Our state-run healthcare model makes winter crises inevitable January 9, 2018 The Daily Mirror claimed “our NHS is dying”. The Sun reported on “third world A&E”. The Daily Mail saw the “A&E crisis worst for 10 years”, while the Daily Express lamented “hospitals just can’t cope”. No, these were not last week’s newspaper headlines, as Britain’s ailing health service cancelled thousands of operations, and large queues [...]
Drivers of these cars have been declared the rudest on Britain’s roads January 9, 2018 BMW and Range Rover drivers have won the dubious award of being declared the most inconsiderate car owners, according to a new survey of British motorists. By contrast, Mini drivers were deemed the friendliest, closely followed by Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus car owners according to the 2,000 motorists in a poll by TV channel [...]
Will Fraser interview: Why the former Saracens flanker will never be bitter at rugby despite retirement at 27 January 8, 2018 For much of his career, Will Fraser was tipped to be England’s first-choice openside flanker. A couple of years ago, you did not have to look hard to find column inches suggesting that by now the Saracens flanker would — if he could just get over his injury troubles — have nailed down the national [...]
Bad day for bitcoin as it dives below $15,000 – as Ripple loses a third of its value January 8, 2018 What a difference a month makes. Having touched $20,000 in December, today bitcoin fell below $15,000 again, as fellow cryptocurrency Ripple lost a third of its value. Bitcoin’s almost 10 per cent fall, to just over $14,800, came a week before the first bitcoin futures were due to expire. In December the Chicago Board Options [...]
London’s investors are more worried about low interest rates than Brexit, reveals a Rathbones survey January 8, 2018 Savers and high-net-worth investors based in London are more bothered about low interest rates and overall economic uncertainty than Brexit, a new study has revealed. Only 26 per cent of investors in the capital claimed to consider Brexit as a substantial threat to their finances, a survey by Rathbone Investment Management found, while a hefty [...]
Santander partners with China’s biggest retailer JD.com to allow firms to sell products in Chinese market January 8, 2018 Santander UK is partnering with China’s biggest retailer, JD.com, to allow its business customers to launch products in the Chinese market. Small and medium-sized enterprise customers at Santander will now be able to launch stores on JD.com if they have international trading experience and a turnover of at least £10m. Read more: Liam Fox travels [...]
More than half of Heathrow’s 79,000 noise complaints last year came from 10 people January 8, 2018 Heathrow received 78,794 noise complaints last year, and 62 per cent of those were made by 10 people, according to new figures from the airport. The 10 people who made the most complaints last year accounted for 48,562 complaints, while 2,775 individuals filed a complaint over 2017. Some 1,566 complainants contacted Heathrow once, while 10 [...]
Joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin’s market cap just shot past $2bn January 8, 2018 The market cap of a joke cryptocurrency has doubled in less than a week, shooting past the $2bn mark in the latest sign of the craziness of the crypto world. Dogecoin, based on a Shiba Inus dog internet meme which first emerged in 2013, had already hit the headlines last week when it passed the [...]
Micro Focus share price plummets after putting “operational improvement plans on hold” January 8, 2018 Shares in Micro Focus, the UK’s biggest technology firm, dived this morning after the group reported sales had dipped. Micro Focus, which bought Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software last year, was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100, initially falling over 12 per cent before easing back. Shares are currently 9.45 per cent lower. Reported six-month [...]
Dialog Semiconductor share price rises as Apple supplier reports record Q4 revenue ahead of forecast January 8, 2018 Dialog Semiconductor has reported record revenue for the fourth quarter, beating its own forecasts. The figures The preliminary figures for the quarter came in at $463m, a rise of 27 per cent on the same time last year. In November 2017, the chipmaker had forecast revenue of between $415m and $455m. Full-year revenue is now [...]