Commuter chaos expected as conductors on Southern Rail vote to stage three 24-hour strikes over new rules which hand door control duties to drivers April 19, 2016 Conductors on Southern Rail are set to stage three 24-hour strikes on 26 April, 10 May and 12 May – because control of doors has been handed to drivers. They're set to walk out at 11:00 BST on all three days, it's been reported They're protesting Southern Rail’s plans to introduce "Driver Only Operation" rules, giving [...]
Take a look inside five of London’s £35m homes April 19, 2016 We all know there are people who are are happy to fork out vast sums of money to snap up tiny parts of London. Which is why we hear stories of a shack in Peckham selling for £1m, or a garage in Chelsea being snapped up for £360,000. But some – London's highest net-worth individuals – are prepared to stump up [...]
Tesco is going deeper into the mortgage market April 19, 2016 Another surefire sign UK house price madness isn't showing any signs of abating: now Tesco wants a bigger slice of the pie. Or that's the suggestion from a statement this morning, in which the supermarket said its banking arm (the snappily-titled Tesco Bank) is launching its own mortgage intermediary service – called, you guessed it, Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries. The [...]
This analyst insists falling house prices at London luxury housebuilding hotspot Nine Elms are nothing to worry about April 19, 2016 Berkeley Group is one of the UK's largest and most dependable housebuilders – and its founder, City A.M. personality of the year award winner Tony Pidgley, achieved near-mythical status after he famously (and correctly) called the top of the market during the downturn. But there's one problem: the company's shares have fallen almost 20 per cent this year, after some expressed [...]
These features will help increase your house price April 19, 2016 To be fair, these days being able to afford any square footage at all is a bonus – but if you're looking for a house at the moment and want to know what will boost your house price, look no further. Online estate agent Emoov has investigated the factors that add most value to homes, [...]
The FTSE 100 just hit a 2016 high April 19, 2016 Is this a sign stock market volatility has begun to ebb? The FTSE 100 hit its highest level in 2016 this morning, as a strike in Kuwait continued to do what this weekend's Opec summit in Doha couldn't: push oil prices up. The FTSE rose 0.5 per cent to 6,382 points in the first half-hour of trading, [...]
A man who studied rich people for five years found they avoid one type of person April 18, 2016 Who you hang out with matters more than you may think. In fact, your friendships could have a major impact on your net worth. After researching the daily habits of wealthy people for five years, author Thomas C. Corley found that they avoid one type of person at all costs: pessimists. "Self-made millionaires are very [...]
Saddest job ever? Tata Steel appoints new UK chief executive April 18, 2016 They say the UK's workforce is getting flightier, but this is just ridiculous. Tata Steel said today it has hired a new UK chief executive – to oversee the company during its final days in the UK. In a statement today, the company said it had appointed Bimlendra Jha, currently a member of the executive committee of [...]
Data from 1975 suggests how this year’s EU referendum might affect house prices in the next two months April 18, 2016 Here's an interesting point of comparison between this European referendum and the last one: house prices. Yep: according to new research, house prices will be 1,751 per cent higher during this referendum than they were during the second quarter of 1975, when Prime Minister Harold Wilson called a vote on EU membership. In the capital, that [...]
In pictures: Why Greenpeace activists got themselves arrested fitting statues in London with air pollution masks today April 18, 2016 Well, this is one way to enjoy the nice weather: statues across the capital were wearing air pollution masks this morning – thanks to a group of Greenpeace activists protesting air pollution in the capital. Statues including Nelson (of Nelson's Column. In Trafalgar Square), Boudica and her daughters by Portcullis House, Winston Churchill in the Houses of [...]
