Working in this type of office could make you less sleepy and improve your cognitive abilities according to a new Harvard and SUNY study October 7, 2016 If you feel sleepy or your brain feels foggy when you're at work, take solace in the fact that you might not have yourself to blame. A new study from Harvard University has found people who whose offices were located in green certified buildings had 30 per cent fewer "sick building symptoms", which include headaches, nausea, [...]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end 50-year-long civil war October 7, 2016 Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his "resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end", the committee announced this morning. Santos was selected by the Norwegian Nobel committee from a closely-guarded list of 376 candidates, comprised of 228 individuals and 148 [...]
Government mulling crackdown on bingo adverts and promotions during sporting events in gambling industry clampdown October 7, 2016 The government is planning to expand a review of the gambling sector to include a major crackdown on betting industry advertising on daytime TV, according to reports. The Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) is looking to extend a review of controversial fixed-odds betting terminals to gambling ads in a bid to curb problem betting and [...]
More than four in 10 of us have indulged in an office romance according to Match October 6, 2016 It may not have worked out for Brad and Angelina, but the appeal of workplace romances has been too strong for nearly half of us. More than four in 10 of us (43 per cent) have been involved in an office romance, according to new research from Match. From slipping out for a break together [...]
Och aye: Brexit vote and film and TV locations lure more Brits to take Scottish staycations October 6, 2016 The Brexit vote and film set locations drove more Britons to take staycations in Scotland this summer, according to data from online travel agent Tripsta. Between 1 June and 31 August several of Scotland's airports reported a surge in the number of passengers who booked domestic flights through Tripsta to explore the country's cities and islands. [...]
Gone to pot: Police want Camden Town to become a “bong-free” zone October 6, 2016 Camden Town may look a little different the next time you visit as police have pledged to make the area a "no bong" zone and crackdown on paraphernalia associated with drug use. To draw an end to comparisons with pot hotspot Amsterdam, officers have warned shops based on Camden High Street and around the Lock [...]
William Hill faces protests from union Unite at its shops tomorrow over retail restructuring plan October 6, 2016 Unite protesters will target more than half a dozen William Hill shops tomorrow over restructuring plans the union has dubbed an "attack" on workers' pay. Protests will be staged outside branches in nine locations including central London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Southampton on plans Unite has said will slash shop managers' pay by an average [...]
Algeria indicates Opec could lower production further in November deal October 6, 2016 Opec could agree to cut oil production by a further one per cent at its late November meeting in Vienna, Algeria's energy minister has said. An additional curb could shave a further one per cent off the amount provisionally agreed in Algiers last month, minister Nouredine Bouterfa has said. The organisation has indicated output will be [...]
Former chief exec David Richards restarts the party as he heads back to WANdisco, but the software group’s chairman leaves in response October 6, 2016 The party has restarted for the former chief executive of Aim-listed software company WANdisco, David Richards, who was reinstated at the helm of the company he helped form this morning. In response, chairman Paul Walker and a non-executive director, Ian Duncan, have left the data storage and cloud computing group with immediate effect. "As independent non-executive [...]
Fracking decision: Sajid Javid gives go-ahead to one of two schemes in Lancashire in landmark ruling for the UK shale gas industry October 6, 2016 Communities secretary Sajid Javid today gave the go-ahead to one of two fracking schemes in Lancashire in a landmark ruling for the UK’s shale gas industry. Javid overruled an earlier decision from Lancashire County Council and approved plans for fracking firm Cuadrilla Resources to both monitor and explore for shale gas at a site in Preston New [...]
