Wet weather aids Just Eat May 6, 2014 JUST Eat announced yesterday that takeaway orders leapt 51 per cent during the first quarter of 2014 boosted by more people using its new iPad app because of wet weather in the UK and northern Europe. “During a period of unusually wet winter weather in several of our key markets, our consumers ordered more takeaway [...]
Living on a houseboat: A cheap housing alternative to expensive rents and high London property prices April 25, 2016 I live on a houseboat. When I tell people this, people want to know everything: how I breathe, eat, sleep and – worryingly often – how I go to the loo. It’s all up for discussion. When you live on a barge, there’s a danger of your home becoming the most interesting thing about you. [...]
Cleansed at the National Theatre and A Girl Is a Half Formed Thing at the Young Vic reviewed February 25, 2016 Cleansed Dorfman (National Theatre) | ★★★☆☆ I was going to start this review by saying Sarah Kane’s Cleansed has lost a little of its shock value in the 18 years since it premiered. In this time the phrase “torture porn” has entered the popular vernacular and even your mum has probably seen The Human Centipede. [...]
Apple Pay in the UK: These are the retailers and restaurants signed up for the July launch June 9, 2015 Some of the UK's biggest retailers are lining up to start accepting Apple Pay when it launches in the UK next month. As well as being able to use your iPhone or Apple Watch to seamlessly glide through ticket barriers on the Tube, the Silicon Valley giant has its finger hovering over the button [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells cyclist Bradley Wiggins he enjoys leadership pressure and could become Prime Minister December 29, 2015 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he can see himself becoming Prime Minister, just months after sweeping to electoral victory in Labour's leadership contest in September. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 to Olympic gold medal winner and Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins, Corbyn said "Yes, yes we could", in response to a question asking whether he can envisage becoming Prime Minister. Guest [...]
Just Eat moving to main market April 30, 2014 Just Eat yesterday unveiled plans to move its shares to the premium listing segment of the London Stock Exchange, just a month after becoming the first company to float on the LSE’s High Growth Segment. The £1.5bn firm passed the 25 per cent free float requirement for a main market listing almost immediately after its [...]
Pension changes: Government plans to let pensioners sell their annuities on a new secondary market have been universally criticised February 18, 2016 Pensioners will be able to sell on their annuities from next year, swapping regular income payments for a lump sum. It’s part of government plans to give greater freedom to the 5m pensioners who are already living with annuities. Some may be regretting their choice, and the idea of a fat lump sum instead of [...]
A third of people visit shopping centres to eat rather than shop, says CBRE October 15, 2015 You would think that most people’s immediate instinct when entering a shopping centre would be to grab and run – before it all gets too much. Not so, according to new research from CBRE, which reveals that a third of all visitors to shopping centres across Europe, South Africa and the Middle East will visit [...]
April Fools Day 2016: From breast milk protein to McDonald’s landing on the moon, here are the best, worst, laziest and weirdest fake tech stories April 1, 2016 When in comes to April 1st, Britain's press officers like to break the boundaries of physics. City A.M. has been drowning in scientific discoveries, technology advancements and new product launches ahead of April Fools, but did any of them catch you out? Food for thought Upmarket takeaway group Deliveroo has pledged to make eating a burrito even easier, as [...]
Doctors want a 20 per cent sugar tax, according to new poll November 4, 2015 More than two thirds of GPs think the government should introduce a controversial sugar tax, according to a new poll. The poll for Pulse, a magazine aimed at the medical industry, found 67 per cent of GPs support the tax, with "many warning that people were unaware about the damage sugary products do to their health". [...]