London’s Night Tube won’t launch this year as talks between TfL and unions RMT, Aslef, TSSA and Unite stall (again) October 14, 2015 The launch of London's Night Tube will not take place in 2015, after talks between Transport for London and the transport unions broke off today, it has been confirmed. TfL has been in discussions with unions RMT, Aslef, TSSA and Unite over work and pay conditions for London Underground workers for several months. The Night Tube [...]
Hargreaves Lansdown share price rise as it issues record first quarter results ahead of Lloyds Banking Group share sale October 14, 2015 Hargreaves Lansdown's share price jumped as it released record inflows for the first quarter, and issued a bullish outlook for the financial year ahead, thanks to next spring's Lloyds Banking Group share sell-off. The figures The Bristol-based group attracted a record 47 per cent new business inflows of £1.43bn for the three months to 30 September on the same period last [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK date and deals: The best offers to expect on 27 November, plus who were the winners and losers from last year October 14, 2015 Black Friday is less than seven weeks away – it falls on 27 November this year – and already consumer sites are full of predictions for which deals we'll be falling over ourselves (and other people) to pick up in 2015. We spent £810m last year, with John Lewis celebrating its biggest sales week of [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK: Where and when to get the best discounts is already being hinted at by Tesco, Currys PC World, John Lewis and Amazon October 13, 2015 Brace yourselves: Black Friday is coming. Last year's retail bonanza-cum-bun-fight is back. This year it will be taking place on 27 November, meaning there are less than eight weeks to go. In 2014, it was the biggest single day for online sales of the year, and retailers are falling over themselves to make sure they [...]
UK housing: Remove the mavericks and stabilise the property market October 13, 2015 The wave of financial services regulations introduced over the last five years has caused deep changes in the way we invest in various asset classes, from equities and fixed interest securities to cash – yet the property market seems to have escaped the regulation firing line. According to the Investment Property Databank (IPD), residential property has been [...]
Are your staff resisting change – or do you just think they are? October 13, 2015 "People don’t like change.” “It’s a struggle to get staff to embrace change.” These are complaints I often hear – but are they rooted in reality? In my experience managers often misunderstand why staff ‘resist’ change. They see resistance where in fact there isn’t any. Or they unwittingly communicate the need for change in a way that triggers [...]
Flight MH17 final crash report released: Dutch investigators confirm Malaysian Airlines plane was brought down by Buk missile October 13, 2015 Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was brought down by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile, Dutch investigators have confirmed. Speaking at a press conference in Gitze-Rijen today, Tjibber Joustra, the Dutch Safety Board chairman, showed an animation of MH17's last moments. The missile hit the front left hand side of the plane – the cockpit – killing three crew [...]
EU referendum: The UK is better off inside Europe than out – and that’s why I’ve resigned from Business for Britain October 13, 2015 This morning I wrote to Matthew Elliot, the chief executive of Business for Britain, to resign from his organisation's advisory council, which I have been a member of for the past 12 months or so. The reason for my resignation is simple: since the Business for Britain declared that it was backing a UK departure [...]
UK house prices: First-time buyer inflation is slowing, according to ONS house price index October 13, 2015 This could be the news first-time buyers have been waiting for. House prices for those getting a foot on the ladder increased by 3.8 per cent in the year to August, down from an increase of 4.4 per cent in the year to July, ONS figures out this morning show. The average price for a first-time [...]
Signal failure at Kings Cross brings Circle, Hammersmith & City Lines to standstill and delays on District and Metropolitan Lines as chaos descends at Victoria Station October 13, 2015 A signal failure at King's Cross was causing major disruption on the Tube network this morning, while commuters posted pictures of chaotic scenes at Victoria Station. Overcrowding at Victoria meant passengers were unable to get onto the Underground, and were queuing out into the train station. Commuters complained that this was the second day in [...]
