Black Friday 2015 UK deals: Amazon, John Lewis, Tesco, Currys PC World, Ebay, Carphone Warehouse and Asos sales are here November 26, 2015 Retailers up and down the UK are offering massive savings as part of the Black Friday sales. This year Black Friday will happen on Friday 27th November. However, some retailers have already started their week of deals. Outlets including Amazon, Argos, Very, Ebay have been running hundreds if not thousands of deals throughout the week. Others like Tesco, John [...]
Class action suit being brought against Barclays, UBS, Royal Bank of Scotland and others for conspiring to limit competition November 26, 2015 Big-name banks including Goldman Sachs, Barclays, UBS and the Royal Bank of Scotland have been accused of conspiring to limit competition by a pension fund in the US. The class action lawsuit filed yesterday says that the banks, which also include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group, BNP Paribas and [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK: Sainsbury’s big deals on Celcus TVs, Dyson vacuum cleaners and HP laptops among the best bargains this year November 26, 2015 Sainsbury's is one of the last retailers to reveal what's up its sleeves for Black Friday this year, but there are plenty of big name brands whose prices are being knocked down for the bargain bonanza. Top deals include the Celcus 32" HD Ready LED TV with Freeview, on sale for £100 instead of £180, the Dyson DC44 [...]
Forget Black Friday bargains and Cyber Monday sales – 2015 should be all about Giving Tuesday November 26, 2015 On one particular day during last year’s Christmas shopping season a phenomenon from across the Atlantic really took hold in the UK for the first time. Businesses lined up to get involved, pounds were spent in their millions, social media went into a frenzy, and even the Prime Minister was talking about it. This year [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: Devolved powers for business rates and corporation tax mark a fundamental shift in relationship – but for the flag to fly, Whitehall really has to let go November 26, 2015 The chancellor used his Autumn Statement to show that he means business when it comes to devolution. Across the whole policy spectrum, George Osborne spoke about the role of the local as well as the national. No longer will all the answers come from Westminster and Whitehall. Instead, local leaders are being given the powers to [...]
Christmas adverts 2015: Aldi has just spoofed John Lewis’ Man on the Moon ad November 26, 2015 As day is followed by night, so too is John Lewis' Christmas advert followed by a series of spoofs. So far the selection has been pretty dark, including imagining the Man on the Moon as the evil Emperor from the Star Wars trilogy (and blowing up Earth once he can see where it is). Now Aldi has [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: Stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-let properties will hit tenants not landlords, claims Blick Rothenberg November 26, 2015 George Osborne's three per cent surcharge on buy-to-let properties will harm tenants rather than landlords, chartered accountant Blick Rothenberg has claimed. Announced as part of yesterday's Autumn Statement, the charge has been branded a "badly-timed mistake", which could have the unintended consequence of pushing rental rates up, as landlords look to offset the higher costs they [...]
Cameron tells MPs “we cannot stand aside” as he seeks approval to extend airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria November 26, 2015 David Cameron has told the Foreign Affairs Committee that the UK should extend its military campaign against Islamic State into Syria. Setting out his "comprehensive strategy" for how the UK will seek to tackle Islamic State, Cameron told the MPs more action was needed to tackle the group, which has claimed responsibility for attacks in Paris [...]
Kilburn High Road closed after “serious” collision November 26, 2015 Kilburn High Road has been closed in both directions following a "serious collision" between a cyclist and a lorry. Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade are all on the scene. A Metropolitan Police spokesman told City AM they were called at 8:58 to reports of a woman struck by a lorry. An [...]
Protest group Plane Stupid block tunnels into Heathrow causing major traffic disruption November 26, 2015 Activist group Plane Stupid has blocked tunnels leading to Heathrow Airport this morning, causing chaos for passengers trying to get to their flights. The climate change group, who are protesting against proposals to build a third runway at the west London airport, have been blocking the main road entrance since around 7:40am this morning. They [...]
