What pension freedoms have done to bankers’ pension pots June 6, 2016 Bankers may well have shunned the stereotype of splashing out on fast cars and long lunches last year in favour of topping up their pension pot, research shown exclusively to City A.M. suggests. According to the study by Aegon, 22 per cent of banking, financial management and accountancy professionals now feel like they are on track [...]
Low fuel prices means it’s cheaper to run a car now than it was in 2013 June 6, 2016 One of a household's biggest bills is being held down by low oil prices. The average annual cost of running a car is around 22 per cent – or £622 – less than 2013, coming in at £2,197.42. The decline is due to the price of petrol at the pump, which makes up almost half of the costs of [...]
As motorists prepare to make their way to France for the UEFA Euro 2016 Championship, the average UK driver can’t understand half of French road signs June 5, 2016 Driving may be the cheapest option when it comes to catching the European Championships action live next weekend, but a new study finds it's not exactly safe. Despite one in five men planning to take their cars across the Channel tunnel this month, the average UK driver doesn't understand half of French road signs or laws, according to [...]
Porsche on-demand? VW boss reveals Gett plans June 1, 2016 Fancy ordering a Porsche to get home, instead of a plain old car or cab? Volkswagen's partnership with on-demand Uber rival Gett could very well make that a reality. VW boss Matthias Mueller has revealed more about the tie-up between the car maker and the tech company announced last week, and that could include making a high end [...]
Should you invest in crowdfunding? June 1, 2016 From craft beer to knitting and films, crowdfunding allows you to invest in the things which matter to you. It’s grown massively in the last five years and revolutionised the possibilities for start-up businesses. Rather than rely on friends for their generosity, or wait months for a bank to say no to a loan, entrepreneurs have [...]
I, for one, welcome our imminent driverless car overlords May 18, 2016 The only way we’d know that the government was any more on board with driverless cars was if the Queen had pulled up to the Houses of Parliament today in the back of one rather than in a horse drawn carriage. It's no wonder, considering the interest from the likes of Google, Apple and the majority of major car makers, that [...]
Space tourism, driverless cars and drones set for Queen’s Speech lift off May 15, 2016 New plans for driverless cars on Britain's roads are to be announced in the Queen's speech this week, as are proposals for creating an ambitious UK-based space tourism industry by 2018 along with drone-friendly innovations. “Driverless cars and commercial space flight might seem like something science fiction, but the economic potential of the new technology is huge [...]
This is how many people will ditch their car insurer this year, as the costs of premiums continue to rise May 4, 2016 It's not you, car insurers. It's the constant rise in premiums. More than 11m drivers will leave their car insurer in 2016, as rising premiums boost people's incentive to shop around, a study out today has found. According to the figures from Consumer Intelligence, the average quote for car insurance has risen by £22 this year, [...]
Star Fox Zero review: a multi-screen mess that asks too much and gives too little April 27, 2016 Star Fox Zero is a game about a cool fox who flies around in space shooting bad guys with his animal friends: a hateful bird, some kind of terrible frog and an incompetent rabbit. The game is largely similar to the Star Fox games of old – the 1993 SNES classic Starwing and its 1997 [...]
Three technologies which will change the world April 14, 2016 “Disruptive technologies” – a phrase we are hearing increasingly, but what does it mean for infrastructure and the world around us? How and when should we – business, industry, engineers, policymakers, academia– respond and how do we keep up? New technologies are emerging at a seemingly relentless pace. The McKinsey Global Institute’s definition spells it out. Disruptive [...]