Children in Need 2015: Will the money raised this year mean Pudsey’s in for a record-breaking night? November 13, 2015 Children in Need might be a man down (and not just any man – Terry Wogan himself) but this year's fundraising marathon promises to be yet another huge event, with stars lining up to take part in tonight's live show. Tess Daly, Fearne Cotton, Rochelle Humes and Nick Grimshaw will be taking it in turns to host, alongside [...]
Bring on ride-sharing: Uber’s about to launch UberPool in London – making journeys 25 per cent cheaper November 30, 2015 Uber will launch its ride-sharing service in London this Friday, the company said today – although it may be short-lived. The ride-hailing app, which has been heavily criticised by London's black cabbies, said its new service, UberPool, will give Londoners the option of sharing their journey with another passenger heading in the same direction at the same [...]
UK Black Friday 2014: Amazon will offer new deals every 10 minutes on Apple iPhone, XBox and Sony TV and more November 24, 2015 It’s not even Friday yet, but Amazon is offering some pretty sweet discount deals on high ticket items such as an iPhone, XBox console and Sony TV in its week of Black Friday deals. Amazon is getting a head start on the biggest shopping event of the year, offering hawk-eyed money-saving customers new deals every [...]
Forget Joaquin: The next storms to wreak havoc over the UK will be called Nigel and Steve, says the Met Office October 20, 2015 While recent hurricanes raging over the Pacific have had rather an exotic sense about them – Joaquin, Ida and Claudette – the next storms to hit the UK are likely to sound rather more, er, domestic, after the Met Office unveiled its new list of names. Yep, sometime in the next 12 months, expect Steve, Nigel [...]
SpaceX GoPro video: Here’s what Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket sees from space as it falls to earth June 7, 2015 The rocket ship sent into space by Elon Musk's SpaceX programme has captured stunning footage of the earth from miles above. A GoPro – the action camera favoured by adventurers – was attached to the rocket Falcon 9 which is being tested out to deliver payloads to the International Space Station (ISS) and then return [...]
The Land Rover Defender is gone, but the next great British success story is just waiting to emerge January 29, 2016 The Land Rover Defender is a great example of UK manufacturing’s worldwide appeal. From the drawing table to the production line, UK manufacturers have a reputation for excellence, high standards, and iconic designs. British manufacturing is not playing not to lose; it is playing to win. The UK’s financial and legal services industries may contribute [...]
Retiring baby boomers creating skills gap headache for more than three-quarters of employers November 16, 2015 More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of finance directors are worried that their business will struggle with skills gaps over the next five years as the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age. Research released today by recruitment consultancy Robert Half found that, of the more than 200 senior finance executives surveyed, 88 per cent were [...]
SpaceX shows off its Dragon abort system for keeping humans safe in space missions May 6, 2015 SpaceX flexed some rocket muscle today, as it attempted to show Nasa how safely it can send humans up into space via a cargo ship. The US aerospace company, founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, tested the abort system aboard its Dragon capsule, which it hopes to eventually use for transporting humans to and from [...]
Ferrari IPO exuberance leaves sanity in the dust – CNBC Comment October 27, 2015 What do Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bugatti and Rolls Royce have in common? Well they are all top end luxury motors with eye-watering list prices, so the answer is, I guess, lots. And yet in terms of the value the stock market is placing on them, Ferrari is priced, well, like a Ferrari, while the rest [...]
Consumer’s guide to blockchain: How the cryptocurrency will revolutionise life for the consumer February 18, 2016 When I spoke to Peter Kirby, chief executive of blockchain startup Factom, he laughed when I described myself as a “blockchain traditionalist”. I meant that I still think of blockchain as the technology that made bitcoin credible – a peer-to-peer distributed ledger which immutably logs all transactions. This all sounds like jargon, so what does [...]