Britons more likely to drink than other nations in a range of situations October 10, 2015 It's no secret that Britons like a drink, and often don't need any excuse to crack open a beer or sip on a glass of wine, but a new survey shows Britons are the most eager of all nations in the world to have a drink. A study of 6,500 drinks from countries including UK, [...]
EU referendum: Three things the EU “In” campaign must do to prevent the end of the United Kingdom October 10, 2015 So now we have two “out” campaigns. Both will battle it out to secure the holy grail of formal endorsement from the Electoral Commission, a decision unlikely to come before early next year. Already both sides have begun hostile artillery bombardment – so far only of each other. On one side is the anti-immigration Leave.EU [...]
Turkish capital Ankara hit by explosion October 10, 2015 Turkish capital Ankara has been victim of an explosion, with multiple casualties, say reports. At least one explosion, near the train station, reportedly shook a road junction in central Ankara, causing many casualties, Turkish news outlet Dogan said. The aftermath of the explosion has caused grief in the Turkish capital: https://twitter.com/Hereyeramen49/status/652754936795631616 It is reported that 86 people have [...]
Gender gap: Business is based on the concept of the housewife – it should be redesigned around the househusband October 9, 2015 I get frustrated when I hear the received wisdom that there aren’t enough women in the upper echelons of companies, because ‘sooner or later women want to have kids’. Women don’t drop out of the workforce because they have children and families. They leave or get managed out of the workforce because the entire design [...]
Sebastian Faulks on life’s absurdities and what frightens people about fiction October 9, 2015 “I had the strong impression from your book,” says a character in Sebastian Faulks’ new novel, “that you think the twentieth century has been a catastrophe.” “Undoubtedly,” comes the reply, and what follows is a conversation about humanity’s flaws, the significance of individual life, and the normalisation of genocide that feels well-rehearsed. And [...]
Professional and partisan: Should firms do politics? Be wary of taking a line on social issues outside your sector October 9, 2015 Businesses have always needed politicians to understand their concerns. But excessive interference by companies in politics may threaten their neutrality, long considered key to appealing to the broadest customer base possible. But in today’s fight for market share, businesses have more than just the dividend to think about. Indeed, the pressure on firms to [...]
China must pander to its rising middle class to see off this crisis October 8, 2015 China has emerged as the world’s second largest economy, with its growth breaking every record, even surpassing that seen in Germany and Japan after the end of World War Two. Since 2010, China has represented over 50 per cent of the world’s incremental GDP growth, with its fortunes carrying enormous implications for international investors and [...]
Volkswagen US boss Michael Horn apologies for emissions scandal and confirms three staff suspended October 8, 2015 Volkswagen’s US chief executive Michael Horn has apologised to US lawmakers over the emissions cheating scandal that has rocked the industry. He also confirmed media reports that three people at the company had been suspended. “On behalf of our company, and my colleagues in Germany, I would like to offer a sincere apology for Volkswagen’s [...]
Google AMP, Facebook Instant Articles, Apple News, Medium API: Is this the end of news websites as we know them? October 8, 2015 News publishers could be forgiven for thinking it’s all very end-of-days at the moment. On one side, ad-blockers may be about to strangle a primitive monetisation model and, on the other, Silicon Valley giants seem intent on controlling the distribution of content, arguably calling the very existence of individual news websites into question. Apple upped [...]
Google bought the most ridiculous domain name URL for Alphabet October 8, 2015 Anyone trying to out-wit Google can give up. When the tech company changed its name to Alphabet, many people took a guess at the URLs that it may have forgotten to register in a bid to buy it first, all in the hopes Google would then pay a pretty penny to get its hands on [...]