Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Young Empire set to strike under Sanna September 25, 2018 HAPPY Valley will be packed to the rafters this afternoon when racing resumes at the inner-city track after a week off. This is the start of the annual three meeting Oktoberfest, where revellers can enjoy and taste an abundance of German amber liquids in the Beer Garden at the midweek party, as well as searching [...]
Wealthy parents would pay just £4 an hour towards childcare under Labour, Jeremy Corbyn announces September 25, 2018 Wealthy parents would pay just £4 an hour towards childcare under Labour, Jeremy Corbyn is set to announce. The Labour leader will use his keynote conference speech on Wednesday to propose a massive subsidy of childcare for all parents – regardless of earnings. As well as extending 30 hours a week free childcare to all [...]
Hostel market showing ‘early signs of success’ as customer base broadens beyond backpackers September 25, 2018 One of the UK’s leading premium hostel operators reported a 60 per cent rise in revenues in the six months to the end of June, in the latest sign of the growing demand among families and business people to a market traditionally dominated by young backpackers. Safestay, an emerging high-end owner of hostels in Europe, [...]
Universities and businesses must work together to engineer the recruits of the future September 25, 2018 From investment bankers to artisan bakers, employers are constantly on the lookout for bright young employees who are going to help their organisation thrive. Given the present uncertainty, it is more important than ever that British businesses have access to a robust recruitment pool. The media rhetoric of a growing skills gap suggests that [...]
Sam Torrance: Tiger Woods’s second coming is here and he is capable of anything now September 24, 2018 I think we can safely say that Tiger Woods is back. Five years and several rounds of surgery on from his previous win, he stood up and batted off all of his rivals at the Tour Championship on Sunday – just as he always used to. He was magnificent, it is huge for golf [...]
Focus On Stoke Newington: The affluent London village is a charming spot to find a family house in Hackney September 24, 2018 As quintessential London villages go, Stoke Newington is probably the coolest. Set in the trendy confines of the London Borough of Hackney, it escaped the decline of surrounding areas during the 1930s and still attracts an upmarket, arty clientele today. “Stoke Newington was built for London’s increasingly class conscious white collar worker,” says [...]
Crypto-craze: Why a third of London investors back digital currencies September 24, 2018 Londoners are twice as likely to invest in cryptocurrency than the rest of the country, new research has found. A total of 30 per cent of London investors are planning to invest in digital currencies in the near future compared to 13 per cent nationwide, according to a survey by Rathbone Investment Management. Read more: Regulate 'Wild [...]
How marketers can use behavioural psychology to change people’s minds September 24, 2018 I have often found myself surprised to learn how utterly predictable my behaviour is whenever I read the work of social scientists specialising in behavioural psychology. Having always prided myself on at least some level of individuality, it’s disappointing when the decisions I feel that I make freely are played back to me as [...]
Dialling down the music won’t reduce London’s crime rate September 24, 2018 Earlier this year, a drill rap group known as 1011 was issued with a court order banning them from making music without police permission. The five west London teenagers were arrested last year for conspiracy to commit violent disorder. The criminal behaviour court order, requested by the police, specified that the group must notify [...]
Nigel Farage’s face adorns condoms at the Ukip party conference September 21, 2018 Ukip has struggled for headlines in recent months, with its conference in Birmingham this weekend failing to make the kind of impact the party enjoyed at its peak before the EU referendum. But despite polling below five per cent, the party is back in the limelight now, but perhaps not for a reason it might want to [...]