Investors need to actively manage their Sipp funds September 16, 2012 SELF invested personal pensions (Sipps) are an increasingly popular kind of tax-efficient pension scheme. But like all investments, they are not suitable for everyone. Sipps allow better control over what your money is invested in and investors benefit from increased transparency. Compare this to stakeholder pensions, for example, where you have no control over how [...]
How computer science will rescue fashionistas September 16, 2012 WHAT PROBLEM DOES YOUR BUSINESS SOLVE? Due to the boom in online shopping that’s taken place over the last five years, the internet is swarming with items of clothing for us to buy. If you’re trying to find something similar to an item that you’ve seen in a magazine, or on the catwalk, it can [...]
Reinventing the wheelchair: Sometimes it pays to take the cash September 16, 2012 I’VE been doing this for four years. I’ve put a huge amount of money, my money, my wife’s money, which is our future, on the line. I can’t make a mistake now. I don’t want to be the founder that ended up with the tiny little minority share of the thing he started, while other [...]
UK start-ups need Silicon ambitions September 16, 2012 AMAZON is coming to London’s Tech City. Jeff Bezos’s company will do a lot to help build what many entrepreneurs call an “entrepreneurial ecosystem”. This analogy is a useful one: a self-sustaining system in which entrepreneurs feed off one and other’s talent. Tech City – still primarily based around Old Street’s Silicon Roundabout but theoretically [...]
Elba: the majestic Little Tuscany September 16, 2012 IN THE summer, the British head for Tuscany, lured by the classic Italian combination of sun, scenery, fine food and wine. But the Italians themselves head for sleepy Elba, “Tuscany’s island”, with its 150 spotless beaches, romantic villages and breathtaking mountains. Although is a National Park of outstanding natural beauty, tiny Elba is perhaps best [...]
The Lexus Ultimate Yacht Experience September 16, 2012 YOU MAY ask yourself why Lexus is taking people on a yacht to the Isle of Wight. Well, because there is more to the Lexus brand than making cars. Its “Experiences” packages, which are available to anyone, not just those who own a Lexus, range from chocolate tasting to shooting trips. I’m always one to [...]
Villas-Boas: Reading win relieves pressure on anxious Spurs squad September 16, 2012 READING (1) vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (3) Tottenham manager also dismisses the notion that he is already under strain TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas Boas admitted his side had been purged of their growing anxiety after earning their first Premier League win of the season away to a secondrate Reading. Spurs had begun the season with a [...]
Brit double for Tiernan-Locke and Cavendish September 16, 2012 DEVONIAN Jonathan Tiernan-Locke looks poised to complete a move to Team Sky this week after becoming the first homegrown winner of the Tour of Britain for 20 years yesterday in Surrey. Tiernan-Locke finished in the main pack to preserve his 18-second lead as fellow Briton Mark Cavendish, who is set to leave Team Sky, sprinted [...]
England rugby star Ashton hospitalised by glassing September 16, 2012 ENGLAND and Saracens star Chris Ashton suffered cuts to his face after being glassed by a stranger in a London nightclub, the Premiership rugby club confirmed yesterday. The winger was celebrating an anniversary with his girlfriend, half a dozen team-mates and their partners following Saturday’s high-profile draw with Leicester Tigers at Wembley when he was [...]
London Welsh break Premiership duck in second half fightback September 16, 2012 LONDON Welsh picked up their first ever Aviva Premiership victory against Exeter Chiefs yesterday and head coach Lyn Jones admits they have come a long way since their opening day loss to Leicester Tigers. A last-gasp try from Ed Jackson and Seb Jewell’s subsequent conversion added to the drama at the Kassam Stadium as the [...]
