Stephen Bieniek

A study into the profitability of purchasing a portfolio of buy-to-let properties. The aim was to deduce a set of parameters and rules in which the business could be profitable. The study modeled the cash flow of running a property business and it tested different scenarios.

The inclusive and dijet production cross-sections have been measured for jets containing b-hadrons (b-jets) in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √s = 7TeV, using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurements use data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 34pb−1. The b-jets are identified using either a lifetime-based method, where secondary decay vertices of b-hadrons in jets are reconstructed using information from the tracking detectors or a muon-based method where the presence of a muon is used to identify semi-leptonic decays of b-hadrons inside jets.

The dijet-production cross section for jets containing a b-hadron (b-jets) has been measured in proton-proton collisions with a center-of-mass energy of √s = 7TeV, using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.2fb-1.

This article explores using statistical methods to simulate a sales team. From the sales team simulation a set of "historical" training data is created to fit model which can predict the value of any sales prospects which have not been closed. The predictions are provided as a band giving the upper and lower revenue estimate to a 95% confidence interval. This research acts as a proof of principle that such techniques are be able to be to provide useful information to sales managers.

In my previous posts I looked at buying a house to rent in Liverpool. I chose Liverpool based upon some brief research on Zoopla. I picked a handful of UK cities, and searched for two bedroom flats near the city center for sale and rent. Based on these figures I calculated a rough rental yield and Liverpool was seen to be the best. However, this was a very rough piece of research which left a lot of room for improvement. Making use of freely available data on the internet I should be able to improve this search to look at all cities within the UK to make sure I do not miss any opportunities.