Sun, sea, safari, wine… Welcome to paradise on earth June 10, 2010 IN 2005, South Africa’s property market was the fastest growing in the world. Although its rate of growth has slowed, property in Africa’s most developed economy is increasingly in hot demand. This appetite has been fuelled in part by the World Cup, but more sustainably by the fact that at last, foreigners are catching on [...]
Social business is generating a big turnover June 10, 2010 IN THE past, social businesses were seen as something of a novelty. But that has changed. Earlier this week Royal Bank of Scotland launched the RBS Social Enterprise 100 index, which has attempted to quantify social enterprise for the first time. And the results are surprising. The index revealed that social enterprises in the financial [...]
FOCUS ON: HARLOW, ESSEX June 10, 2010 APPLEBY Price: £885,000 A late Victorian detached house, this five double bedroom property is ideal for families. It is set in grounds of 0.3 acres and also has a detached coach house – perfect for an annexe or a home office. There are four reception rooms, including a separate dining room and a conservatory. There [...]
APPS June 10, 2010 Q. What exactly is an iPhone application and why is it useful? A. An iPhone app is essentially a tiny website that taps into your iPhone’s capabilities such as its GPS, camera or compass. But, unlike a regular website loaded on your phone, an app is built to communicate directly with the available hardware of [...]
INTERIORS June 10, 2010 Andrew Dunning HEAD DESIGNER, APD INTERIORS Q. Dear Andrew, I am thinking about replacing my kitchen. How should I go about doing this? A. Before you get carried away with designing your new kitchen, make a detailed plan of the space – measure everything, note where the water and power points are. While you do [...]
Honeypot homes are luring buyers up to Stanmore June 10, 2010 STEPPING off the end of a Tube line seems like entering a vacuum to most Londoners. One imagines a tangle of motorways, perhaps. Some cows. A few car parks. Visitors to Stanmore might be surprised. Stanmore is a place whose name anyone who regularly rides the Jubilee line will have heard, but the town is [...]
Watch your kids and their nest eggs grow June 10, 2010 CHILDREN are expensive but they could be about to get even costlier. Yesterday, universities minister David Willetts strongly indicated that university tuition fees will have to rise from their current level of £3,225 a year to reduce the burden on the taxpayer. Those saving to help their children or grandchildren through university will now have [...]
Hollywood gets the NYPD blues June 10, 2010 Film BROOKLYN’S FINEST Cert: 18 This gritty police drama sees director Antoine Fuqua return to the familiar territory with which he made his name in 2001’s Training Day. Fuqua assembles an impressive cast including Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle, and fans of The Wire will notice a few familiar faces from the cast. [...]
Cosgrave can maintain 100% record on gutsy Invincible Lad June 10, 2010 WITH just a handful of days to go until the start of this year’s Royal Ascot meeting, this weekend’s racing is definitely the calm before the storm. That said, a 2/1 winner at Southwell on a wet Wednesday still pays the same as a 2/1 winner at the Cheltenham Festival and I hope I have [...]
England could stutter against USA tomorrow June 10, 2010 ENGLAND vs USA TOMORROW – 7.30PM ITV1 THE tension is building, the car flags are flying and the red and white face paint is out. World Cup 2010 is nearly here and, as always, every England fan is expecting a first major trophy since 1966. The boys have been given a relatively easy group and [...]
