The Golden Age: Octopus’s George Whitehead on an extraordinary five years for UK technology and enterprise March 1, 2015 It's been an impressive five years for the UK technology and enterprise industry. From the establishment of Tech City to the development of world-leading accelerator programmes, and the international success stories of businesses like Deep Mind, Asos, Zoopla, CSR and Shazam, it is no secret that Britain has become a leading light in entrepreneurship. DISPROPORTIONATE [...]
Spurs have brilliant future, says Pochettino March 1, 2015 TOTTENHAM manager Mauricio Pochettino believes a bright future lies ahead despite his team failing to end their seven-year trophy drought in yesterday’s Capital One Cup final defeat to Chelsea. The White Hart Lane club were unable to repeat their 2008 League Cup heroics against their London rivals as they succumbed to strikes from Chelsea skipper [...]
Sloppy Wasps maintain perfect league record at their new home March 1, 2015 WASPS director of rugby Dai Young admitted his side were far from fluent despite posting a bonus-point 32-21 victory against Gloucester at the Ricoh Arena yesterday to move into the Premiership play-off places. Tries from flanker Thomas Young, full-back Rob Miller and wing Elliot Daly gave Wasps a 17-13 half-time advantage after the Cherry and [...]
UK house prices: 20pc discount offered to first-time house buyers in England February 28, 2015 From today, first-time house-buyers under the age of 40 can register for a 20 per cent discount on certain properties in England. The offer is taking place under a new government scheme called “starter homes”, which aims to make more affordable housing for young people on disused brownfield sites. “With average house prices for [...]
Chief execs on Youtube: Two different takes February 26, 2015 ROBERT Walters is the chief executive of Robert Walters Plc, the London-listed global recruitment giant. To accompany his firm’s latest set of results yesterday, Walters took to YouTube, revealing himself to be the very model of a typical boss. He’s suited, booted and speaks direct to camera. No gimmicks, no whizzy digitals – just good, old-fashioned [...]
Don’t let Ireland bend the rules, Haskell warns England February 26, 2015 ENGLAND flanker James Haskell has urged his side to counter Ireland’s attempts to bend the rules in their showdown in Dublin on Sunday, which could determine the destination of the Six Nations title. Like Ireland, the Red Rose boast a perfect championship record so far but have been guilty of sluggish starts and conceded early [...]
Liverpool fail to hit the spot in European exit February 26, 2015 LIVERPOOL crashed out of the Europa League after losing their first-ever European penalty shoot-out against Besiktas at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium last night. Besiktas substitute Tolgay Arslan, who joined the Super Lig outfit from Hamburg in January, curled home a 20-yard effort in the 72nd minute to level the aggregate score and send the round of [...]
Here are the 40 wealthiest ex-apprentices February 26, 2015 Anyone who wants to be rich is typically told to go to university, but apprenticeships can offer another route, with a number of ex-apprentices making it to the top of their trade and becoming multi-millionaires in the process. As demand for skilled workers rising – to the extent that some can ask employers for higher [...]
Which parts of the UK are most scared about funding retirement? February 26, 2015 It seems like we're all pretty scared of spending our retirement years scraping by on a dwindling weekly budget. In the UK, 73.6 per cent of people fear their retirement funds won't last, research by YouGov for Zurich found. In Britain, northerners were the most worried about retirement, while people living in the east of [...]
Businesses including PwC, KPMG and Axa back four-week limit on unpaid internships proposed by campaign group Intern Aware February 26, 2015 Some of the UK’s biggest businesses are backing a ban on internships which force young people to work for long periods of time without pay. Accountancy giants KPMG and PwC along with insurance firm Axa are putting their weight behind campaigner’s calls to place a four-week limit on internships which do not offer pay. Campaign [...]