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Trading coffee one year on from record highs: Could prices rocket again? May 11, 2015 Prices of Arabica coffee hit record highs last year after a drought in Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producing nation. A dearth of supplies on the world market meant the price of Arabica soared to $3 a pound – a massive rise from under $1.30 back in 2010. “The drought in Brazil had [...]
Commodity firms: The new manufacturers? – CNBC Comment May 11, 2015 Resources firms were matter of fact about cutting capital expenditure when conditions took a turn for the worse in emerging markets. For too long, energy and base metals giants used their big diversified structures to bamboozle investors about returns stretching across vast geographies, while shoveling cash into more projects to achieve scale. That’s all changing. [...]
How to trade the notoriously ruthless FTSE All Share – DailyFX Tips & Picks May 11, 2015 WHILE the FTSE All Share Index ended higher in 21 out of the last 29 years, trading the FTSE 100 or FTSE All Share can be ruthless. This is because of the intra-year swings these markets exhibit. But by knowing about these swings, you could use them to your advantage. With the markets tending to [...]
How to stop the machines from killing your job May 11, 2015 Invest in skills that complement tech but don’t compete with it. Rapid improvements in digital technology are changing the nature of human work. Computers can now recognise human speech and use it to carry out simple instructions. They work alongside humans in factories, warehouses and fields. And they can parse through large databases in [...]
Wellbeing success in the workplace May 10, 2015 Webinars for those who work from home and regular sessions on seasonal illnesses can help. The total number of working days lost due to stress, depression or anxiety was 11.3m in 2013-14, according to recent statistics from the Health and Safety Executive. In our “always-on” world, it is perhaps unsurprising that we are [...]
How the new Canary Wharf is sailing into the 21st century: With Crossrail Place gardens completed, the East End finance hub marks another milestone May 7, 2015 Canary Wharf has been a centre of upheaval for the last 30 years, and it has no intention of standing still now. It’s already renowned as one of London’s biggest financial hubs but it has also established itself as a shopping, dining and entertainment destination. By the end of the year, it will add “residential [...]
50 St Edmund’s Terrace: Primrose Hill to see rare new development May 7, 2015 New build homes may be spreading throughout the capital like wildfire but there are still some parts that remain relatively untouched by new development. These fall into two categories: areas judged not to have investment potential and affluent areas where the existing architecture is quite adequate, thank you very much. Primrose Hill falls very firmly [...]
Former Farm Street dairy in Mayfair is now £25m cash cow May 7, 2015 The boom in house prices over the past few years has been behind the transformation of many of the city’s buildings. Offices, factories and warehouses are being turned into “lateral apartments” or “contemporary family homes” left, right and centre, but it’s not often you come across a luxury mansion in a prime part of London [...]
Focus on Clerkenwell: Prices soar on the City’s edge May 7, 2015 While the Square Mile is London’s historical home of trade and finance, Clerkenwell on its northern edge is clearly the design equivalent. Since the Industrial Revolution, the area has housed craft workshops, printers, clockmakers and jewellers. The area is celebrating its rich design heritage this month with the sixth annual Clerkenwell Design Week from 19 [...]
Affordable chic: Designing shared ownership homes May 7, 2015 Oasis Design explains how it got a professional look with high street furniture at Notting Hill Housing’s Rathbone Market. Between the affordable homes debate and the proposed extension of Right to Buy, housing associations are hot stuff right now. This upsurge in demand has benefited one interior design firm in particular, Oasis Interior Design, which [...]