Your City guide to this year’s must have chocolate Easter eggs: From exploding candy to hot cross bun flavoured treats March 31, 2023 We’ve nibbled, munched and even crunched some of this year’s chocolate Easter egg offerings, and we even tried a donut-egg; you’ll have to read on to find out how that fared. Here’s our review of the best and the worst Easter eggs you can buy this year; we’ve included City-based retailers as well as supermarket [...]
BBC Earth Experience: Children and adults will love this 360 degree encounter with giant hairy bisons March 31, 2023 When the BBC decided to site their Earth Experience in Earl’s Court it must have been aware of the interesting juxtaposition of building a tribute to the natural world in the middle of what is largely a building site. But with London space at a premium, this is what it is, and finding a venue [...]
Can we ever break the iPhone monopoly? March 31, 2023 Apple's services generate more revenue than Nike and McDonald's combined.
Britain joining the CPTPP trade bloc isn’t about economics, it’s about influence March 31, 2023 As with most things, it’s best to ignore the hype and the haters: joining the CPTPP is a good thing for the UK.
As long as landlords get away with bad behaviour, we’ll still have a housing crisis March 31, 2023 Many local authorities in England have never prosecuted a landlord at all for poor standards.
Explainer: Why e-scooters are London’s biggest fire threat March 30, 2023 What’s the biggest fire threat in London? You would think it’s kitchen electricals, cigarette butts still burning, or millennials leaving scented candles on. But you’d be wrong: it’s actually e-scooters and e-bikes’ batteries. The London Fire Brigade has warned the risk of these batteries exploding is the most pressing issue they’re facing in the capital. [...]
Britain’s big government is a winning hand in incentivising green technology March 30, 2023 The US might have the financial heft, but Britain benefits from a centralised government with the ability to make sweeping decisions to incentivise renewable technology across the country, writes Will Cooling.
As help to buy winds down, caps on savings schemes will only hinder home ownership March 30, 2023 Help to Buy, an equity loan scheme, helped hundreds of thousands of first time buyers get on the housing ladder, as it ends, it makes lifting the cap on Lifetime ISAs all the more important, writes Annabelle Williams
Failure after failure at the Serious Fraud Office has made a mockery of its mission March 30, 2023 Fraud cases are getting more complex and hard to deal with, but we can't underestimate another factor: the record of the Serious Fraud Office is far from perfect, writes James Forder
PMQs’ Sketch: Angela Rayner, Kim Possible and Dom Stoppable March 29, 2023 She’s your basic average girl, and she’s here to save the world.