Jack Peat

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).

He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author.

Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Thrifty mum feeds family of five and dogs for £38 a week

A thrifty mum-of-three has garnered a legion of online followers after wowing friends with her healthy budget meals. Feeding a family of five and her dogs for just £38 a week, Danielle Ross has clocked up 22,000 followers on Facebook. The self-described "budget queen" is now saving hundreds of pounds...

Rosalind Brotherton.  An inspirational teacher has told how she went from dinner lady to school headteacher in the space of just a few years.  See NTI story NTIDINNER.  Rosalind Brotherton became headteacher at Flyford Flavell First School, near Worcester, after a meteoric rise to the top of her profession.  As a single mum she started working as a dinner lady to help make ends meet when her three sons were growing up.  She said: "My marriage broke down when I was 30 and I wanted to help provide for my children and to do something for myself.  "I started doing my degree at the Open University.  "I was juggling jobs working as a dinner lady and a learning assistant at a school, so I was working with children and that inspired me to become a teacher."  It took Mrs Brotherton five years to get a degree in history, graduating in 2005 and by the following year she was training to be a teacher at Swan Lane First School, in Evesham, with the University of Worcester.  After qualifying, she took a job at Thomas Jolysse School in Stratford, where she says her career took off and she rose through the ranks to assistant headteacher.  In 2013 she took her headteacher's qualification and, the following year, returned to Flyford Flavell to take charge – just nine years after qualifying as a teacher.

Single mum goes from dinner lady to headteacher in nine years

A single mum-of-three who worked as a dinner lady at a primary school to make ends meet is celebrating after being promoted - to headteacher. Rosalind Brotherton took a job serving food to youngsters following the break-down of her marriage - but just nine years later she was running a...

Today the Prime Minister has “changed the landscape” for business

The Prime Minister has changed the landscape for business following today's defining Brexit speech, according to the Confederation of British Industry. Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director-General, said "ruling out membership of the Single Market has reduced options for maintaining a barrier-free trading relationship between the UK and the EU", but added...

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House transactions in London down 40%

House prices are continuing to rise but sales have slumped by one fifth - with transactions in London down by a staggering 40 per cent, it was announced yesterday. The latest figures from the Land Registry revealed the average house in England and Wales cost £217,928 in November. This represents...

Frozen dead horse found dumped in woodland

A teenage girl was horrified when she found a dead horse was found dumped on a lane - frozen solid. Emily Standen was walking home when she came across the black and white horse that was frozen to the lane - and has been trying to track down the owners...

Cash strapped hospital forced to scrap healthy eating option

A crisis-hit NHS trust has been forced to stop serving salads to patients because hospitals can no longer afford them. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust scrapped the healthy food option after telling suppliers they are so much in debt they cannot pay them until April. A leaked memo revealed how...

Hammond’s comments confirm that we voted for Brexit blind

Phillip Hammond's comments this week that Britain could change its economic model after Brexit negotiations have confirmed once and for all that we made the vote to leave the European Union completely blind. Talking to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag he unleashed a thinly veiled threat that Britain could use its corporate tax...

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