The end of email is near – but we’re not quite there yet September 17, 2015 We wake up with email, use it throughout the day and check it again just before bed. Some of us even keep up-to-date with our inboxes in the bathroom. It's no wonder – our email addresses are so easily shareable and sending a message is free, so it becomes the default means of communication [...]
UK businesses need to wake up to the threat of cybercrime – we’re not doing enough to stop it September 17, 2015 Cybercrime has become one of the biggest threats facing UK businesses, and the number and severity of attacks are increasing exponentially. Not only that, but the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills found that the average cost of a breach has doubled in the last year to stand at roughly £1.5m in big businesses. [...]
Coffee isn’t just a stimulant – it actually slows down your body clock and stops you releasing the sleep hormone September 17, 2015 Many of us are reliant on coffee for a much-needed boost first thing in the morning, but it if you drink it once the afternoon is over, you can say bye-bye to an early night. According to new research published in the journal Science Translation Medicine, the drink is more than just a stimulant [...]
Cheesegrater wins City of London building of year award September 16, 2015 The Leadenhall Building, also known as “the Cheesegrater” has won the first ever City of London building of the year award. The commercial skyscraper, which was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, was chosen as the winner by a jury at the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects (WCCA). Read more: Walkie Talkie awarded [...]
The entrepreneur space race: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos takes on Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt in the fight for space exploration September 16, 2015 A new kind of space race has taken off, and this time it involves entrepreneurs eager to dominate commercial spaceflight. Yesterday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, a key player in the field, announced his latest endeavour – his startup Blue Origin is investing more than $200m (£129m) in building rocket manufacturing facilities in Florida and [...]
GPs are catching cancer earlier in England, paving the way for higher survival rates September 16, 2015 More people in England are being diagnosed with cancer before it reaches its most serious stage, according to new research by Public Health England (PHE). Between 2006 and 2013, the proportion of sufferers who were referred for testing by GPs during the disease's early development went up, resulting in a simultaneous decline in emergency [...]
The UK will soon run out of diesel and become reliant on foreign markets, warns RAC Foundation September 16, 2015 The UK will soon be unable to produce enough diesel to satisfy domestic demand, according to the RAC Foundation, putting it at risk of becoming completely dependant on foreign markets. In its latest report, the motoring research group said the number of diesel-run cars in Britain had increased from 1.6m in 1994 to 11m [...]
Female bosses make banks more stable, report shows September 15, 2015 Including women on the boards of banks makes them more financially stable, according to a new report by the IMF. Called Financial Inclusion: Can it meet multiple macroeconomic goals? It shows that the higher the proportion of senior positions occupied by women, the greater the institution's “distance to distress”. A larger distance means the [...]
ESA Rosetta space mission: This is what it looks like when you land on a comet September 15, 2015 In November last year, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spaceship became the first ever man-made vehicle to land on a comet. The event was a huge moment for the scientists involved in the mission, who had spent a whole decade working towards this moment. Read more: Rosetta mission 2014 in pictures: ESA spaceship [...]
When it comes to bonuses, we aren’t too fussed – only one in five will make the effort to get one September 15, 2015 Companies view bonuses as an essential way of making their employees work harder. Dangle a nice big pay packet in front of them, and they'll surely put in more effort throughout the year. But new research by One4all Rewards shows that bonuses actually provide little incentive to the majority of UK workers, with 78 [...]
