School leavers and graduates most likely victims of job-seeker fraud February 3, 2015 School leavers and graduates are the most likely people to be defrauded while job-seeking – 23 year olds are the peak age for being scammed. Police figures across the UK show that those aged 18-25 are the highest risk category for con-artists making money out of young people looking for jobs online. On [...]
Labour’s business woes: Industry leaders savage Ed Miliband’s attack on Boots boss February 3, 2015 Ed Miliband's decision to come out all guns blazing against Boots boss Stefano Pessina may have back-fired after a swathe of business leaders took to the media to condemn the Labour leader. Speaking yesterday at event for young voters, the Labour leader hit back at Pessina's claim that a Labour government would be a "catastrophe" [...]
Miliband lashes out in war of words against Alliance Boots February 2, 2015 THE WAR of words between Labour and the business community raged on yesterday, as Ed Miliband used a televised debate to respond to criticisms made by executive chairman of Boots, Stefano Pessina. Answering questions from an audience of young voters, Miliband commented: “Yesterday the chairman of Boots started telling people how to vote in the [...]
Ed Miliband hits back at “unholy” alliance of Boots boss Stefano Pessina and Conservative Party February 2, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband has hit back at Alliance Boots boss Stefano Pessina at a question and answer session hosted by Sky News at Facebook's London headquarters. Over the weekend, Pessina told the Telegraph that a Labour government would be a "catastrophe" for Britain. Pessina's company boasts 2,500 stores and employs 70,000 staff. Miliband told [...]
Powell pitch to young voters February 1, 2015 ED MILIBAND’S campaign chief Lucy Powell has called on Labour to engage with young voters, urging activists to take their campaign to “the pubs and the clubs and so on”. In an interview on the Sky News Murnaghan programme, Powell also said that her party had to get their message on to social media to [...]
TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque talks dog food and London’s penchant for gardening February 1, 2015 While most of us spent good chunks of our childhood playing shops or doctors, Leah Busque was busy heading up Pollution Solutions. “Really, it was just an excuse to boss around my little sister and cousins,” laughs Busque, who is the founder of TaskRabbit, one of the first sharing economy platforms. Pollution Solutions was Busque’s [...]
Nippon’s sublime amber nectar: Why is Japanese whisky gaining so many global plaudits? February 1, 2015 Kampai!’ says my effusive barman, as I lift the highball glass to my lips. I’m in a narrow, low-lit, eight-seater bar called Hanare, just a few minutes’ walk from Gion-Shijo station, in the heart of Kyoto’s entertainment district, and about to try my first taste of Japanese whisky. It’s an apposite time to do so, [...]
Wasps’ surrender leaves battle to reach LV last four February 1, 2015 DISGRUNTLED Wasps defence coach Brad Davis lamented his side’s second-half capitulation after blowing a 25-point lead in their LV= Cup clash against Cardiff Blues at the Ricoh Arena yesterday. Wasps crossed the line six times in the 12-try thriller as flanker Thomas Young twice powered over along with Will Helu, Sailosi Tagicakibau, Guy Thompson and [...]
Film review: Kingsman recalls the days when spy movies were fun January 30, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★★★★ Kingsman is the best Bond film Roger Moore never made. Gentlemen spies in immaculately tailored suits battling flamboyant villains bent on global destruction; the plot is pure Moonraker, albeit with an origin story, class warfare, better jokes and flashier production values. The team behind Kick Ass have created a pop-culturally literate, [...]
IFS: Top earners’ wages worse affected by the financial crisis January 30, 2015 High earners saw their pay packets pinched the most during the global financial crisis, but pay will pick up across the board this year, according to new research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Wage increases would be buoyed by pay rises alongside the low rate of inflation, which is being dragged down by [...]