Amazon Prime Day orders are overtaking Black Friday July 15, 2015 Amazon's Prime Day has whipped up more of a frenzy than last year's Black Friday, according to the company's vice president. Read more: Amazon Prime Day is not the new Black Friday As part of its 20-year celebrations it launched a global day of sales exclusively for Prime members which it said would offer "more deals [...]
Sir Howard Davies grilled over Airports Commission’s Heathrow runway decision July 15, 2015 Chair of the Airports Commission Sir Howard Davies explained the decision to recommend a Heathrow expansion in front of a Lords Selec Committee. Read more: Gatwick attacks "flawed" Heathrow expansion report The Commission's long-awaited report somewhat controversially recommended building a new runway at Heathrow as opposed to Gatwick as the "clear and unanimous" decision. Davies' report, [...]
Britain might be struggling with tightest power supply in a decade, but there are very good reasons not to bet on a winter of blackouts July 15, 2015 I was fascinated to hear Lord Redesdale say earlier this month that he would put money on blackouts and brownouts by the end of the year. It’s an interesting position to take, but I am very willing to take up his wager. Why has Lord Redesdale taken up his position? We both know that [...]
This is what you get with a Conservative majority: A national living wage July 15, 2015 Why do we care about the economic recovery? Sometimes economists seem to forget, that we care about recovery not for some statistics on a chart, but because recovery creates more jobs giving people the dignity of work, and pay rises for those in work. In short, the purpose of economic recovery is to make people [...]
UK defence firms fire warning shots to government over need to push exports July 15, 2015 The UK defence industry is pushing for the government to take a more active role in a battleground for foreign orders. The UK Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industries trade body organisation, ADS, called for support for smaller firms and improved export controls after the sales to overseas markets fell for the first time since [...]
Apple’s new iPod Touch has a better eight megapixel camera and the processing power of an iPhone 6 July 15, 2015 Apple has revealed a new range of iPods, including an updated iPod Touch and new colour options for the iPod Nano, Shuffle and Touch. The refreshed iPod Touch, a device first released in 2009, now comes with the processing power of an iPhone 6, an eight-megapixel camera with features such slo-mo and burst, fitness tracking [...]
TfL Tube strike: TSSA joins RMT, Aslef and Unite in striking on 5 August over Night Tube dispute after talks collapse today July 15, 2015 A fourth union has said it will join its sister organisations in striking after talks over the increasingly controversial Night Tube collapsed today. Workers for TSSA, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, will walk out on 5 August along with RMT, Aslef and Unite the the union. TSSA's general secretary Manuel Cortes accused LU [...]
Labour leadership race: Liz Kendall now least likely to become next Labour leader July 15, 2015 As the Labour leadership race hots up, Liz Kendall has become the least likely to win and lead her party, as Jeremy Corbyn overtakes her. The most pro-business of the four contenders left, Kendall has tried to separate herself from the rest of the pack by presenting herself as a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately [...]
Which countries have the most female billionaires? UK has more billionaires named David than female billionaires July 15, 2015 Just under four per cent of the UK’s billionaires are women, giving it one of the world’s widest gender gaps among the super-wealthy. A breakdown of billionaires by gender has revealed Britain has the tenth lowest percentage of female millionaires. We have twice as many billionaires called David (four) as we do female billionaires (two). [...]
This is what you get with a Conservative majority: A national living wage July 15, 2015 Why do we care about the economic recovery? Sometimes economists seem to forget, that we care about recovery not for some statistics on a chart, but because recovery creates more jobs giving people the dignity of work, and pay rises for those in work. In short, the purpose of economic recovery is to make people [...]