"A woman's hand checks a document, making check marks with a ballpoint pen, a calculator standing by. Could be an audit or home or office finances being checked so carefully."

Why your business needs a forensic accountant

For any business owner, the key to success is simple: knowing where your money comes from and where it goes. Whether you sell a product or offer a service, having a deep understanding of your business’ finances gives you more power to make informed, effective decisions that fuel growth and ...

The joy of Boxing Day football

As much as I always look forward to Christmas Day festivities, I can't deny that I always reserve an ounce of excitement for the Boxing Day fixtures. If we take it as a given that, given the way football is financed, we are unlikely to ever see a full complement ...

Your Professional Network Can Now Be Built With A Swipe

Following the emergence of quick-fire dating apps such as Tinder, happn and Grinder, a clever business app has taken off using the same premise that aims to build productive business relationships rather than fleeting encounters. Meet Shapr, a free networking app (iOS and Android) that suggests a daily batch of ...

Heartwarming pictures show the baby Orangutans in a wheelbarrow going to their school classes on how to survive in the wild in Indonesia. 

The little youngsters are taught the skills which should have been gained from their mothers at International Animal Rescue's school in Indonesia. Their adorable school run shows up to eight of the little ones huddled up while being wheeled to the 'baby school'. Orangutans usually spend seven to eight years with their mother and learn the skills they need to survive.

Press Photo of the Year 2016

Every year the the largest independent news agency in the UK supplies newspapers and magazines around the world with some of the most fascinating, captivating and powerful photographs you could ever hope to see. It's your chance to vote for the SWNS Press Photo of the Year 2016... VOTE FOR ...

Christmas truces were “common” in the First World War

The Christmas day football match of 1914 on the back of a temporary truce has become an iconic moment in history, but new evidence suggests it may not have been that rare. Historian Thomas Weber, of the University of Aberdeen, has uncovered evidence that festive meetings continued throughout the war, ...

Team Rock Enters Administration: What Does it Mean?

Team Rock went into administration on Monday at the cost of 73 jobs across London and Glasgow. Since then, more light has been thrown on the financial difficulties the publisher faced over, at least, the last two years, running at a loss of 4.3M in 2015 and 8.8M in 2016. Pretty substantial ...

Scientists develop pill that vaccinates people against salmonella

A pill that vaccinates people against salmonella has been developed amid fears terrorists could turn the deadly food poisoning bug into a weapon. Designed to be taken by mouth, it also has the added advantage of using the same pathway that salmonella uses to wreak havoc on the digestive system. Salmonella ...

A classic Aston Martin is expected to sell for more than £350,000 despite being a wreck which has languished in a wood for more than 40 YEARS. See SWNS story SWASTON; The Aston Martin DB4 was the first production car capable of doing 0-100-0mph in less than 30 seconds when it was launched in 1958. It was built to compete with sports cars from Ferrari and Maserati - but this particular model hasn’t moved in almost half-a-century. The car was manufactured in the UK in 1960 and then shipped across to the USA, where it was registered the following year.  At some stage in the early 1970s it was parked outdoors at the owner's home in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA, where it remained until recently. Over the past five decades, the car’s condition has deteriorated after it was surrounded by trees and buried halfway up to its now rusty wheels by leaves.

This car is expected to sell for more than £350,000

A dilapidated Aston Martin is expected to sell for more than £350,000 despite being partially buried in leaves after languishing in a wood for more than 40 years. The Aston Martin DB4 was the first production car capable of doing 0-100-0mph in less than 30 seconds when it was launched ...

Cure for issues facing Peer to Peer lending isn’t regulation

The cure for the issues facing the Peer to Peer lending industry isn’t regulation, but community. By Matt Haycox Last week, the Financial Conduct Authority released their interim feedback of their review of their crowdfunding and peer to peer lending rules. And it didn’t sound good. Andrew Bailey, CEO of ...

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