When is the best time to go Christmas shopping? Here are London’s busiest days so you can avoid them November 20, 2014 Next week is expected to see the start of the Christmas rush with Black Friday on November 28 – a US import that was brought about to stimulate spend after Thanksgiving. Fast becoming a crucial part in the retail calendar, high street names such as John Lewis are predicting big things, with many [...]
Retail sales edge up – but goods are still getting cheaper November 20, 2014 Retail sales have continued their upwards trajectory for the 19th month in a row – but it appears to be largely driven by falling prices and discounting. Figures published this morning by the Office for National Statistics show that consumer spending in October increased by 2.8 per cent year-on-year, but the amount of goods [...]
James Murdoch steps down as Sky Deutschland chairman after pension fund questions “conflicts of interests and suitability” November 19, 2014 James Murdoch has stepped down from his role as chairman of Sky Deutschland following today's AGM. Murdoch will remain on the supervisory board, with Sky's chief executive Jeremy Darroch taking on the chairmanship role. Andrew Griffith has also joined the board as a member. The move comes two days after the Local Authority [...]
Half of Liberia jobless over Ebola fears, but World Bank cuts own estimate of total economic impact by a 10th November 19, 2014 Ebola is having a “substantial” impact on Liberia's employment, with nearly half of those who were working when the disease first surfaced jobless by the start of November 2014. A new report by the World Bank Group, in partnership with the Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services and the Gallup Organization and conducted [...]
Where is the best place in the world to be a woman? UK slips eight places in World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index 2014 as Iceland retains crown November 19, 2014 The gap between the amount women and men are paid has narrowed to 9.4 per cent, its lowest since records began in 1997, according to the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index 2014. But that still doesn't mean the UK is setting an example: after giving us Icesave and more volcanic ash cloud than we [...]
Topshop and Rihanna return to the courts over T-shirt row November 19, 2014 Topshop may count Kate Moss and Beyonce among its friends, but as one legal battle returns to court it's unlikely to find love with Rihanna. Sir Philip Green's high street giant is challenging Rihanna in London's Court of Appeal, following a ruling last year in which Topshop was ordered to pay damages for using an [...]
Ukip rows back on Mark Reckless immigration comments ahead of Rochester & Strood by-elecion November 19, 2014 Ukip has sought to distance itself from comments made by its Rochester & Strood candidate Mark Reckless, after he suggested certain European migrants could be asked to leave Britain if the party came to power. Speaking yesterday at a hustings with other Rochester & Strood by-election candidates, Reckless said a Ukip government would have [...]
Ukip? SNP? WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell warns Conservatives could find any new coalition partner “more difficult” November 19, 2014 WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell has warned of “clouds on the horizon” for the Conservatives, even if they win the 2015 election, noting that a coalition with untested parties such as Ukip and the SNP is likely. Sorrell – who gave the keynote speech at the City A.M. Awards last week – tipped the [...]
UK house prices: Mansion tax shrugged off as empty plot on Poole peninsula goes on sale for £6.25m November 19, 2014 The threat of mansion tax may be dampening the prices in London and making Myleene Klass feel like she can't brew coffee in her own home, but it doesn't appear to be having much of an impact in Dorset. An empty piece of land on the county's narrow Sandbanks peninsula has gone on sale for [...]
“You can’t just point at things and tax them”: Six gifs that show what happened when Myleene met Miliband November 18, 2014 Last night saw one of the greatest debates of our generation. Former Hear'say singer and face of Littlewoods Myleene Klass took Labour leader Ed Miliband to task – and the shadow politician looked a lot more bruised by the end of it than she did. We've pulled out six of our favourite moments from [...]
