Business, politics and film: Who are Britain’s most admired people? February 1, 2015 Monarchs, business people and politicians. These are the categories that make up Britain's most admired people. Polling company YouGov gathered responses from across 34 countries to reveal the most admired people in the world. The countries polled account for almost two-thirds of the world's population. The results for Britain are heavily concentrated around movie stars [...]
US Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton proposes crack down on rich with four per cent tax January 12, 2016 Given that Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has pledged not to raise taxes for people earning less than $250,000 a year, it's not surprising she has now proposed a new tax on the rich. After campaigning on the promise to raise tax on the wealthy, Clinton's proposal will add a four per cent tax to those individuals who make more [...]
City Living: Kenmont Gardens in Kensal Rise is the most impressive church conversion you’ve ever seen February 25, 2016 A lot can change in ten years. Chamberlayne Road, the jugular vein of Kensal Rise that pumps all life between Ladbroke Grove and Willesden Green, was once the drive-by-shooting capital of London. Now, it’s packed with pubs, music venues, boutiques and restaurants and the surrounding streets are populated by a host of celebrity admirers and [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Establishment Republicans turn on Donald Trump in effort to sway voters March 3, 2016 Donald Trump has taken the US by storm. Rolling ahead of a once-crowded Republican pack, he is now almost certain to win the nomination. But while he has the support of many voters, the Republican establishment doesn't want that. House speaker Paul Ryan and South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham have already spoken out against him, and former Presidential [...]
London Marathon 2016: What time it starts, where to watch, what the weather forecast is and the best pubs along the route April 18, 2016 Carb-loading, hamstring-stretching and thanking your lucky stars that you can actually have a lie in from next weekend onwards? Welcome to the London Marathon…. This weekend the capital will be over-taken by more than 35,000 runners (and more than a few walkers) looking to finish the 26.2m course. If you haven’t been sleeping, eating and [...]
UK retail sales climbed in January, according to data from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG February 9, 2016 British retailers enjoyed some therapy last month as shoppers cast off the January blues and returned to the high street, according to new figures out today. UK retail sales rose by 2.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis from January 2015, when they had increased 0.2 per cent from the preceding year, according to figures from the [...]
How China is pioneering alternative finance and P2P lending – an analysis of the first ever Asia-Pacific industry report March 16, 2016 The Asia-Pacific alternative finance market grew 323 per cent last year, to $102.8bn. China was responsible for 99 per cent of that, with four-fold growth to $101.7bn in 2015. Yesterday, the first regional report, Harnessing Potential, was released by Judge Business School and the University of Sydney. I spoke to co-author Bryan Zhang of the Cambridge [...]
Socialism has created a humanitarian disaster in Venezuela February 29, 2016 Venezuela's accelerating economic meltdown is rapidly turning into a full-fledged humanitarian crisis. For too many in that country, the pervasive shortages of food, medicine, electricity, and other basic goods are making everyday life a nightmare. It is Venezuela’s version of the “winter of discontent,” except that it has been brewing for much longer and its [...]
BT Openreach boss Joe Garner steps down to move to Nationwide November 16, 2015 The chief executive of BT Openreach has handed in his notice, after he was offered a job leading high street lender Nationwide. It's not exactly classic timing: BT's local access network division is currently at the centre of a competition row. In a statement today, BT said Joe Garner will step down in the spring of 2016, [...]
EU referendum: Why as a supporter of Brexit, I’m waiting for Prime Minister David Cameron’s own Hugh Grant Love Actually moment February 5, 2016 Watching our Prime Minister David Cameron negotiate with an institution that fundamentally doesn’t believe it’s heading in the wrong direction has been difficult. I for one, even as a solid supporter of Brexit, admire the Prime Minister for attempting to get a deal for Britain. He promised an In/Out referendum on Europe and he’s delivered it. [...]