One of central London's smallest detached homes has been put on the market for the first time in 50 years for a big price -- almost three times the UK average. The pint-sized pad has just 290sq/ft of floor space and is in need of a full renovation. But despite...
Britain is set for decades of been overworked and underpaid as a perfect storm of stagnant wage growth and low-paid work meets inflationary pressures in the most pronounced real income squeeze of our generation. Although the Tories will most likely be celebrating the latest employment figures showing flat unemployment the...
The European Union has agreed a trade deal with Canada that could be worth €72 billion. Negotiated for nearly five years and four months, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada was overwhelmingly voted in by the European Parliament. In 2015 EU-Canada trade accounted for more than €60 billion...
Thousands of jobs are at risk in Luton and Ellesmere Port after PSA Group, the owner of the Peugeot brand, has announced it is in talks to buy General Motor's European arm. General Motors employs around 35,000 people in the UK under the Vauxhall banner, including 4,500 staff at car plants in...
Millions of Brits are suffering from first wash anxiety - living in fear of ruining their new clothes. More than three-quarters of Brits say they feel anxious that they’ll spoil their new clothes on the first wash, with more than half admitting that they no longer consider an item ‘new’...
A third of Brits have had a relationship with a colleague at some point in their career – equating to some 8.85 million "cubicle courtships". With UK employees clocking in more hours at the office than ever before, the workplace has become a common environment for love to blossom, with 17...
Staff at two TopShop sites are set to stage a walk-out after shamed BHS boss and head of Arcadia group Sir Philip Green denied them a living wage. Spectrum for Arcadia staff in Leeds and Solihull will walk out on strike for two days on Friday February 24 and Sunday February...
Britain will take a step back towards the dark ages in regards to governance in post-Brexit Britain. The European Parliament yesterday voted in favour of a report calling for the protection of whistleblowers across the EU. At the same time, the Conservative government is desperately attempting to defending its proposals...
What is a 'normal family', Lisa Belkin probed in a new study published in the New York Times. Statistically, it is no longer a mother, a father and their biological children living together under one roof, and certainly not with Dad going off to work and Mom staying home. "Although perception and acceptance...