Why we still like Asian tech stocks May 23, 2022 Asian semiconductor and IT stocks have had a difficult few months, but we see the sector as a long-term winner. Market trends in Asia this year have tended to see consumer, internet, semiconductor and technology stocks come under pressure. Internet stocks face ongoing regulatory uncertainties, while consumer companies face a profit margin squeeze amid cost [...]
Safe as houses? The inflation-busting benefits of investing in property May 23, 2022 Real estate assets can generate significant returns for investors, with cash flows keeping up with (and in some cases exceeding) inflation levels. Although residential property can be a sound investment, it is also one of life’s essentials. Everyone needs somewhere to live. It is this basic human necessity that is the reason why housing is [...]
Landlords being pushed to innovate by ‘Instagrammable’ build-to-rent schemes with furnishing and socialising space May 23, 2022 Landlords are being pushed in to more innovation and providing better furnished homes because of modern renters. Younger people are looking for professionally managed properties to live in, as part of a build-to-rent (BTR) schemes, which are created specifically for the purpose of renting. The majority of people renting are still doing so through landlords [...]
AI specialists Pupil swoop in for UAE surveying firm ASME with renewed focus on Dubai and Abu Dhabi May 23, 2022 Data tech firm Pupil have swooped in for a leading surveying company specialising in UAE property The Artificial Intelligence (AI) pioneers, who use spatial mapping tech, sealed the deal to acquire Aus-Surv Middle East, which has completed over 600 high-rise and mixed use developments in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Pupil, which entered the gulf state’s [...]
Not Getting Enough Recognition At Work? It Might Be Time To Move May 23, 2022 If you’re feeling like you don’t get enough recognition for the work that you do, you’re not the only one. It’s just not enough to get paid at the end of the month – feedback, both positive and constructive, as well as acknowledgement of a job well done is crucial not only for employee morale, [...]
Pets and lets: Know your rights when renting with Fido May 23, 2022 Working from home and the quest for outside space have both been widely reported since the start of the pandemic but it is perhaps the increase in pet ownership that has had the most impact on the rental market. Renting with a pet often gets a bad press but with accountability and care from both [...]
Average house price surpasses £367k as first time buyers face increasingly difficult landscape May 23, 2022 It is now no longer significantly cheaper to rent than buy, in terms of monthly outgoings, new analysis by RightMove has shown. While average monthly mortgage payments (£901) outpace average monthly rental payments (£887), the gap in payments has slimmed over the past decade. The property platform’s new analysis tracking first-time buyer affordability is based [...]
Demystifying the crypto fraud myth – prevention and cure are possible May 21, 2022 James Evison examines a body of emerging case law, which provides avenues for crypto fraud victims to seek justice.
Brexit beating for British scientists as academics sound alarm over UK exclusion from £95bn Horizon program May 21, 2022 The EU has confirmed it will block the UK’s participation in the EU’s £95bn Horizon Europe programme as part of the escalating row over the Northern Ireland protocol. The UK’s association with Horizon Europe was the source of debate in the run up to the Brexit deal and is still being defined following the agreement, [...]
How Ukrainian crypto and tech entrepreneurs are helping to defend the home front May 20, 2022 Denys Andrushchenko of WTFbit Group hails the heroics of Ukraine's crypto entrepreneurs who mobilised in the face of Russian aggression.