Black Friday 2015: Argos quashes outage rumours as John Lewis website goes down November 27, 2015 Argos has quashed talk of an outage on its website, saying it has already had 2.5 million visits to its website – just as John Lewis' website collapsed under the pressure as Black Friday's shopping frenzy continued apace. In a statement, Argos said its website had "not crashed or seen any outages at any point today". "We are seeing [...]
ZTE Axon Elite review: finally, a phone you can lick November 27, 2015 ★★★★☆ The Axon Elite is a phone you can lick up and down all day long, either in the privacy of your own home or while out on the street, safe in the knowledge that its antimicrobial glass screen is killing 99 per cent of bacteria and potentially saving your life. Not only is the [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s policy adviser Andrew Fisher has suspension from the Labour party lifted by the ruling national executive committee November 27, 2015 After having been suspended from the Labour party following a stream of controversial tweets, leader Jeremy Corbyn's policy adviser Andrew Fisher has had his suspension lifted by the ruling national executive committee (NEC). Fisher had suggested that a Class War candidate should be back as leader of the party instead of Corbyn, while calling Tony Blair a [...]
Rise of the Tomb Raider review: Lara Croft is back on form November 27, 2015 ★★★★☆ | XBO Poor old Lara Croft, sliding around everywhere on her bum, falling down giant holes, being catapulted into active volcanoes and skewering herself on jagged bits of metal. Ever since her gritty reboot in 2013 Lara has become the official mascot for every manner of adventure-based calamity going, plagued as she is by [...]
Osborne’s budget target leaves “limited fiscal flexibility”, says Fitch November 27, 2015 If economic growth or revenues underperform, the government will have "limited fiscal space" to manoeuvre and respond to the economic shocks, rating agency Fitch has warned. The government's Autumn Statement is consistent with its overall fiscal strategy and "with the revised fiscal mandate, but also shows limited fiscal space if growth or revenues underperform", Fitch said [...]
Gold falls to a near six-year low on strong dollar and expectations for a US interest rate rise in December November 27, 2015 Gold slipped to its lowest level in nearly six years today, as it headed for its sixth straight weekly decline. The precious metal has come under pressure from a strong dollar and heightened expectations that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade at its meeting in December. Spot [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: Civilised Saturday is the perfect remedy to bargain bonanza November 27, 2015 US import of Black Friday is upon us again, and it is almost unimaginable to think that Asda (Walmart) have, as a brand, decided it's far too toxic for them to take part. Within consumer consciousness, Black Friday has come to represent a day to grab a bargain, to get the best deal that you can [...]
A “lack of interpersonal skills” is costing accountants £550m every year November 27, 2015 The UK’s skills gap is old news. But did you know that our lack of “soft” skills is costing us dearly too? With the first generation to have grown up with automation entering the workforce, our verbal communication skills seem to be crashing fast. And it appears to be showing in our pay checks already. [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: 1 in 5 ecommerce websites including John Lewis, Boots, Boohoo and Argos went down before 9am this morning November 27, 2015 UK retailers’ online shops are buckling under the strain of Black Friday, with one in five crashing before most of us had finished our morning commute. Argos, Boots and Game were among those that had downtime before 9am, showed data from commerce agency Ampersand. The agency is tracking what websites are currently live, showing how [...]
These three charts show the UK is made up of late-night, smartphone-using Black Friday addicts November 27, 2015 Black Friday may be the shopping equivalent of Marmite – you either love it or you hate it – but it looks like, despite their complaints, British shoppers are seizing the deals bonanza with both hands. Figures from PCA Predict suggest the UK has gone bananas for deals, with a 62 per cent increase in the [...]