These are officially the 11 best towns to commute to London from January 2, 2018 Rail fares may have gone up today, but that doesn't mean moving out of London is out of the question: a new ranking has revealed Luton is the best place to commute to the capital from. Yes, despite having been voted the worst place to live in the UK last year, Luton has taken the [...]
These will be the best-paying jobs for graduates in 2018 December 22, 2017 Ah, Christmas: the time of year when our thoughts naturally turn to how far our salaries will stretch over the festive period. The good news is that new research has found City employers are still the best payers when it comes to graduate roles, although tech companies are creeping up the list. The study, by [...]
The Electoral Commission has fined the Lib Dems and the Remain campaign over spending December 19, 2017 The Liberal Democrats and the official Remain campaign group have been slapped with fines over how they recorded their spending during the EU referendum. The Lib Dems were handed an £18,000 fine over a failure to deliver a complete and accurate spending return. The Electoral Commission, which handed out the fines, said in some cases [...]
Here’s what the bookies say about Prince Harry’s wedding December 15, 2017 Bad news for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: after the happy couple revealed the date of their nuptials next year, bookies have tipped rain. Bookies at Betway put odds of 15/8 on it raining on 19 May, the day of the couple's wedding, while they put the chances of the wedding attracting more viewers than [...]
The new Concorde? Japan Airlines has invested $10m in Richard Branson’s supersonic jet startup December 5, 2017 Boom Supersonic, the jet startup which is working with Richard Branson to build a Concorde-style passenger plane, has received a $10m (£7.5m) boost from Japan Airlines. The two companies unveiled a strategic partnership today, with the Japanese company saying it had pre-ordered 20 jets, dubbed the "mini Concorde". Last year Branson teamed up with the [...]
Here’s why housebuilder shares are down today November 8, 2017 It was a bad morning for housebuilders, with companies listed on both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 dragging the indices lower. Persimmon, the UK’s largest housebuilder by volume, led the fallers on the FTSE 100, with shares dropping 3.4 per cent to 2,772.5p, while Barratt, Taylor Wimpey and Berkeley Group were all among the [...]
Tube problems will “continue all day” after seven lines were suspended at rush hour November 6, 2017 Problems on at least one Tube line are set to continue for the rest of the day, after a nightmare rush hour in which seven Tube lines were hit by suspensions or delays. Nigel Holness the director of network operations at London Underground, apologised to customers, but said problems on the District Line are likely [...]
Every London borough ranked by house price growth in the next three years November 3, 2017 Despite doomsday predictions for house price growth in the capital, prices in Hackney will continue to keep growth strongly over the next three years, new research has suggested. Prices in Hackney are expected to grow more than five per cent in the years to 2020, followed by Westminster and Lewisham, which will both experience growth [...]
Most affordable London commuter towns: How a one hour commute can save buyers £500,000 on London house prices October 30, 2017 Living an hour outside London could slash half a million pounds off house prices compared with buying a home in zones one and two of the capital, according to new research. Commuter towns such as Crawley, Windsor, Rochester and Peterborough have an average house prices of £316,000, a survey by Lloyds Bank has found. That [...]
Listen up, nerds: These are the UK’s best paying tech jobs October 20, 2017 Tech may be trendier than banking, but it looks like its salaries are beginning to catch up too. New research by salary benchmarking website Emolument has suggested those with much-needed tech skills can "name their price" as companies scrabble around to find people with the right experience. The best-paid jobs in UK tech are so-called [...]
