London’s housing crisis: Instead of building east or building up, it’s time for managed release of green belt land October 26, 2015 The capital’s housing crisis is an issue often swept under the carpet in people’s cramped, sub-standard living rooms. Having just launched its Housing and Planning Bill, the government is continuing to reassure people about that its plans to roll out one million new homes by 2020 in order to solve the sticky situation in which [...]
Piquet restaurant in Fitzrovia is a former car-park that now serves snails to die for December 15, 2015 92-94 Newman Street, W1, piquet-restaurant.co.uk FOOD ★★★★☆ | VALUE ★★★★ | ATMOSPHERE ★★★☆☆ Cost for two with booze: £140 The part of Fitzrovia surrounding Piquet isn’t what you’d call atmospheric. At least not in a good way. To the north block after block of faceless office buildings recede into the distance; to the south lies the grubbier [...]
Low oil prices mean Saudi Arabia could run out of money in five years October 25, 2015 Saudi Arabia could run out of cash in the next five years if oil prices stay as low as $50 a barrel. The painful effects of the tumbling oil price are starting to be felt in one of the world’s major oil producers, which is also the leader of Opec, Saudi Arabia, along with Oman and [...]
Pizza Hut serves cocktails in an effort to win back the hipster generation February 16, 2015 Pizza Hut, that bastion of teenage dining, has unveiled plans to win back the hipster generation – by serving cocktails. Yep, from now on you can sip a Southern Punch as you chow down on your Texas Meat Meltdown, after the chain announced plans to spend £1.67m on a major revamp. Pizza Hut on The [...]
Chick sexer, train pusher, beer smeller: The eight weirdest jobs you can apply for in 2016 December 23, 2015 Want a new direction for your career in the new year? How about becoming a chick sexer? With January just around the corner, plenty of us start thinking about a fresh start. But maybe these weren’t exactly the dream jobs you had in mind. From beer sniffer to train pusher, CV site StandOut CV has [...]
London Bridge is UK commuters’ least favourite train station October 8, 2015 If there's one thing Londoners like to complain about, it's its transport system – but now new research has revealed exactly how London's train stations compare to each other and to the rest of the country. A survey of nearly 11,000 commuters by TransportFocus found that between April – June 2015 customer satisfaction levels for London Bridge to be [...]
Where in Britain drinks the most tea and eats the most biscuits? August 10, 2015 Everyone loves a cuppa, but perhaps not as much as we used to. The nation is drinking less tea, causing sales to drop, although we are still necking 76m kg of the stuff every year – that's the equivalent of each person in the UK downing 460 cups, according to research from Mintel. So it's [...]
Fielding expertise: WeFarm founder Kenny Ewan on mangoes, peer reviews, and foot and mouth December 14, 2015 Look on the We Farm home page, and you’ll see a feed of questions like, “please, I need a reason as to why my coffee leaves are changing into yellow”. Answer: “It’s mainly due to lack of nitrogen. Foliar spray with a good foliar fertiliser like Omex will help clear this.” Or, “what is the [...]
Earning a crust: With Centrica, Rolls Royce, BHP Billiton and others cutting their dividend, where should investors look for income? March 31, 2016 As central banks have pushed down interest rates, income has become ever harder to find. While returns on cash savings have remained low, dividend-yielding stocks have looked like a source of stability. But now, trouble in the global economy is forcing reliable dividend payers such as Centrica and Rolls Royce to slash their payouts. Companies [...]
Just-Eat dials up bid to debut on growth market February 23, 2014 FAST food site Just-Eat is sharpening plans to list on the new high-growth segment (HGS) of London’s main stock market, making it the first company to join the fledgling platform if it pulls the trigger on the plans. The company’s backers are understood to be examining a proposal to offload just 10 per cent of [...]