Graduate given £60,000 in settlement over ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree June 2, 2019 A former university student who blasted her qualification as a “Mickey Mouse” degree has been given more than £60,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Pok Wong, who graduated in business studies in 2013, claimed victory in a Facebook post, the BBC reported, as she settled with the Anglia Ruskin University’s insurer. However, the university hit back [...]
One in five digital transformation projects fails as tech knowledge falls short June 2, 2019 One in five businesses has launched an unsuccessful digital transformation project, new research has revealed, as companies fail to get to grips with new technology. Figures published by digital services firm Econocom showed a sharp increase in the number of businesses undergoing digital transformation, but revealed 20 per cent are doomed to fail. Read more: [...]
Driving the City nuts: Square Mile cracks down on peanut sellers June 2, 2019 A band of entrepreneurial peanut sellers in the Square Mile face prosecution following a police crackdown aimed at tackling illegal trading around the City of London. Authorities have been clamping down on the snack traders amid security fears over carts used by vendors containing gas bottles and causing both congestion on narrow pavements and a [...]
HMRC cracks down on number spoofing scams in fight against fraud June 1, 2019 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has put a block in place on numbers that were using spoofing tactics to impersonate genuine tax officials. Fraudsters had been using so-called number spoofing so that when calling people it would appear as HMRC’s actual phone numbers on their display. Read more: City of London Police apologises after diamond [...]
Private renters to save hundreds of pounds as letting fees ban comes into action June 1, 2019 The ban on letting fees has come into force throughout England, two-and-a-half years after the plan was initially unveiled. It is set to save private renters hundreds of pounds, with Citizens Advice claiming that around £234m has been paid out since November 2016, when the government committed to crack down on the fees. Read more: Mortgage [...]
Tory leadership candidate Hunt warns against ‘hardline Brexit approach’ June 1, 2019 Jeremy Hunt has warned against taking a “hard-line approach” to Brexit talks. The foreign secretary and Tory leadership candidate has suggested it would not resolve the current standoff with Brussels, but instead provoke a “hard-line response”. Read more: Sajid Javid rules out second referendum if he becomes Tory leader He is currently one of 12 [...]
Danny Cipriani sweeps up Premiership’s individual awards but will he get a World Cup call-up? June 1, 2019 If this season has not shown England head coach Eddie Jones that Danny Cipriani is deserving of a seat on the plane to the World Cup in Japan later this year, then perhaps nothing will. The 31-year-old has been instrumental to Gloucester’s revival this season as they reached the Premiership play-offs for the first time [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Lake Volta can keep punters afloat in the lucky last May 31, 2019 EPSOM Downs will be littered with losing betslips come the final race of the two-day Investec Derby Festival, and hopefully we can lighten the load of Sunday’s clean-up operation by putting up a winner in the last. You may not need to look any further down the racecard than top-weight LAKE VOLTA, who you may [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Sextant to get the measure of handicap rivals May 31, 2019 IT WON’T take an expert to pick out SEXTANT as the most likely winner of the penultimate race today. Sir Michael Stoute’s fast-improving four-year-old is getting better with every gallop, and though he may not be the biggest price winner you’ll ever back, he looks a very solid bet at 9/4. So many of Sir [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Sir Dragonet has come a long way since Tipperary win May 31, 2019 WITH no less than seven runners in Saturday afternoon’s Investec Derby (4.30pm), Aidan O’Brien has a very strong chance of securing a record equalling seventh win in the world’s most famous Flat race. O’Brien’s runners have been popular in the betting since the end of last summer and ante-post punters may have already invested in [...]