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Three catalysts for healthcare's recovery
Publication date: 04 June 2026 Published by: Polar Capital Author: Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare, Global Healthcare Team The healthcare sector’s recent weakness appears increasingly disconnected from underlying fundamentals argues Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare. He highlights accelerating innovation, rising M&A activity and improving global healthcare utilisation as three key catalysts for renewed sector performance. Read more > Tags Outlook Healthcare Innovation M&A
Scientists identify ‘mystery beetle’ attacking blueberry farms across North Carolina
North Carolina’s blueberry farmers may have a beetle problem. A new study from North Carolina State University has identified destructive beetles inhabiting North Carolina blueberry fields as Prionus imbricornus, a species of longhorn beetle. Known for their long antennae, the wood-boring beetles are an emerging pest in NC blueberries.
Healthcare: A sector ripe for consolidation
Publication date: 31 March 2026 Published by: Polar Capital Author: James Douglas, Fund Manager & Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare, Global Healthcare Team James Douglas and Gareth Powell, argue that healthcare is likely to see continued consolidation as fragmentation, technological advances, attractive valuations, and a significant wave of patent expiries drive increased M&A activity.
Buffy’s Corner 3/8/26 - Looking at the Week Ahead
Welcome to Buffy’s Corner, where I take a look at what’s coming up this week on the blog! I’m linking up with The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s blog, The Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s been freezing this week, but at least there’s no snow! The hubby is in Canada looking for owls, and Badger and I are enjoying the quiet. Work has been dreadfully slow, lol, but I’d rather be slow than out of my mind busy.
JITTERBUG by Gareth L. Powell - Review
I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Jitterbug by Gareth L. Powell Published by Titan Books on March 3 2026 Genres: Adult, Science fiction Pages: 336 Format: Finished paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon, Buy on Bookshop.org Goodreads The nitty-gritty: High stakes, big action, political intrigue and humor join forces in Gareth L.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Ahead of the Annual General Meeting of the Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust on 26 February 2026, Managers James Douglas and Gareth Powell update us on portfolio performance and positioning over the past year. Healthcare has been out of favour, but fundamentals are strengthening, near-term political overhangs have cleared and valuations are compelling. James and Gareth highlight signs that the sector is starting to move back into focus, arguing that now presents a compelling opportunity.
Inspiring the next generation of aviation talent
5Z6A6442 By Gareth Powell, Managing Director at London Stansted Last week, I had the pleasure of opening London Stansted’s first ever Aviation Careers Festival, and honestly, it was a brilliant event to be part of. We welcomed more than 500 students from across Essex and Hertfordshire, all curious, enthusiastic, and keen to understand what a future in aviation could look like.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare at Polar Capital, explains why he believes sentiment in the healthcare sector may be bottoming out after almost three years of headwinds. He highlights three key drivers supporting his outlook: strong volume growth, broad new product cycles, and renewed M&A momentum. With US policy concerns easing, valuations near multi-decade lows, and investor interest starting to return, he sees good reason to be optimistic about the potential for a healthcare recovery.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 17 November 2025 Published by: Polar Capital Author: Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare, Polar Capital With greater clarity now emerging on US healthcare policy, Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare at Polar Capital, explains why he believes the outlook for the sector is materially improving, citing innovation, accelerating utilisation and increased M&A as other key near-term catalysts. Learn more > Tags Outlook innovation healthcare Valuations
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Sharing his outlook, Gareth Powell highlights which contrarian market signals are flashing positively for healthcare. He also discusses valuations, which are at historically low levels across the market-cap spectrum. Combined with long-term drivers such as innovation and elevated utilisation levels, in addition to shorter-term political headwinds dissipating, he concludes that the path forward for healthcare investors looks much clearer. Watch the video >
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 03 September 2025 Published by: Polar Capital Author: Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare & James Douglas, Fund Manager, Global Healthcare Team Despite healthcare facing severe headwinds in recent quarters, Gareth Powell and James Douglas of the Polar Capital Global Healthcare Team explain how valuations are now at historic lows and many of the underlying concerns, including tariff threats and leadership appointments, appear more than priced in.
London Stansted: Connecting the East of England to the world
Exporters across the East of England are showing real resilience on the global stage, despite ongoing challenges in international trade. This was highlighted in MAG’s latest UK Trade Barometer, released by London Stansted last week. It found that 49% of the region’s exporters increased sales in Q2, while 37% entered new markets, from established territories like the US and Germany to emerging ones like Brazil and China.
Target: 2025
Russell Cook returns from an alternative dimension – er, a bookshop, armed with a look at the latest Doctor Who books… “Well, here we go again!” Doctor Who Target book fans are surprised, delighted and probably united in the news that there are four new novelisations of recently transmitted stories featuring Doctor Who incarnation Fifteen now on the shelves of bookshelves gracing branches of Waterstones and WHSmith up and down the country.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 04 March 2025 Published by: Polar Capital Author: James Douglas, Fund Manager & Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare, Global Healthcare Team James Douglas and Garath Powell share an update on the Trust and the sector in January, discussing fund performance, portfolio adjustments and their outlook. Read more > Tags Healthcare Trust Outlook Innovation
FUTURE’S EDGE by Gareth L. Powell - Review
I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Future's Edge by Gareth L. Powell Published by Titan Books on February 25 2025 Genres: Adult, Science fiction Pages: 352 Format: ARC Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The nitty-gritty: Epic in scope but somehow intimate as well, Future’s Edge is an end-of-the-world tale with heart and hope.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Ahead of the Annual General Meeting of the Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust, Fund Managers James Douglas and Gareth Powell update us on the Trust’s performance and positioning over the past year. They also explain why they are so excited about the opportunities for healthcare in 2025, and why they are particularly focussed on new product cycles, emerging markets and artificial intelligence as themes that could drive the next stage of growth for many healthcare companies. Watch here >
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 15 January 2025 Published by: Polar Capital Author: Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare & James Douglas, Fund Manager, Global Healthcare Team Gareth Powell and James Douglas share their outlook for the healthcare sector in 2025. Read more > Tags Healthcare Outlook 2025 Trust
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 29 October 2024 Published by: Polar Capital Author: James Douglas, Fund Manger & Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare, Global Healthcare Team Global equity markets continued to march higher in September, driven by a strong performance in cyclical areas of the market such as consumer discretionary, materials and industrials, and by a sustained rally in utility stocks. James Douglas and Gareth Powell give an update of the healthcare sector. Read more > Tags AI Technology Trust Outlook
Saturday Round-Up
Saturday Round-Up Writing a first draft in four weeks, giving away a book, and spending days in the Morisaki Bookshop. Sep 14, 2024 • 3 min read This post is for subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in
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Future's Edge by Gareth L. Powell, Paperback
Praise for Gareth L. Powell “Descendant Machine is smoothly paced, engagingly crafted, and crammed full of a sense of wonder at the sheer scale of the universe.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 30 August 2024 Published by: Polar Capital Author: Jamie Douglas & Gareth Powell, Global Healthcare Team James Douglas and Gareth Powell offer their insights into the unprecedented innovation and heightened utilisation shaping the healthcare industry while also highlighting the potential opportunities within the sector. Read more > Tags Investment Trust Healthcare Innovation Outlook
Why Affiliate Data Looks Different in GA4
Written by Gareth Powell on Aug 21st 2024.8 minute read Awin’s Global Head of Customer Success, Gareth Powell, explores how GA4, may impact your ability to effectively measure affiliate activity. The release of GA4 has brought a host of changes that have impacted the way that affiliate channel performance is reported and analyzed. These changes are causing affiliate marketers to see a considerable drop in performance when viewing channel performance in Google Analytics.
COVER REVEAL Future’s Edge
I’m delighted to be able to reveal to you the cover for my next novel, Future’s Edge, which will hit the shops in February, published by Titan Books. Artwork is by Julia Lloyd of Titan. From the back cover: A gripping and heartfelt horror-tinged space adventure from the BSFA award-winning author of Stars and Bones and Embers of War. Readers of James S.A. Corey and Becky Chambers will love this fast-paced story of space piracy, deadly alien artifacts and a race to save what is left of humanity.
Sci-Fi Eye: Engineering our cosmic future - The Engineer
I’ve mentioned Dyson spheres in this column before. In the simplest terms, they are macro-engineering projects that seek to capture and use 100% of a star’s energy by enclosing it in a shell. If the shell was large enough, you could even make the inner surface habitable, providing a surface area millions of time larger than a planet.
Saturday Round-UP
Saturday Round-UP In which I talk about exploring new genres, finishing the first draft of my thriller, and a book announcement that's coming on Monday. Exploring the neighbourhood This post is for subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in
Saturday Round-Up
Saturday Round-Up On stepping outside your comfort zone and saying yes to opportunities. Jul 27, 2024 • 4 min read This post is for subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in
Sci-Fi Eye: Making Mars habitable - The Engineer
In my job, I spend a lot of time writing about humans living on other worlds. So, you can imagine how talk of doing it for real piques my interest. However, there are more challenges to life on the moon or Mars than simply showing up in a space suit and planting a flag. If our astronauts are planning to stay for any length of time, they will need living space. In The Martian, they assemble a prefabricated hab unit made from durable industrial canvas.
Future's Edge Pre-order Links
Hello friends, My next novel is now available to pre-order! Titan Books will reveal the cover soon, but in the meantime, the links are below, and here's the back cover description: * Gareth L. Powell A gripping and heartfelt horror-tinged space adventure from the BSFA award-winning author of Stars and Bones and Embers of War. Readers of James S.A. Corey and Becky Chambers will love this fast-paced story of space piracy, deadly alien artifacts and a race to save what is left of humanity.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 07 May 2024 Published by: Polar Capital Author: James Douglas, Fund Manager & Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare, Global Healthcare Team James Douglas and Gareth Powell offer their insights into the unprecedented innovation and heightened utilisation shaping the healthcare industry while also highlighting the potential opportunities within the sector. Read more > Tags Healthcare Innovation Utilisation Trust
Cachd1 interacts with Wnt receptors and regulates neuronal asymmetry in the zebrafish brain
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Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 10 April 2024 Published by: Polar Capital Author: Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare Gareth Powell, Head of Healthcare at Polar Capital explores the history of healthcare’s relative performance over the past several decades and distils down what he sees as four key drivers of outperformance for the sector. Read more > Tags healthcare trust PCGH Outlook performance
Writing a Synopsis, Elevator Pitch, and Cover Letter
Writing a Synopsis, Elevator Pitch, and Cover Letter Assembling the ingredients of a great submission package for your novel. Feb 16, 2024 • 4 min read This post is for paying subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in
Briefing webcast | The building blocks of business intelligence - Briefing
Last year’s annual Briefing Frontiers research into the intersection of technology choices and business strategy at the UK’s top law firms found only three-fifths of leaders confident they had a “business-wide data strategy” in place — 14% did not even know for sure.
Ragged Alice - Tor Publishing Group
Nominated for the British Science Fiction Award 2020 In Gareth L. Powell’s Ragged Alice a detective in a small Welsh town can literally see the evil in people’s souls. Orphaned at an early age, DCI Holly Craig grew up in the small Welsh coastal town of Pontyrhudd. As soon as she was old enough, she ran away to London and joined the police.
Sci-Fi Eye: The wrong kind of sunshine
While looking through The Engineer, my eye was caught by the headline, ‘Rail Signalling at Risk from Space Weather.’ [11 Dec 2023] The accompanying article explained that a new study led by Lancaster University has shown how space weather has the potential to play havoc with rail signal infrastructure during solar storms, when geomagnetically induced currents surge through the overhead cables, potentially switching rail signals from red to green and vice versa.
Local News: The website for Neston News, Events and Information (Neston)
Recognition for Local Nestonian in the New Year's Honours 2024 Author: Gareth Powell Published: 30th December 2023 12:17 Anne Jones has deservedly been recognised in the King's New Year's Honours for her voluntary work within our community. Gareth Powell, friend and local resident, tells us Anne's inspiring story and shares congratulations for a Neston volunteer whose efforts deserve this coveted recognition. Anne Jones, BEM.
Event-Based Vision: Bringing More Performance and Efficiency to Improve Machine Vision Applications
The growing complexity and challenging operating conditions in industrial machine vision require innovative approaches to capturing and processing the necessary visual information that achieves the objectives of the system.
Navigating GA4 changes – explaining what they mean for advertisers | Awin
One of the biggest changes to affect the affiliate channel with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is the transition from the last-click model found in Universal Analytics (UA), to the data-driven attribution (DDA) model set in GA4 by default.
Sci-Fi Eye: Printing skin
According to a recent report in The Engineer, Mayo Clinic has developed a method of using human cells to ‘bioprint’ 3D skin models for use in studying inflammatory conditions, such as eczma. As science fiction author, my job is to take a concept and push it as far as it will go; and if you’re a regular reader of this column, you’ll know the idea of printing skin is exactly the kind of evocative headline I can’t resist.
The Recollection
Welcome to this month’s reading, which is from the opening chapter of my novel The Recollection (Solaris Books, 2011).
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 13 November 2023 Published by: Polar Capital Author: James Douglas and Gareth Powell, Fund Managers, Global Healthcare Team Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and most recently AstraZeneca have garnered significant attention with their advancements in weight-loss drugs.
The Five Secrets to Writing a Novel
This won’t be news to anyone who’s ever tried to write one, but novels aren’t easy. Somehow, you have to sustain the storytelling impulse over 90,000 words and maybe six to twelve months of hard work. When I first started out, I seriously doubted I’d ever be able to concentrate for that length of time.
Automate Preview Series: Harnessing AI-Powered Machine Vision for Industrial Success
Prateek Sachdeva, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Invisible AI Prior to founding Invisible AI, Prateek was the Head of Data Infrastructure at Luminar Technologies, where he developed the infrastructure necessary to support a fleet of self-driving cars and filed several patents in the process. He now uses his expertise to deploy state-of-the-art AI technology at leading manufacturing facilities, including Toyota Motor North America.
Fundswire article | Trustnet
Publication date: 07 November 2023 Published by: Polar Capital Author: James Douglas and Gareth Powell, Fund Managers, Global Healthcare Team Explore the latest market and sector review within the healthcare industry, as Gareth Powell and James Douglas, Fund managers of the Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust, dissect the recent challenges influencing the sector. Read more > Tags Healthcare Trust PCGH
Our Urban Future
According to the European Commission, 56% of people currently live in urban areas. By the end of the century, this figure is expected to rise to 85%, at which point the global urban population will exceed 9 billion. Obviously, this trend presents a huge challenge for urban planners, architects and civil engineers, who will have to figure out how to provide enough infrastructure to support this huge rise in city living while still striving to achieve emissions targets for a sustainable climate.
Bringing Darkness to the Stars
Greetings, my fellow literature-lovers! Today, I’m hugely excited to bring you the one and only, ! Gareth is the award-winning author of 20 books — these have been adapted for TV, nominated (and won) many awards, and have been translated into no less than eleven languages! Readers of are privy to his expert advice on writing, publishing, and the secrets to building a career in fiction, as well as keeping up to date with all his publishing news.
Sci-Fi Eye: Sailing to the stars
Scanning through the headlines on The Engineer’s website recently, I noticed that UK aerospace company Pulsar Fusion has revealed plans to build a nuclear fusion rocket engine capable of producing temperatures hotter than the Sun. They aim to use this rocket to halve the mission times to Mars and facilitate journeys to Saturn.
Writer Wednesday: Cavan Scott
Cavan Scott is a New York Times Bestselling author, comic book writer and screenwriter. He created Shadow Service, The Ward, Dead Seas and Sleep Terrors, and is a lead story architect for Lucasfilm’s bestselling multimedia initiative, Star Wars: The High Republic. He has written comics for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse, IDW, Legendary, 2000AD and the Beano; audio dramas for Big Finish Productions and Audible; and books for BBC Books, Penguin Random House, PS Publishing and more.
Creative Process: All hail the Zero Draft!
Image: Janulla from Getty / Canva Hello there! It’s going to be a shorter newsletter today as I am up to my neck in a deadline which is occupying my every waking moment. By Friday, I need to get the Zero Draft done and ready for editing in November. But, wait… the Zero Draft? What the heckity-heck is that?
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