Positive steps: Why walking in nature benefits the mind April 10, 2024 If you’re looking for a way to improve your focus, manage stress or simply relax, walking might be the answer.
Rugby World Cup: England don’t need tries, but they’d be handy September 18, 2023 In England’s 34-12 victory over Japan on Sunday Steve Borthwick’s side achieved what they needed most: a win. England are now top of Pool D and are in pole position to qualify for the last eight, where they will likely face one of Fiji, Wales or Australia. But it was an 80 minutes which could [...]
FTSE Reshuffle: Abrdn head for trap-door from the FTSE 100 August 29, 2022 FUND MANAGER Abrdn is set to exit the FTSE 100 this week as part of a wider FTSE reshuffle. Shares in the asset manager have fallen just shy of 40 per cent since the turn of the year, with analysts blaming global uncertainty and economic troubles. “Huge geopolitical uncertainty, sky high inflation and worries about [...]
Glossier founder steps down as CEO from $1.8bn Gen-Z beloved beauty firm May 25, 2022 Glossier’s founder is to step down from her role as CEO of the $1.8bn beauty company. Emily Weiss said she will stay on as the company’s executive chairwoman, after founding the business in 2014. In this role, Weiss said she will focus on “supporting our brilliant leaders of creative, brand, product and retail, as they [...]
Barry’s: Office return to City comes ‘hand in hand’ with thriving fitness industry November 8, 2022 The return of office workers and recovery of the fitness sector come “hand in hand”, according to Barry’s Bootcamp London co-founder Sandy Macaskill. Gym-goers’ routines were set off course during the pandemic with “stop-start” closures hitting the fitness industry hard over the past three years. For the head of Barry’s, which has seven studios in London [...]
Rugby World Cup: Takeaways after England beat Argentina September 10, 2023 Some have dubbed it the “Miracle of Marseille”; for others it was the minimum England needed to show. But in Saturday night’s 27-10 win over Argentina in their opening match of the Rugby World Cup only one thing mattered: the result. It had been a long time coming and in the south of France England [...]
Rugby tackle changes: ‘I will not play again’ says grassroots player January 19, 2023 The majority of rugby players in England will now be forced to reduce their tackle height to waist height or below. The controversial call will come into force from 1 July this year and will apply to England’s third division – National 1 – and below. This change in tackle height will therefore result in [...]
London not ‘hottest’ cannabis market in Europe but hope lies in CBD November 29, 2022 The UK government should capitalise on its efforts in medical cannabis research if it wants to keep up with the budding market growing across Europe. The country currently has the second-largest cannabis market in Europe, behind only France, and worth around $150m (£125m), according to a white paper by investment bank Bryan Garnier today. The estimated value is far [...]
Musk dumps Twitter’s Covid disinformation policy November 29, 2022 Elon Musk has abandoned Twitter’s Covid disinformation policy in a grand push for free speech. “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the Covid-19 misleading information policy,” a notice on its website reads. The new owner of the social media firm axed the former “Covid-19 misleading information policy” page, outlining rules surrounding Covid [...]
Hogwarts Express operator spells trouble for rail regulator in court duel over heritage train safety November 21, 2023 The operator of the Hogwarts Express steam train is taking the UK's rail regulator to court in a feud over safety issues on heritage trains.