Missguided website crash: 50pc off sales causes technical problems for online retailer and leaves customers unable to complete orders March 14, 2016 The website of online retailer Missguided has suffered technical problems after announcing a sale leaving many of its customers unable to complete orders. An offer for 50 per cent off appears to have left the retailer, which counts Asos and Boohoo.com among its rivals, struggling to cope. Shoppers turned to Twitter to express their disappointment and frustration [...]
Eurozone industrial production rebounds to hit highest level since 2008 March 14, 2016 Industrial production in the Eurozone bounced back in January to reach its highest level since 2008. Output in manufacturing, mining and utilities climbed 2.1 per cent over the month, according to EU statistical office Eurostat. Compared with January 2015 it was 2.8 per cent higher. Ireland, Estonia and Germany led with monthly growth rates of 12.7 per cent, 4.9 per cent [...]
EU referendum: Travel association Abta says uncertainty after Brexit vote would likely weaken the pound making holiday and business travel abroad more expensive March 14, 2016 The period of uncertainty following a Brexit vote would have an impact on the pound, making the cost of holidaying more expensive, as well as adding costs for UK businesses to buy abroad, the UK's largest travel association has said. In a report titled What Brexit might mean for UK Travel, Abta and Deloitte found [...]
London house prices: The average renter in the capital is now paying more than asking price for their home March 14, 2016 Renters in the capital are now paying above the original asking price of their homes, new research has found – with the average tenant paying 100.9 per cent of what was originally asked. Countryside's monthly lettings index found Londoners were paying an average of £1,309 a month in the year to February, up from £1,295 the month [...]
EU referendum: Mayor of London Boris Johnson calls US President Barack Obama’s anticipated EU intervention “hypocrisy” March 14, 2016 Mayor of London Boris Johnson is taking no prisoners in the EU debate, labelling President Barack Obama's plan to tell the British people they should vote to stay in the EU a "piece of outrageous and exorbitant hypocrisy". Johnson's comments come before Obama plans to land in the UK next month to urge voters to stay in [...]
Budget 2016: Labour’s London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan urges chancellor George Osborne to take “emergency action” on housing March 14, 2016 Ahead of George Osborne's Budget this week Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has called on the chancellor to take "emergency action" to help fix London's housing crisis. Khan is pushing Osborne to help double the number of homes built in the capital fo more than 50,000 a year. He warned that the capital's housing [...]
Mars mission: The Exomars launch date is here – everything you need to know about when and where to watch the take off live stream and what the red planet mission is all about March 14, 2016 European scientists are right now shooting a rocket into space from the deserts of Kazahkstan with the ambitious intention of landing it on Mars. The ExoMars mission, a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia, will send an orbiting spacecraft and rover on its journey firstthing on Monday morning. By October, seven months later, they will conduct studies to shed light on the mysterious [...]
Rush hour nightmare? These are the London bus and train routes we complain about most March 14, 2016 Ever feel like you have a nightmare commute? Don't we all, but if you're travelling from Woking to Waterloo or on the number 29 bus, you're probably having a rough one – as is everyone else. The two routes are the most complained about, according to data relating to more than 1.5m journeys across the UK [...]
Budget 2016: Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce adds to pressure on Osborne to cut taxes for the North Sea March 14, 2016 A group representing businesses in Aberdeen has thrown more weight behind calls on Chancellor George Osborne to deliver tax breaks to the North Sea in his Budget on Wednesday. Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce has written a letter to Osborne asking him to help the industry. It's struggling to weather the commodity rout which has sent oil prices [...]
EU referendum: Ignore the scare stories – Brexit could offer school-leavers a rare opportunity to get better jobs and wages or build their own business March 14, 2016 We are all trying to work out just what a Brexit would mean for us, whether we are concerned about our pension, how we run a business or the perennial issue of house prices. But there is one group that may not have a voice come 23 June whose world could really be changed – the school-leaver. [...]