Wellness Wonders: Meet the co-founder of The Fitness Group May 5, 2024 Steven Dick, the co-founder of The Fitness Group, one of the UK's leading providers of personal trainer courses, is on a mission to bring affordable and accessible learning to budding PTs.
UK working to establish status of British citizens in Israel, PM says October 9, 2023 The Government is working to establish the status of UK citizens in Israel, Rishi Sunak said, as deadly attacks by Hamas saw one British man serving in the country’s army killed. The Prime Minister declared “terrorism will not prevail” and pledged “steadfast support” for his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu as the death toll from the incursion [...]
BBC kicks off 10-point impartiality review March 3, 2022 The BBC have announced that Sir Andrew Dilnot and Michael Blastland will chair and author the BBC’s editorial review into its taxation and public spending output.
With no wiggle room to cut or raise taxes, it’s time to sweat the small stuff October 17, 2023 When you have no room to make sweeping cuts, every change to taxes becomes hyper-political - like VAT on private schools or inheritance tax, writes Tim Sarson.
Even if you do buy a home, the pestilence of service charges could make it unaffordable May 10, 2023 Tenants and leaseholders have been paying thousands of pounds of overcharge for the services provided by their housing associations because of a lack of oversight and accountability, writes Elena Siniscalco
ApeCoin spiked because Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile pic to a BAYC ape May 4, 2022 ApeCoin, the native token of NFT platform BAYC, spiked after new Twitter boss Elon Musk changed his profile picture to an NFT ape collage.
Sport has significant soft power and we shouldn’t have caved in over armbands November 22, 2022 On the eve of the England Men’s World Cup matches, long-suffering fans of the Three Lions are focused on selection dilemmas, pre-tournament drinking scandals or tactical machinations. At this edition of the biggest platform in sport, the focus is on a debate about how England should take a moral stance against homophobia and human rights [...]
Netflix and ads: Streaming giant teams up with Microsoft to launch cheaper subscription plan July 14, 2022 Netflix announced a partnership with Microsoft late yesterday to introduce a “lower priced ad-supported subscription plan” to drive down its prices. The advert option will be an “addition” to the existing plans and will not feature on all offers. The streaming giant has not said how much the reduced package will cost, but comes after a [...]
Londoners back stop and search as violence cost taxpayers £7bn, poll finds April 22, 2024 Londoners backed stop and search in a bid to slash crime rates, pollsters found, as it emerged violence cost the capital’s taxpayers £7bn last year.
“Elevated horror” movies ranked, from M3gan to Midsommar January 10, 2023 With new “elevated horror” movie M3gan coming out this week, I thought I’d round up some of the top films in this nebulous genre. While the label – largely disparaged by the film community – can be retrospectively applied to films from The Exorcist to The Shining, its use is a recent phenomenon, often used [...]