Power BI & Microsoft Fabric Consulting and Training | 2025 Review As the final working day of 2025 draws to a close here at GRE Towers, it feels like the right time to reflect on what has been another highly successful year for data consulting, Power BI delivery, Microsoft Fabric projects, and technical training. Throughout […]

How My Hail Mary Became a Fail Mary. Yet Somehow I Still Won the Gameweek. A fail Mary that works! As regular viewers of the FPL Power BI SQL Show and long-time readers of this blog will know, we spend a ridiculous amount of time every week talking strategy. Proper strategy. Not gut-feel punts, but […]

Understanding Schema Ownership in PostgreSQL: A Practical Guide for DBAs (With StackOverflow Examples) Database administration involves far more than simply writing queries or maintaining backups. One of the most important concepts, especially in environments with multiple users or applications, is schema ownership. In PostgreSQL, schemas are central to organising your database objects and controlling who […]

Our 2026 Microsoft Data & Analytics Training Schedule Is Live We’re excited to share our public training schedule for 2026, covering three of the most in-demand Microsoft data certifications: PL-300 – Power BI Data Analyst (3 days) – £995 per seat DP-600 – Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric (4 days) – £1,200 per seat […]

Dataflows Gen2 vs Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric: What’s the Difference? I have been asked this question several times in recent training sessions on Microsoft Fabric, so I jotted some notes down here. Microsoft Fabric brings together the best of Microsoft’s data engineering, data integration, analytics, and AI capabilities into a single unified platform. For […]

Understanding Slowly Changing Dimensions Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCDs) are a cornerstone of data warehousing design. They ensure that the descriptive attributes of business entities—customers, products, employees, locations—are handled correctly when they change over time. Without a clear strategy for tracking changes in dimension data, analytical systems either lose valuable history or become inconsistent, leading to […]

When the Data Is Right (and I Ignore It Anyway): A Festive FPL Reflection I’ve been picking my Fantasy Premier League team for a few weeks now using what I’d like to believe is a sensible balance of data, logic, and gut feel. Unfortunately, every now and then, the gut gets a bit too confident, […]

Moneyball in Madrid: Data, Decisions, and a Weekend of FPL Analytics I’ve spent the weekend in Madrid delivering my talk “Moneyball: Building a Killer Fantasy Football Team with Power BI.” It was a brilliant event, and despite my session being in English, the turnout was fantastic. A big thank you to everyone who came along, […]