Syria airstrike vote 2015: Here’s how your MP voted December 3, 2015 Last night MPs voted in favour of the UK beginning airstrikes against Islamic State (Isis) with an overwhelming majority of 397 votes to 223, following a gruelling 10-hour debate in the House of Commons. The move was controversial, with huge numbers of people protesting against military intervention. Some Labour MPs claimed they were being intimidated to [...]
10 Soho Square: Bringing glamour back to London’s film land October 3, 2014 It has always been desirable to live off one of London’s garden squares. These traditionally fashionable addresses – such as Chester Square, Hanover Square and Eaton Square – are known in the popular imagination as the homes of the aristocracy and elder statesmen. Eaton Square is probably today’s most illustrious example, but back in the [...]
Savile Row tailors won’t like that: Abercrombie & Fitch proves itself a Bad Neighbour September 10, 2014 Savile Row tailors' worst fears have surely been realised with this latest PR stunt, in which a group of topless chubby men descended on Abercrombie & Fitch to stitch up the semi-naked models standing outside. The London street, which is globally renowned for heritage tailors such as Edward Sexton, Hardy Amies, Kilgour, Henry Poole, and Gieves [...]
Friday the 13th is lucky for these commuters getting a rally car to and from work February 13, 2015 Friday the 13th may be considered the unluckiest day of the year by some, but weary commuters are in luck today. A fleet of rally cars are super-charging Friday’s commute around the capital by offering to ferry people to and from their destinations throughout the day – thanks to Betfair. No, it’s not the latest company [...]
Ed Miliband’s road from awkward little brother to Milifan idol: The man who would be General Election king May 6, 2015 Whether he's tucking into a bacon sandwich while sauce falls everywhere, chatting with mums about the importance of fatherhood or posing for hen-do selfies, Ed Miliband's encounters with the general public never fail to cause a stir. But as the General Election campaign reaches its finale, the Labour leader will be hoping to [...]
Mapped: Which Phones 4u stores are being shut down? September 23, 2014 PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed the addresses of the 360-plus Phones 4u stores that are being shut down, and the number of staff being made redundant as the business is wound down. At this stage 1,679 people will lose their jobs, with a further 720 people staying on to help with the wind down. Some [...]
Dixons Carphone share price falls on first day of trading after £3.6bn merger August 8, 2014 Shares in Dixons Carphone rose yesterday morning only to close down 1.8 per cent in their first formal day of trading since Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail merged to create a £3.6bn consumer electronics empire. The FTSE 250 company aims to exploit the ever-growing presence of consumer electronics in people’s lives and the so-called [...]
UK national rail strike: Which train routes are affected, will my ticket be valid, when will the strike take place? All your Network Rail bank holiday walkout questions answered May 21, 2015 UPDATE 2.45pm: The RMT has followed the TSSA union in "suspending" its strike . Things are not going well for Network Rail: having tried everything in its arsenal to prevent a planned strike by workers in the RMT union over pay and jobs, yesterday it resorted to sending threatening legal letters. Not exactly a sign of power. As [...]
N Brown share price drops further in spite of revenue improvement June 18, 2014 Home shopping retailer N Brown announced yesterday that group revenues had risen 2.6 per cent as like-for-like sales increased 2.5 per cent. The figures, in an interim report which cover the 15 weeks to 14 June, are in line with management expectations for the period, with chief executive Angela Spindler stating the company was in [...]
Severe delays on the Central Line and Victoria Line, stations closed, after signal failure at Mile End February 3, 2015 There are severe delays on the Central Line and Victoria Line – but according to Transport for London it's not the fault of the snow. There is no service between Liverpool Street and Epping and Woodford via Hainault because of a signal failure at Mile End. The service was expected to resume at [...]