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  • Plain stairwell in the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - DRK) administrative HQ at 58 Carstennstrasse, Berlin. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, with its 187 National Societies, is the world's largest humanitarian network. The German Red Cross is part of this universal community, which started 150 years ago to deliver comprehensive aid to people affected by conflict, disaster, sanitary emergencies, or social hardship, guided solely by their needs. Around four million volunteers and members support the Red Cross in Germany alone. From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Bust of Henry Dunant (1828-1910), founder of the ICRC, in a stairwell at the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - DRK) administrative HQ at 58 Carstennstrasse, Berlin. Jean Henri Dunant, also known as Henry Dunant, was a Swiss businessman and social activist. During a business trip in 1859, he was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in modern-day Italy. The man whose vision led to the creation of the worldwide Red Cross and Red Crescent movement; he went from riches to rags but became joint recipient of the first Nobel peace prize.
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  • Seen from a mid-level of the Eiffel Tower, we are looking down on the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Before us are the rooftops of apartment buildings in one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France. Just adjacent of the Rive Gauche (left bank) of the River Seine and sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement with an area of 8.5 sq km (3.3 sq miles, or 2,101 acres). Many have lead or zinc roofs that are seen as grey material on the tops of these urban homes. It’s so bright that some residents have lowered blinds to keep glare out of their cool rooms that overlook other parts of Paris, its trees and curved, narrow streets.
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  • A high-rise office tower that dominates an otherwise flat cityscape in Frankfurt's financial district. With the rest of the German city spreading out into the distance, this scyscraper rises into the sky providing jobs for the administrative and financial private sector.
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  • Entrance to the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - DRK) administrative HQ at 58 Carstennstrasse, Berlin. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, with its 187 National Societies, is the world's largest humanitarian network. The German Red Cross is part of this universal community, which started 150 years ago to deliver comprehensive aid to people affected by conflict, disaster, sanitary emergencies, or social hardship, guided solely by their needs. Around four million volunteers and members support the Red Cross in Germany alone. From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Entrance to the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - DRK) administrative HQ at 58 Carstennstrasse, Berlin. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, with its 187 National Societies, is the world's largest humanitarian network. The German Red Cross is part of this universal community, which started 150 years ago to deliver comprehensive aid to people affected by conflict, disaster, sanitary emergencies, or social hardship, guided solely by their needs. Around four million volunteers and members support the Red Cross in Germany alone. From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    christian_schuh110-04-06-2014_1.jpg
  • A worker's tabard hangs on a hook at the German Red Cross (Deutches Rotes Kreuz - DRK) administrative HQ at 58 Carstennstrasse, Berlin. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, with its 187 National Societies, is the world's largest humanitarian network. The German Red Cross is part of this universal community, which started 150 years ago to deliver comprehensive aid to people affected by conflict, disaster, sanitary emergencies, or social hardship, guided solely by their needs. Around four million volunteers and members support the Red Cross in Germany alone. From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Families examine a map of the Hong Kong region, with outlying islands and Mainland Chinese territories. An older family member (probably the grandfather) points to his grandchildren various locations including Kowloon where they may live within the territorial limits of the ex-British colony. This scene is still 2 years before the British Handover to China and each place is written in English first then Chinese characters beneath, a sign that Britain still ruled administratively. The granddad’s memories of British rule before the Handover will remind those of the 99-year lease that China offered the British and which ended in July 1997.
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  • Records archive held in the City of New York Buildings Department, Manhattan, by Investigative Engineering Services, Assistant Commissioner Tim Lynch, Manhattan. <br />
The notes and drawings his department makes when investigating building incidents like collapses help form a federal case against owners or construction contractors. Tim works in the prevention of damage to old and ensuring new buildings are up to standard plus often, assessing the status of a collapsed structure. From the chapter entitled 'The Skyline' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Investigative Engineering Services, Assistant Commissioner Tim Lynch in the federal City of New York Buildings Department, Manhattan. Taking notes during a phonecall, Tim works in the prevention of damage to old and ensuring new buildings are up to standard plus often, assessing the status of a collapsed structure. From the chapter entitled 'The Skyline' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the official coat of arms of the British monarch, on the exterior wall of the British Embassy, the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Germany in Berlin. It is located on 70-71 Wilhelmstraße, near the Hotel Adlon. Upon reunification in 1991, an architectural competition was won by Michael Wilford and the new building opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 July 2000.
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  • Record sketches by Investigative Engineering Services, Assistant Commissioner Tim Lynch in the federal City of New York Buildings Department, Manhattan. The notes and drawings he makes when investigating building incidents like collapses help form a federal case against owners or construction contractors. Tim works in the prevention of damage to old and ensuring new buildings are up to standard plus often, assessing the status of a collapsed structure. From the chapter entitled 'The Skyline' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • An office worker dashes across a road in the City of London, narrowly avoiding a motorbike and car in his urgency to get across to a meeting with associates with his armful of paperwork in files and ring binders. His safety far outweighs the risks of colliding with traffic.
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  • Women office workers dash through a City of London street, the heart of the capital's financial district. Carrying an armful of paper files and folders, clasped in their arms that make their way across the city en route to a meeting with associates. Their education and careers have taken them to positions of influence and success, still hard to do in 90s Britain.
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  • A lady office worker dashes through a City of London street, the heart of the capital's financial district. Carrying an armful of paper files and folders, clasped in her arms that makes her way across the city en route to a meeting with associates. Their education and careers have taken her to positions of influence and success, still hard to do in 90s Britain.
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  • A lone male figure makes his way along a corridor of power in the newly-opened European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. As the new head-quarters of the EU and an administrative home to the Members of European Parliament (MEPs), it is a contemporary architectural symbol of infuence and modernity. We see the man walking towards an open atrium. The viewer can see three floors though there are many more out of sight and on two of the levels there are TV screens with the stars denoting the number of member states at that time. The interior is grid-like with warm and inviting lighting, making for a productive environment in which office workers can feel comfortable when dealing with European political business.
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  • The Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. It has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London and its Corporation. The term Guildhall refers both to the whole building and to its main room, which is a medieval-style great hall. The Guildhall complex houses the offices of the City of London Corporation and various public facilities.
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  • Topshopflagship store on Oxford Street the famous shopping district as it is announced that Arcadia, its parent company is to go into administration, threatening 13,000 jobs on 1st December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Arcadia, who own Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic and huge competition by other online fashion retailers.
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  • London 15/1/13: HMV the music and film retailer has been placed into administration after disappointing Christmas sales. The Oxford Street brand which employs approx 7,000 workers is Britain’s biggest seller of CDs and DVDs and their shop in central London remains open while the brand's sale can be organised by Deloite, becoming the U.K. retail industry’s second high-profile casualty in the space of a week.
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  • London 15/1/13: HMV the music and film retailer has been placed into administration after disappointing Christmas sales. The Oxford Street brand which employs approx 7,000 workers is Britain’s biggest seller of CDs and DVDs and their shop in central London remains open while the brand's sale can be organised by Deloite, becoming the U.K. retail industry’s second high-profile casualty in the space of a week.
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  • Topshopflagship store on Oxford Street the famous shopping district as it is announced that Arcadia, its parent company is to go into administration, threatening 13,000 jobs on 1st December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Arcadia, who own Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic and huge competition by other online fashion retailers.
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  • Topshopflagship store on Oxford Street the famous shopping district as it is announced that Arcadia, its parent company is to go into administration, threatening 13,000 jobs on 1st December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Arcadia, who own Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic and huge competition by other online fashion retailers.
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  • Patisserie Valerie shop front in London, United Kingdom. Patisserie Valerie is a chain of cafés that operates in the United Kingdom. The chain specialises in cakes, and its menu included continental breakfasts, lunches and teas and coffees. The company went into administration in January 2019, prior to a management buyout funded by Causeway Capital Partners.
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  • Corporal Karen McNally is a flight planning administrator in the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Reaching up across the information board, this RAF lady is responsible for maintaining this vital part of the team's logistical plans that are outlined on this busy calendar of their movements and appearances at a seasonal series of air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds. Corporal McNally is a part of the team called the Blues, the team's ground support personnel that outnumber the pilots (the Reds) by 8 to 1.
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  • A workman wheels in packing boxes into the Oxford Street store of photo retailer Jessops. Placed into administration by its owners, the high-street branch of UK chain of photographic merchandise and equipment, staff are busy behind shutters packing company assets and stock to be sold elsewhere. Jessops shut all the doors of its 187 UK stores, resulting in the loss of about 1,370 jobs, for the last time. Founded in Leicester in 1935 by Frank Jessop, it has been hit in recent years by increasing competition from supermarkets and internet retailers.
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  • Shoppers walk past the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
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  • The locked entrance of the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
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  • A shopper walks past the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
    debenhams_closure07-01-12-2020.jpg
  • Shoppers walk past the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
    debenhams_closure16-01-12-2020.jpg
  • Shoppers walk past the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
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  • An exterior of the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
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  • An exterior of the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
    debenhams_closure04-01-12-2020.jpg
  • Shoppers walk past the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
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  • An exterior of the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
    debenhams_closure03-01-12-2020.jpg
  • In advance of a re-opening of businesses and before a change to a Tier 2 for London during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, a Londoner walks past posters at the rear of the Topshop clothing retailer which is soon expected to be placed under administration, on 30th November 2020, in London, England. Retailers will once again be open for Christmas business on 3rd December.
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  • In advance of a re-opening of businesses and before a change to a Tier 2 for London during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, a Londoner walks past posters at the rear of the Topshop clothing retailer which is soon expected to be placed under administration, on 30th November 2020, in London, England. Retailers will once again be open for Christmas business on 3rd December.
    coronavirus_christmas24-30-11-2020.jpg
  • In advance of a re-opening of businesses and before a change to a Tier 2 for London during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, a Londoner walks past posters at the rear of the Topshop clothing retailer which is soon expected to be placed under administration, on 30th November 2020, in London, England. Retailers will once again be open for Christmas business on 3rd December.
    coronavirus_christmas21-30-11-2020.jpg
  • In advance of a re-opening of businesses and before a change to a Tier 2 for London during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, a Londoner on Oxford Street walks past the Topshop clothing retailer which is soon expected to be placed under administration, on 30th November 2020, in London, England. Retailers will once again be open for Christmas business on 3rd December.
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  • Wall map of Communist East Germany in the conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
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  • Socialist decor near the conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
    berlin_stasi_museum36-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • The conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • An empty Laura Ashley Home store is pictured on 16 October 2020 in Weybridge, United Kingdom. The fashion and furniture chain was forced to close almost half of its 147 stores around the UK when it collapsed into administration in March 2020.
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  • Debenhams store on Oxford Street locked up during the Coronavirus pandemic on 23th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The government clampdown includes the closure of most shops, bars and theatres throughout the country. Department store chain Debenhams has fallen into administration for the second time in a year – though the company will continue to trade online and says it aims to reopen and trade as many stores as possible once restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic are lifted.
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  • Pedestrians walk past a Jacobs camera shop that has recently closed down near Bank, London, United Kingdom.  Jacobs Photo Digital, a family-run British business, went into administration in June 2012.  The retail business was established in 1939, but has been a victim of the economic slowdown as there has been a shift in purchasing toward internet-based retailers.
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  • An HMV music retail store hosting a sale as the shop is closing down in Square Mile, central London, United Kingdom. Due to the economic crisis in Britain the British entertainment retailing company entered into administration in January 23013.
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  • A sale sign at the shop entrance of an HMV music store near Bank, central London, United Kingdom. Due to the economic crisis in Britain the British entertainment retailing company entered into administration in January 23013. All stock is reduced as everything must go.
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  • A store closing sale sign displayed in an HMV music in Square Mile, central London, United Kingdom. Due to the economic crisis in Britain the British entertainment retailing company entered into administration in January 23013. All stock is reduced as everything must go.
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  • Members of staff close the shutters on their Jessops shop on Upper Street, Islington, central London for the final time.  Jessops is a British photographic retailing company, which was founded in 1935, but the business entered administration in January 2013 and all retail stores ceased trading on 11 January 2013.
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  • Empty shelves inside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • Headless full body mannequins for sale in the window of the Folkestone Debenhams store during the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • Empty shelves inside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5692.jpg
  • Headless full body mannequins for sale in the window of the Folkestone Debenhams store during the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5685.jpg
  • A yellow all store fixtures, furniture and equipment for sale sign outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • A woman walks past the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • The Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • People walking past the sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • Sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • A busker singing outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • People walking past the sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
    UK-High-Street-Closing-Down-5608.jpg
  • The locked entrance of the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
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  • The locked entrance of the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
    debenhams_closure21-01-12-2020.jpg
  • The locked entrance of the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
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  • Shoppers walk past the closed Debenhams department store in London's Oxford Street as the second lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to a end, and a day before London enters the Tier 2 restriction when retailers will be allowed to once again re-open for the run-up to Christmas, on 1st December 2020, in London, England. 12,000 jobs are said to be at risk after financial negotiations failed the day after Topshop owner Arcadia fell into administration.
    debenhams_closure19-01-12-2020.jpg
  • London city workers walk past a Jacobs camera shop that has recently closed down near Bank, London, United Kingdom.  Jacobs Photo Digital, a family-run British business, went into administration in June 2012.  The retail business was established in 1939, but has been a victim of the economic slowdown as there has been a shift in purchasing toward internet-based retailers.
    UK-Retail-Jacobs-6064_1.jpg
  • A British city worker walks past an HMV entertainment retail store in the Square Mile, central London, United Kingdom.  The shop is having a closing down sale and due to the economic downturn the British retailing company entered administration in January 2013.
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  • The rent to own retailer BrightHouse has gone into administration closing all 240 stores across the UK, including this one photographed behind hazard tape on the 10th of April 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The retailer allowed customers to spread the cost of household items such as appliances, technology and furniture over an extended timeframe using high-interest credit. Customers usually end up paying much more for the items than if theyd paid for them outright.
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  • A headless full body mannequins for sale in the Folkestone Debenhams store during the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • Customers going into the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • People walking past the sale signs outside the Folkestone Debenhams store in the final few days of the ‘Everything Must Go’ sale before closing down on 13th Jauary 2020 in Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom. The company announced the closure of 19 stores across the UK after going into administration in 2019.
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  • Sign for the closed down former electronics brand Maplin in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • Sign for the closed down former electronics brand Maplin in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • Sign for the closed down former electronics brand Maplin in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel08-24-08-2020.jpg
  • Military air traffic controller Flight Lieutenant Barrie Robinson is on duty in the control tower at RAF Scampton, home base of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. RAF controllers liaise with civilian air authorities to ensure safe travel for any aircraft using their airspace, manning communications and airfield safety, the officer wears a headset with which to speak to air crew and ground-based personnel. Scampton is not the busy airfield that other stations are where larger squadrons are based but the Red Arrows fly their training sorties from here up to six times a day in the winter months then use this as a base from which to fly their summer air shows.
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  • Looking through the large windows of Greater London Mayor (GLA) Ken Livingstone's headquarters on the River Thames, a lone figure stands silhouetted with a floodlit Tower Bridge in the background. We see the reflections of the GLA building pasted over the evening sky above Tower Bridge. London's famous bridge was completed in 1894 and remains one of the capital's most visible symbols both for Victorian engineering and as a tourist landmark. The Mayor's Greater London Authority (GLA) headquarters stands over the Thames, opposite the Tower of London on the north shore.
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  • A solo teenage player takes a shot at the net on a basketball court at the Cyprea Marine Foods (CMF) processing factory on Himmafushi Island, Maldives in the Indian Ocean. It is dusk near the equator and soon dark. The landscape is barren except for some young trees on the waterfront where two people are walking in the cool tropical air. Seen in the last, darkening light of day, the player leaps upwards and his arm stays where his ball left his hand to roll around the ring. The man is enjoying some leisure time at the end of his working day, possibly an employee of CMF who handle newly-caught tuna fish for export to the EU and the UK's supermarket food industry.
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  • In an office stock room, an archivist in British Airways' Customer Experiences Divition shows some conceptual design ideas for future Business Class cabin layouts, seen at the airline's corporate headquarters at Waterside at Harmondsworth near Heathrow Airport. Having listened to their passengers' ideas for what they'd like to experience in their long-haul cabins, BA regularly come up with ways to make the flight for premium users a reason to become loyal fare-payers. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..
    heathrow_airport1637-20-08-2009_1 1.jpg
  • Beneath sunlight that filters down through a glass roof, two employees walk through the bright atrium at the British Airways' corporate headquarters at Waterside at Harmondsworth near Heathrow Airport. Passing-by the full-size undercarriage of a Boeing 747, the workers make their way through the bright and clean atmosphere of this airline's nerve-centre, an operational and planning complex designed by architect, Niels Torp, a champion of humanist modern design. It comprises 6 roughly U-shaped buildings with courtyards and lakes stretching out into the landscape. The central spine is the street, complete with village style shops and restaurants. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .
    heathrow_airport1606-20-08-2009_1.jpg
  • An odd job maintenance man bends awkwardly on a pair of stepladders to reach an internal light fitting in the cafeteria area of auditing company Ernst & Young's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot European headquarters at More London, England. Dressed in blue shirt and dark trousers and with keys attached to his belt, the balancing man stretches into the hole left by the light to access wiring. To his right we also see an idyllic scene of wild meadow flowers, a carpet of red flora that goes into the distance though incongrously, the reflection of many cafe lights are seen in the sky of the meadow picture. Ernst & Young employs 114,000 people, in 700 locations across 140 countries around the world.
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  • It is the mid-afternoon break and striding confidently through a monochrome scene, a female employee of international auditing company Ernst & Young makes her way towards security barriers carrying her purse to exit E & Y's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot European headquarters at More London, London England. A distracted male colleague approaches in the opposite direction, already having swiped his proximity card (using electronic key card technology to allow access through proof of authenticity) into the magnetic scanner while talking into his mobile phone. Both are dressed cassually, reflecting E & Y's policy of informal clothes for anything other than senior executives. Ernst & Young employs 114,000 people, in 700 locations across 140 countries around the world.
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  • Separated by colour-coded floors, employees of the auditing company Ernst & Young, participate in informal meetings in E & Y's Norman Foster-designed 385,000 square foot E & Y's European headquarter offices at More London, London England. Those on the top blue level 8 may be more senior to those below on the 7th purple storey of this tall, upright scene of modernity. It is busier on the upper floor then the two men beneath. Subsequent levels are vacant. Architecturally, the term atrium comes from Latin: a large and light central hall or reception of a house where guests were greeted. The depth and height of all levels from near the top to almost the bottom give a sense of vertigo, a dizzying perspective on seniority and success as opposed to lower-ranking middle-management.
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  • Closed Down is written on a paint-covered window of a generic business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
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  • The private quarters of GDR secret police Minister Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • Exterior of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum41-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
    berlin_stasi_museum28-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
    berlin_stasi_museum29-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum21-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A soldier image on a rug, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
    berlin_stasi_museum11-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum14-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum13-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • ID papers for an anonymous secret agent from Cottbus, Germany, an exhibit in the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. The Stasi Museum is a 22-hectare complex of research  and memorial centre concerning the political system of the former East Germany.
    berlin_stasi_museum09-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • The main entrance of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum05-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • ID papers for an anonymous secret agent from Cottbus, Germany, an exhibit in the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. The Stasi Museum is a 22-hectare complex of research  and memorial centre concerning the political system of the former East Germany.
    berlin_stasi_museum07-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • US National Security Adviser, John Bolton arrives at Downing Street in London, United Kingdom on 13th August 2019.
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  • Sign for the closed down former electronics brand Maplin in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    20180704_brands maplin_002.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel11-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel07-24-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel in Victoria, London, whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel01-24-08-2020.jpg
  • The exterior of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel in Victoria, London, whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel Student Travel Australia was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding DKH and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel05-24-08-2020.jpg
  • In an office stock room, an archivist in British Airways' Customer Experiences Divition shows some conceptual design ideas for future Business Class cabin layouts, seen at the airline's corporate headquarters at Waterside at Harmondsworth near Heathrow Airport. Having listened to their passengers' ideas for what they'd like to experience in their long-haul cabins, BA regularly come up with ways to make the flight for premium users a reason to become loyal fare-payers. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1637-20-08-2009_1.jpg
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