Film review: No knock-out blow for Southpaw July 23, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★☆☆☆ There’s an exchange that takes place in every boxing movie ever, in which the trainer takes his hot-headed young buck aside, points to his fist and says, “it’s not about this” and then taps his temple and says,“it’s about this.” The message: mind over muscle. Thought over fight. Well, what [...]
Ecstasy use has soared among young people in the UK July 23, 2015 The number of young people taking ecstasy in the UK has hit a 10-year high, according to research by the Home Office. Read more: London is the European capital of flushing cocaine down the loo In response to the department's National Crime Survey for England and Wales, 5.4 per cent of 16 to 24 [...]
HMRC targeting “app economy” in crackdown on tax evaders July 23, 2015 HMRC wants to extend its data-gathering powers to be able to access data from Google and Apple app stores. The state tax collector wants to tackle tax evasion in the “app economy” using data from app stores and online platforms as it believes that this will provide information on digital businesses that have not declared [...]
Tony Blair’s obsession with “going to uni” is to blame for the UK’s apprentice problem – but we can’t afford to be sniffy July 23, 2015 Let’s face it, the UK has an apprentice problem. Whether we’re dissecting Lord Sugar’s latest line-up of hopefuls or wringing hands at the thought of our kids becoming one, as a nation we look down on apprentices. How far the government’s commitment to creating three million new apprenticeships by 2020 will change things, is [...]
The UK must digitally disrupt to grow the economy and create jobs, or be disrupted July 23, 2015 Not many things are guaranteed in life, but the power of technology to disrupt our lives is one that is. Whether we look at the creation of the first personal computer in the 60s, the arrival of the World Wide Web in the 80s, or the smartphone connected world we now occupy; digital technology has [...]
Arsene Wenger: Unlike Arsenal, Manchester United no longer have patience for young players July 23, 2015 Arsene Wenger has accused Manchester United of neglecting their academy by prioritising big money signings, and reiterated Arsenal's commitment to bringing youth into the first team. Read more: This graph of every Wenger transfer shows why Petr Cech is an unprecedented Arsenal signing The Arsenal manager outlined his approach to the transfer market, insisting that buying [...]
DFS Group sets sights on Europe as its top team prepare for record year July 22, 2015 Upholstered furniture giants DFS Group said it is looking to expand to Europe and beyond after a strong year of sales puts the group on target for a record-breaking year. DFS Group, the sofa sellers that bought rival Dwell in 2013, said it expects this year to be record-breaking for the company, but bosses added [...]
Generation Rent needs to stop obsessing about owning a home: renting is not a social curse July 22, 2015 Renting may be becoming the norm for large swathes of the UK’s population, certainly the under-40s, but a fundamental mindset change still needs to take place away from ingrained assumptions owning a home is preferable to renting it. For many the idea of lifelong renting is something to strive away from at all [...]
Parents are paying their children in digital currencies July 22, 2015 Toddlers play on iPads, kids as young as five are learning to code in school and now this increasingly tech-savvy younger generation parents are being paid in digital currencies by their parents.
There’s no avoiding it – men pile on the pounds when they become dads July 22, 2015 With a baby comes a belly – but it turns out that's not just true of women, new research published in the American Journal of Men's Health has suggested. Read more: It's in the genes – you're more like your father than your mother On average, new fathers gain between 3.5 pounds and 4.5 [...]