Hipster pee-repelling walls come to Hackney as council use anti-urine paint in Shoreditch and Dalston over Christmas December 16, 2015 Hipsters painting the town red will be in for a surprise if they try and relieve themselves anywhere other than a bathroom as Hackney introduces pee-repelling paint to the walls of Shoreditch and Dalston. The anti-pee paint became famous across the world when the city of San Francisco started using it. Now Hackney council are doing [...]
Consumer goods groups challenge financials to become biggest sector in FTSE 100 as Barclays, HSBC, RBS and Standard Chartered share prices plummet year-to-date March 3, 2016 Consumer goods groups are challenging the dominance of financial firms in the FTSE 100 for the first time in a decade. The two sectors are neck-and-neck, with consumer goods actually overtaking financials briefly during February, rising to account for 20.85 per cent of the FTSE 100, compared with 20.61 per cent, before slipping back down again. [...]
Why 2017 will be the year you run the London Marathon – and how technology can help you run faster, longer and fitter April 22, 2016 New technologies announced with each marathon are redefining the sport, opening it up to people that wouldn’t have dreamed of running 26 miles a few years ago. The London Marathon proves that runners just can’t get enough of data: wearables, smart devices and smart clothing are likely to be out in force. On paper, running is probably the [...]
Card Factory gets new chief executive Karen Hubbard from B&M to replace Richard Hayes January 6, 2016 Card Factory has appointed the current chief executive of bargain retail chain B&M, Karen Hubbard, to fill the shoes of its outgoing boss. Hubbard will take over from Card Factory's chief executive, Richard Hayes, in Mid-April. Hayes is due to leave at the end of June, after a four-month transition period. Hubbard held a number of senior [...]
England v Ireland Six Nations stats preview: Figures show Eddie Jones’ kicking jibe towards Joe Schmidt is misguided February 16, 2016 Eddie Jones has described visitors Ireland as a “risk averse” team that more often not than opts to concede possession ahead of his first match at Twickenham as England head coach. “They kick 70 per cent of their ball away,” said the Australian. “If they want to do that, good luck to them. It has [...]
Is socialist Bernie Sanders the most dangerous man in the United States? February 11, 2016 Chad Wilcox, chief operating officer at the IEA, says Yes. You’d be forgiven for mistaking the US presidential race for a reality TV contest to find the most absurd candidate able to dupe the masses into electing them. But absurd does not equal dangerous. On the latter metric, look no further than senator Bernie Sanders, uniquely [...]
Legal comment: How can Adidas escape from a multi-year contract with the IAAF? January 25, 2016 Complex sponsorship contracts of this nature can run to hundreds of pages – with often the most crucial and heavily negotiated part of the deal being each party’s right to terminate early. Read more: Adidas decides to end IAAF sponsorship four years early Sponsors, like Adidas, will try to insist on wide rights to walk [...]
Kanye West versus Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth in charts: Net worth, income, property and where their money comes from February 15, 2016 Why on earth does superstar musician and designer Kanye West need to turn to Mark Zuckerberg for help? West has tweeted that he is $53m in personal debt and called on Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to lend him a few bob. Really. He asked for one billion dollars to invest in "Kanye West ideas", though did not say exactly what [...]
Lewis Hamilton on hanging out with Tom Cruise, getting advice from Kanye West and staying up late – then killing it on the track November 7, 2016 "I’m very much an outsider,” says Lewis Hamilton. We’re cruising around east London in the back of a pearlescent white Maybach, when I put it to him that he’s different to the other drivers in Formula One. He dresses differently, acts differently, hangs out with a different entourage; he’s the only driver who could be [...]
Virgin London Marathon 2016: How fast will you finish? This data company thinks it can predict your finish time April 20, 2016 Planning to run the London Marathon this weekend and fretting over what your finish time might be? This data company thinks it has cracked a way to predict how the 35,000 runners taking part will fare. Strava, running tracker and social media network, has crunched the numbers and thinks it's the frequency – as well [...]