Wetherspoons resolves pigs in blankets shortage in time for Christmas December 17, 2019 JD Wetherspoon customers can breathe a sigh of relief as pigs in blankets are back on the menu in the run up to Christmas following a shortage earlier this week. Pigs in blankets had been served without their blankets in some pubs due to supply chain problems earlier this week. Read more: Which wines to [...]
Which bed is Drake sleeping in? April 29, 2020 Hästens launches exclusive collaboration with designer, Ferris Rafauli. With an utmost passion for luxury, detail and quality, Hästens and Ferris Rafauli havecollaborated to create the world’s most indulgent bed. Drawing on 168 years ofexpertise, the Grand Vividus, offers a new level of comfort, craftmanship. As anarchitectural designer known for delivering innovative and spaces for an [...]
Gas Wars and The Hotgate August 31, 2020 2-3 months ago, a Defi presale would be 100 Ethereum (ETH) at the most. At that time, ETH was around $200. The sale lasted for a day or two, and the standard announcement was: “We are going to launch this project. We will launch it at this particular time. Buy it at Uniswap.” Fast forward [...]
On the brink of a pandemic, does your firm need a plan? March 9, 2020 Time magazine has described the outbreak of coronavirus across the globe as the “world’s largest work-from-home experiment”. With many Chinese businesses forced to close down to prevent further spread of the virus, it no surprise that the World Economic Forum suggests global pandemics cost the world $570bn every year. It is not just viruses that [...]
Tesla becomes world’s second most valuable car maker at $100bn January 22, 2020 Tesla’s market capitalisation soared past the $100bn mark today as shares rallied, making it the world’s second most valuable car maker and putting chief executive Elon Musk in line for a big payday. Tesla shares have risen more than eight per cent today to hit an intra-day high of $594.48, pushing its market capitalisation up [...]
14 Diamond Princess passengers evacuated to US test positive for coronavirus February 17, 2020 Fourteen US citizens evacuated from Japan’s quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship have been diagnosed with the Covid-19 strain of coronavirus. The Americans were flown to US military bases on two charter flights yesterday despite doctors making the discovery on passengers’ way to the airport. A total of 3,500 passengers have been marooned aboard the Diamond [...]
Ethereum 2.0 staking, a worthwhile investment? January 19, 2021 Background The Ethereum network today is overrun with traffic, causing transaction fees to spike to levels that are not affordable for many use cases. This is partially due to the success of DeFi projects, where users don’t mind paying the high transaction fees because of the financial value of the transactions being made. (In Ethereum, [...]
Healthtech: are ‘virtual’ doctors here to stay? September 17, 2020 Earlier today, the heads of NHSX and NHS Digital, discussed ‘digital transformation in the National Health Service’ in front of a parliamentary committee in Westminster. NHSX is a government unit set up last year to focus on NHS technology, digital and data (the ‘X’ stands for ‘user experience’). NHS Digital provides IT infrastructure and support. [...]
Stop the world I wanna get off! June 9, 2020 The amazing accomplishments I described in my last edition seem a distant memory with what has been a horrific week around the globe. According to the W.H.O. Sunday, 7th June saw the highest number of deaths recorded with the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic shifting to Latin America, Brazil being ravaged the most it seems. [...]
Let’s work together to make work experience more rewarding March 31, 2020 Any student who’s ever spent a week getting coffee, photocopying, or doing research that is immediately thrown into the recycling knows that our current work experience system doesn’t work. It’s elitist, nepotistic, and formal work experience programmes tend to only be offered in very “establishment” industries: law, banking, consulting. And yet it’s still a vital [...]