Everyone’s talking about spiralizing and banting: Ways to lose weight and get healthy in 2015 January 26, 2015 Those in search of a healthy lifestyle are going mad for spiralizing this year. The health fad involves no crazy gym class where you are forced to severely punish yourself on an exercise bike by a screaming gym instructor – this is the much easier and simpler practice of turning vegetables into pasta. [...]
Sir Philip Green breaks apart his Arcadia empire with the sale of BHS January 25, 2015 Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has decided to break apart one of Britain's biggest retail empires by selling British Home Stores (BHS). Green purchased the business, which sells mostly clothing and household items, from the Storehouse conglomerate in 2000 for £200m. It now has a significant presence on high streets across the UK, with [...]
Where are the richest people in the world? Most live in the US, followed by Japan, France and the UK January 25, 2015 London has more than its fair share of the super-rich, but when it comes to the country with the largest portion of the world's wealthiest one per cent of people, the US tops the chart by a long way. 18m people in the US fall into this bracket – out of a total of [...]
Taxpayers could lose £2bn as small businesses take government to court over interest swap investigation January 25, 2015 Small business in the UK are taking the government to court over their exclusion from a compensation scheme set up following the mis-selling of interest rate swaps. The swaps were complex products sold to a large number of business by UK banks. They were designed to provide protection against interest rate changes. But when [...]
Greece election 2015: A whole new Eurozone crisis awaits if Syriza wins January 25, 2015 Today is Greece's general election. Until 7pm, polling stations will accept votes on whether the current New Democracy party remains in power or is replaced by another party. According to the polls, it looks likely that the radical left-wing Syriza party will be the ultimate winner. In terms of economic policies and the [...]
“Ukip is guided more by dogma than common sense”: Amjad Bashir explains why he defected back to the Tories January 25, 2015 Last night, former Ukip member Amjad Bashir defected back to the Conservative party. He was elected Ukip MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber in 2014, and had also become the pro-independence party's communities spokesman. Originally he moved over from the Conservatives because he wanted a definite referendum on Britain's European Union membership and [...]
Burglary capital of the UK: London contains 14 of the nation’s top 20 burglary hotspots January 23, 2015 Houses in London are burgled more than in any other UK city, with 14 of the capital's postal zones coming in the top 20 for burglary claims over the past two years. Using its burglary claims tracker, comparison site MoneySuperMarket measured the proportion of home insurance claims that were burglary-related over the period. 2.68m [...]
Keeping up with the Joneses: why living next to wealthier neighbours harms boys’ prospects in life January 23, 2015 Mixed communities are heralded by many UK policymakers as a way to stem inequality and improve the prospects of children from low-income families. They consider aspiration to be a strong driving force away from antisocial behaviour and towards success, arguing it will help struggling families in the long run. But when it comes [...]
GSK takes over in the Ebola race: Experimental vaccine Sent to Liberia for main tests January 23, 2015 Trials of GSK's experimental vaccine to prevent Ebola are about to begin in west Africa. Some 300 doses will be transported to Monrovia, capital of Liberia, and the intention is to inject the first subject within the next few weeks. Ultimately, researchers plan to inoculate 30,000 volunteers, including health-workers. The vaccine was created [...]
UK car production driven up by high demand for premium brands January 23, 2015 The number of cars produced in the UK last year increased to 1.5m, while annual sales went up by 1.2 per cent. This amounted to a new car being produced every 20 seconds. Production had not been this high since 2007 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which released the figures. [...]
