EU referendum: Prime Minister David Cameron says poorest would be worst hit in recession while he praises EU for equality and human rights May 16, 2016 Every single job depends on a strong economy, which itself depends on the EU, Prime Minister David Cameron has warned. The Prime Minister, appealing to similar arguments Labour has made for remaining in the EU, echoed sentiments of the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, that a recession could hit in the event of Brexit, [...]
The City needs to talk about mental health to combat this silent plague May 16, 2016 Today marks the start of World Mental Health Awareness Week, during which the spotlight will be turned on an important issue that for too long has been relegated to the shadows. Across the world, hundreds of millions of people are affected by mental health conditions. Here in the UK, for example, one in four people [...]
Payroll tax errors bag the taxman an extra £737m May 16, 2016 Payroll errors are costing companies, particularly smaller companies, a pretty penny, research released today has found. According to the study by accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has bagged itself an additional £737m through investigations into slip-ups on payroll compliance, and over half (£373m) of that amount comes from SMEs. UHY Hacker [...]
EU referendum: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appeals to young people to back EU which he doesn’t love but UK benefits from May 13, 2016 Historically thought of as eurosceptic, Jeremy Corbyn today appealed to younger voters to back Remain in the EU referendum while admitting that he doesn't love the EU, but the UK benefits from it. Speaking in Liverpool, Corbyn said that turnout at the General Election last year was just 47 per cent of young people who [...]
Manchester United stay on course for £500m year after announcing record third quarter results May 13, 2016 Manchester United remain on course to become the first Premier League club to generate £500m this year after announcing record revenue and earnings in the third quarter. Revenue for the three months ended 31 March jumped 29.9 per cent to £123.4m, meaning the club has already earned £348.7m for the year. The club finished the [...]
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton questions wisdom of Red Bull over Daniil Kvyat’s demotion to Toro Rosso May 13, 2016 THREE-TIME world champion Lewis Hamilton has become the latest driver to question the wisdom of Red Bull’s decision to demote Daniil Kvyat to junior team Toro Rosso following an error-strewn Russian Grand Prix. Kvyat crashed into Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel twice in the first three corners of the race at the Sochi Autodrom earlier this month [...]
Public consultation launched by Committee of Advertising Practice could introduce sugar advertising crackdown following tax in March Budget May 13, 2016 A public consultation has been launched today on introducing new non-broadcast rules on how food and soft drink products are advertised to children. The body responsible for writing the UK Advertising Code, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), has launched the consultation in response to "wider societal concerns around childhood obesity". Introducing non-broadcast rules would not [...]
Property Entrepreneurs: How flatsharing website Weroom spread through social media May 12, 2016 Flat sharing is great – so long as you get on with your fellow flatmates, and don’t fall out over the washing up, or who has paid the bills. But those softer issues can be hard to think about, when you’re on the hunt for a place to stay. And it was this set of [...]
Green Room film review: Patrick Stewart and Imogen Poots star in this short, sharp horror full of slicing, mauling and stab-stab-stabbing directed by Jeremy Saulnier May 12, 2016 You know that puzzle where you have to get a fox and a chicken and some grain across a river? Green Room is like that, only the river is a neo-Nazi club-house, the grain is a punk band who have witnessed a brutal murder, the chicken is some furious men with guns and the fox [...]
Focus On Shepherd’s Bush: Westfield expansion and old BBC Television Centre homes put W12 in limelight May 12, 2016 For years now, the east has been the land of regeneration. The long lead up to the Olympic Games in Stratford and the success of the City fringes have seen most of property agents’ “up-and-coming” rhetoric focused in that direction and one could be mistaken for thinking there was simply nowhere else for traditionally prosperous west [...]