THIS MONTH WE INTRODUCE one of the outstanding strategic construction projects of this century – London ’ s Crossrail . At last there will be easier , quicker and more direct travel opportunities across the capital via new railway lines and tunnels . And it will bring transport improvements that will be felt across the country ; overall its payback is estimated at £ 42 billion .

Now that the physical infrastructure is getting closer knitted to the digital , underground or overground , connections should never break . Gartner says the number of connected things will jump to 25 billion by 2020 so welcome to the d ! conomy . Never heard of it ? For enlightenment see at our article on disruptive trends .

The population of London is 154 times that of the whole of Greenland , whose slow progress to becoming a resources based economy was brought back into focus earlier this year when a large minerals group from China picked up a massive iron ore project that had succumbed to falling prices . That these investors should be prepared to take the long view will surely concentrate the minds of their counterparts in Toronto and London : we feature that Chinese company in our company reports section , and consider Greenland ’ s new mining era .

Enjoy the magazine and enjoy the spring weather !

Editor john . o ’ hanlon @ wdmgroup . com

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