Forget “unicorns” and “disruption”? New tool PitchGlitch hopes to banish tech buzzwords and jargon from startup pitches December 9, 2015 If you’re sick of hearing about “disruption”, “game-changing” or “unicorns”, there’s a new tech jargon-busting tool for you. Just type the offending sentences into PitchGlitch’s online tool and press the big pink “disrupt” button, and the banned jargon will be struck through with a red pen, tallying up the total number of “glitches” or buzzwords [...]
Uber teams up with UN in a bid to recruit one million women drivers March 10, 2015 Uber has announced plans to create one million jobs for women as drivers by 2020, as it looks to bounce back from negative publicity received in recent months. The taxi app company has partnered with the United Nations to accelerate economic opportunities for women and help them to become more independent. UN Women executive director [...]
Super Tuesday 2016 results: Donald Trump’s meteoric rise to Republican front-runner should surprise no-one March 2, 2016 Even close observers of politics are flummoxed, astounded and surprised by the meteoric rise of Donald Trump – they shouldn’t be. Many will be thinking that a real estate mogul, part-time reality TV star, and self-proclaimed non-politician has no business running for the most powerful elected office in the world, but is that really the [...]
Gett Wine: Now Londoners can get wine on-demand within 10 minutes as taxi app expands product delivery range December 7, 2015 There's a new solution to wine emergencies (we've all been there): on-demand wine delivery straight to your door. Whether it's a last minute event and you need to show up with a bottle in hand, or it's just been a long week at the office, getting hold of the latest red is now as easy [...]
Can the sharing economy solve the UK’s productivity puzzle? We need to properly crunch the numbers to see how beneficial it could be March 8, 2016 If you want to get better at something, you first need to understand how you are presently performing. Without a starting reference, you can’t plan how best to move forward. In the UK right now, we face a measurement problem. Digital technology and the rise of the sharing economy has so quickly reshaped how we [...]
Countdown to Christmas, Syria vote and Star Wars economics: Here’s what got us talking this week December 4, 2015 A ray of sunshine after the gloomiest November in 86 years: this was the week in which the Bank of England declared the end of the financial crisis. Even banks aren’t stressed any more… What got us talking this week 1. Festive fun Only 20 more sleeps until the big day, and don’t we know [...]
Smart Beta tops Investopedia’s list of 2015 finance buzzwords December 7, 2015 Investopedia, the wikipedia of finance, added 672 terms to its site in 2015. The list partly a reflection of the financial trends that took 2015 by storm including, Unicorns such as Uber and Snapchat, the renewed fear that Greece would ditch the euro, and the popularity of Fintech. Here's Investopedia's top 10: 10. Backdoor Roth IRA An [...]
From the pursuit of happiness to the EU referendum: Here’s what got us talking this week February 5, 2016 It was week in which we discovered people leave taxidermy foxes in black cabs. Facebook turned 12 (and oh, how it's changed…). And The One Where Joey Presents Top Gear suddenly became a possibility… The Seven Weird Habits of Highly Successful People (including Bill Gates) 1. Everyone started thinking about happiness First, a study showed [...]
Steve Hilton interview: Cameron’s former advisor on supporting Brexit, decentralising government and why Boris shouldn’t take over as PM June 6, 2016 Steve Hilton was so unconventional during his time as Tory party spin doctor that when they came to parody him in The Thick of It, they had to tone him down. “He wears something I would never wear,” complained actor Vincent Franklin, “these ridiculous half-shorts, half-trousers.” Amid the charcoal suits of the Tory cabinet, Hilton [...]
Transport for London’s road boss Garrett Emmerson: This is why we ditched the five-minute rule (and are proposing 13 other changes) January 20, 2016 London’s minicab trade has fundamentally changed in recent years, with welcome advances in technology giving customers greater choice and convenience. However, partly as a result of this, the number of ‘private hire’ (PHV) drivers has also boomed, rising from 59,000 in 2009/10 to more than 95,000 today. To keep up with this transformation we recently [...]