City bosses in charity sleepout March 25, 2015 TEN OF the City’s top bosses will sleep rough tonight to raise money and awareness of Action for Children, a charity for the UK’s young homeless people. Michael Tobin, the former chief executive of TelecityGroup, has invited business leaders to brave the cold for one night and sleep under the stars in front of the [...]
Why crime is falling – and it’s nothing to do with the slow death of capitalism March 25, 2015 Economic statistics are the bane of forecasters’ lives. Cynics might say that this is because the data reveal how bad their predictions are. But a big practical problem is that initial estimates of the state of the economy can be revised substantially. These issues are as nothing compared to statistics on crime. The Crime Survey [...]
The art of video games: From Super Mario Brothers to The Legend of Zelda March 25, 2015 The Barbican championed the art of the video game long before it became the behemoth industry that we see today. Its first Game On exhibition opened in 2001 – now it’s gearing up for Game On 2.0, which will tour the world celebrating this cutting edge medium, offering visitors the chance to play classic games [...]
Academies to benefit from clubs’ profits March 25, 2015 Teams tipped to invest in new stadia League more attractive to investors PERHAPS it is pertinent that the Premier League’s emphatic return to profitability after 15 years is confirmed on the day that its club chiefs meet to discuss decisions that could shape the next decade or more. Today in London Football Association chairman Greg [...]
Jim Murphy pledges redistribution from south to north by hitting the City of London March 25, 2015 Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy will unveil plans to spend £1bn on Scotland's "young working-class" in the heart of the City of London. The money for the new spending spree will come, in part, from reintroducing the bankers' bonus tax, which disproportionately hits workers in London. Murphy will say in the speech that the tax [...]
Jim Murphy pledges redistribution from south to north by hitting the City of London March 25, 2015 Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy will unveil plans to spend £1bn on Scotland's "young working-class" in the heart of the City of London. The money for the new spending spree will come, in part, from reintroducing the bankers' bonus tax, which disproportionatley hits workers in London. Murphy will say in speech the tax "is a [...]
General Election 2015: How MPs stepping down at this election could make millions on their second homes March 25, 2015 Exclusive: On 30 March when parliament is dissolved, as the majority of MPs will gear up to embark on the toughest part of their election campaigns, some will bid farewell to the Commons for the last time as they step down from public life. But among the 77 MPs leaving office, many will be left [...]
Our bulging tax code is holding Britain back: Politicians must fix this March 24, 2015 The Ten Commandments were captured in fewer than 200 words. The American Declaration of Independence stretched to nearly 1,300. Magna Carta, meanwhile, ran to a tight 4,000. Today’s legislators could learn a lot from the lawmakers of history. The UK tax code now stretches to around 10m words on nearly 21,000 pages. It takes more [...]
Fever-Tree toasts fizzing first set of results since its float March 23, 2015 UPMARKET drinks firm Fever-Tree raised its glass yesterday to a 49 per cent jump in revenue in its debut set of results since floating on the London stock market in November. The 10-year old business reported sales of £24.7m, which in turn lifted adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) by 48 per [...]
We’re all entrepreneurs now – but our politicians have yet to realise it March 23, 2015 History is littered with human traits that were for centuries seen as the preserve of an elite but which ultimately became indispensable features of everybody’s lives. Literacy, once a privilege of priests and nobles, is now a basic skill. Regular travel was reserved for the wealthy before cheap transport created the package holiday. The same [...]