1950s children’s pedal car rescued from shed sells for grown-up fee
The Austin Junior A40 toy car sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer at a toy sale auction
Boris blow – UK NOT ready for no-deal exit on October 31
As Boris Johnson makes his leadership race speech a leaked cabinet note indicates that the UK is not ready for a no-deal Brexit. Johnson told the crowd that the UK will leave on October 31st if there is no other option. However, the note says that it will take “six ...
Age-related benefits are outdated – it’s about time we redress the balance
The BBC has come under fire this week for its decision to axe free TV licenses for over-75s. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a “Save Our Free TV Licence” petition demanding the broadcasting corporation reverses its decision, with Piers Morgan, David Davis and Matt Hancock among the high-profile ...
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income – Strong recovery potential?
QS Natural Resources Growth and Income’s (CYN’s) managers believe the mining sector is only in the early stages of a recovery; real demand for commodities is on an upwards trend; and a reduction in capex has seen capacity removed from the market. If they are correct, all of these should ...
Belfast Book Festival Report: Running with the Wolfpack
As I may have mentioned one or two hundred times before, Belfast and particularly its thriving arts scene is the best-kept secret in the UK. What I find remarkable about that statement, which I find as easy to state as the current weather conditions, is how often I have to ...
Video of Brexit Party MEP figuring out voting machine goes viral
A video of a Brexit Party MEP trying to vote with his finger rather than ID card has gone viral. Lance Forman, MEP for London, posted a video of him attempting to press the 'no' button on a voting machine yesterday. The Brexiteer said in the tweet: "Just practicing voting ...
Microplastics found in water, food and air the equivalent of eating a “credit card a week”
Humans are ingesting the equivalent of one credit card per week from water, food and the air they breathe. A new WWF study called 'Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People' reports that people consume 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic each week, on average, which is the equivalent of eating ...
The average workers wastes 15 weeks a year carrying out pointless tasks
The average employee reckons they waste almost 15 weeks a year - carrying out “pointless” tasks at work, according to research. The study of 2,000 workers found typically 142 minutes a day - more than two hours - are spent doing admin, paperwork and attending meetings when they could be ...
What is the perfect office space?
We spend many years of our lives working from an office. But is there a perfect office space? Yes. The perfect office space is open plan, has lots of natural light, a café, comfy chairs, fixed desks and free snacks, according to a new Business Insurance study from MoneySuperMarket. 1,000 ...