Oil prices tumble as demand dips amid weak manufacturing data from China August 1, 2022 Oil prices dropped sharply across both major benchmarks, as weak manufacturing data from China and Europe weighed down demand.
All eyes on Airbnb to drag tech world back up August 1, 2022 After a rocky set of results for Silicon Valley titans, tech platforms will be keeping a close eye on Airbnb's second quarter results scheduled to drop tomorrow evening.
Homeowners offered energy MOT to ease bills August 1, 2022 Homeowners can benefit from recommendations for saving money on energy bills via a new website set up by the Government last weekend.
Brits scale down inflation expectations in sign BoE rate hikes are quashing price pressures August 1, 2022 British households are scaling down their expectations for future inflation in a sign that the Bank of England’s series of rate hikes are curbing price pressures, a fresh survey published today revealed. The UK public in July thought inflation will settle at 3.8 per cent in five years, down from four per cent in June, according [...]
Octopus joins forces with EWT to boost onshore wind turbines across the UK August 1, 2022 Octopus Energy Generation has teamed up with turbine manufacturer EWT to repower up to 1,000 existing onshore wind turbines.
London exodus: Record numbers escape the capital as pandemic trend continues August 1, 2022 There has been an exodus of Londoners since the pandemic, with more than 40,000 escaping eye-watering rent in the capital to buy their first home. The pandemic trend of leaving London has continued, with a record 28 per cent of new homes outside the M25 being first-time buyers. In the first half of 2022, 40,540 [...]
NFT cyber attacks on Discord have led to $22m losses since May August 1, 2022 Hackers have increasingly targeted NFT projects on social media platform Discord since May, causing $22m in losses. Research by blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs found more than 100 reports of Discord channel hacks, with phishing attacks linked to NFT mining scams via compromised channels increasing. Almost a dozen attacks to compromise accounts occurred in the [...]
This Is The Best Day To Be In The Office August 1, 2022 We never thought we’d get there in the middle of the WFH-depths of the pandemic, but here we are: many of us are now back in the office a couple of days a week. It’s an opportunity to connect with colleagues, spend exorbitant amounts of money on overpriced oat milk lattes from the hipster cafe [...]
Winging it: Chicken supplies set to remain tight while KFC warns of shortages August 1, 2022 Chicken supplies are set to remain tight across the country, a report has cautioned, amid reports of KFC preparing to run out of stock of certain chicken items. High street staple KFC warned staff in a memo last week that supplies of chicken on the bone were among items running low, The Sun reported. KFC [...]
Low-income crypto investors sold off holdings during crash August 1, 2022 Low-income crypto investors sold off their holdings as the crypto crash swept across the industry, while wealthier investors held on to their portfolios. 46 per cent of crypto investors sold their holdings, with lower income individuals the most likely to do so, a survey by US-based intelligence company Civic Science found in a survey of [...]
