Armac Martin – Beautiful, brilliant, British manufacturers May 4, 2022 The Victorian-era designer and tastemaker, William Morris said in 1880: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” Birmingham-based Armac Martin has met this ‘brief’ perfectly ever since it was established in 1929 by Harold McGrail to make luxury brass fixtures and fittings for high-end [...]
Failure to cut energy demand risks ‘reckless’ waste of taxpayer money September 22, 2022 Capping energy prices without boosting insulation would risk a “reckless” use of taxpayers’ money, warned the Social Market Foundation.
Trevor Phillips: British history is altered by tearing down statues, not via ‘due process’ October 25, 2021 The tearing down of statues, renaming of streets, and the changing of school curricula without “a rigorous and non-partisan approach” is increasingly altering British history, broadcaster Trevor Phillips warns this morning. A paper written by Phillips and released by the Policy Exchange think tank today claimed there was a “growing trend to alter public history [...]
Shapps says ‘don’t panic buy petrol’ as he makes plea for new HGV drivers September 26, 2021 Grant Shapps has made a plea for people not to panic buy petrol after scenes of long queues across the country as he launched a drive to get former HGV drivers working in the sector again. The transport secretary said “there’s plenty of fuel”, but that “if everyone carries on buying it when they don’t [...]
Quo vadis, Georgia? The UK and EU have a cautious path to tread with its diplomatic ties September 10, 2021 The last year or two in Georgian politics have thrown up several disturbing events. None are more perplexing than the nations’ decision to engage in a cooperation agreement with the Belarusian KGB last month. While Western countries ramped up sanctions against the regime in Minsk, Georgia’s move was at odds with its aspirations for EU [...]
China widens child policy to three children to combat declining population May 31, 2021 China is set to widen its child policy to three children, after easing its longstanding one-child only policy in 2015, to combat its declining population. The change, approved by president Xi Jinping in a politburo meeting, will signal the end of its two children only policy, state media outlet Xinhua said. It follows China’s 10-year [...]
BP could reconsider UK investment plans after being hit with windfall tax May 27, 2022 Energy giant BP has revealed it will have to "look at the impact" of the government's new levy on its £18bn UK investment plans.
Ethereum products grow ahead of major network upgrade as spot Bitcoin ETF suffers delay September 5, 2022 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin started last week around the $19,800 mark and was rather volatile over the following days.
Twerk from home: OnlyFans helps users onto the housing ladder June 24, 2021 Forget the bank of mum and dad, OnlyFans, a social media site popular with sex workers, has helped thousands onto the housing ladder this year. The team at Online Mortgage Advisor has received just over 1,500 enquiries in the past 12 months where one or more parties per enquiry declare themselves as self-employed, citing OnlyFans [...]
Space SPACs: Uncertainty surrounds the mega-IPOs of the future May 26, 2022 The climate and energy crisis on Earth has markets rattled, but could investors be wooed by the plan to put nuclear energy plants on the moon and make humans interplanetary? Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and satellite spinoff Starlink, have been pegged by analysts to be the mega-IPOs of the future for [...]