmin.
October has been a turbulent month for global news, including the demise of another dictator within the Arab Spring uprising, the sorry state of affairs of the European financial crisis, and the birth of the world’s seven billionth person at the end of the month. The healthcare world seems to have been somewhat more predictable [...]
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Aurora top 20, September 2011 news analysis
Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by msoadmin.
As the Aurora office, along with the rest of the UK, basks in the very late summer sunshine it seems that the state of the nation’s health and services are very much under a rain cloud. This month’s highest climber and taking number one position was health policy, after a turbulent month for the [...]
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Aurora top 20, August 2011 news analysis
Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by msoadmin.
The London riots that spread across the UK dominated the news in August. Parliament was recalled, the police presence on London’s streets rose by 10,000 and communities were left devastated after a week of rioting. Perhaps it is no coincidence that alcohol, smoking and depression all made a big impact on the health news this [...]
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Aurora top 20, July 2011 news analysis
Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by msoadmin.
It’s just one year to go until the Olympics arrive in London. Despite all the chatter about tickets, many people have managed to get their hands on at least a couple of tickets and the papers are filled with inspiring pictures of athletes. Meanwhile more and more of the Aurora team are getting back on [...]
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Aurora top 20, June 2011 news analysis
Posted on 01. Jul, 2011 by msoadmin.
It seems like the weather has forgotten that we’re in the midst of Wimbledon as the usual rain has given way to some lovely sunshine. This warm weather means thoughts are turning to the beach and swimsuits. The return of diet/weight loss to the top 20 chart suggests we’re all looking for a new way to [...]
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Aurora top 20, May 2011 news analysis
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by msoadmin.
We’re a sporty lot here at Aurora (well, maybe some more so than others) so with May signalling the end of another football season the Aurora office should be slightly quieter, but with Wimbledon fast approaching, the Grand Prix in full swing and everyone questioning who actually secured all the Olympic tickets (apart from Neil [...]
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Aurora top 20, April 2011 news analysis
Posted on 28. Apr, 2011 by msoadmin.
If the Aurora top 20 has been forwarded to you by a friend or colleague and you would like to receive your own copy click here. This month Last month Topic Health policy NHS budget/finance issues NHS service/performance issues Cancer (unspecified) NHS staff/recruitment issues Bowel cancer Skin cancer Alcohol abuse/legislation Breast cancer Abortion This [...]
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Aurora top 20, March 2011 news analysis
Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by msoadmin.
This has been a very turbulent month, both on a global and national level. Civil unrest at home with the anti-cut marches in London and away in North Africa and the Middle East has dominated the news agenda. This sense of disgruntlement at the status quo has permeated this month’s top 20 and for this [...]
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Aurora top 20, February 2011 news analysis
Posted on 09. Mar, 2011 by msoadmin.
One evening last week we all stared out of our new office windows at the marvellous sunset over London. The sky was a glorious mixture of reds and orange with the London Eye silhouetted against it in picture postcard fashion. Shepherds delight, surely? Coupled with the milder weather, we were convinced that Spring was just [...]
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Aurora top 20, January 2011 news analysis
Posted on 31. Jan, 2011 by msoadmin.
Here’s hoping you had a great festive period, even if it does seem like an age ago. You won’t have received a December top 20 email over the Christmas break, but fear not, you can access last month’s chart, and some analysis, by clicking here. So onwards and upwards as we move into 2011, a [...]
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Aurora top 20, December 2010 news analysis
Posted on 27. Dec, 2010 by msoadmin.
Just when we thought we’d seen the back of swine flu, along it trots back into the top 20 to finish 2010 in the top spot. General influenza also rose up the chart to number four as cases of seasonal and swine flu increased at the end of the year causing a great burden on [...]
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Aurora top 20, November 2010 news analysis
Posted on 27. Nov, 2010 by msoadmin.
As November draws to a close, much of the UK is already hidden under a white blanket and, as the snow hits London today, we are braced for another pre-Christmas episode of snowy disruption. Despite this, the Aurora team is working hard in this holiday season with work for our clients and a pitch or [...]
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Aurora top 20, October 2010 news analysis
Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by msoadmin.
October has come and gone and 2010 seems to be racing past in record time. Temperatures have really dropped in the last few days and the Aurora heaters have been working overtime to keep us cosy at work. We are all looking forward to Hallowe’en and bonfire night in the next couple of weeks, and [...]
