The Government's campaign to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to export is failing to achieve its objectives, according to new research. A QuoteSearcher survey of 618 SMEs found just seven per cent of businesses are likely to take part in the campaign, with 69 per cent of respondents saying they had...
A man has been injured on the London Underground after reporting something unusual. In a damming indictment to widely broadcast publicity campaigns, the 41 year-old IT professional was smacked around the head by a loose advertising fitting after spotting an unattended bag. To add insult to injury, he was then...
Morrissey is reportedly thinking about standing for London Mayor in the upcoming elections in May. Morrissey is 6/4 with Betway to challenge Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith for London Mayor in May’s election. The singer has been asked by the Animal Welfare Society to enter the race to succeed outgoing mayor...
North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered the country's nuclear weapons be readied for use at any time, according to reports on the Korean Central News Agency. He told military leaders the country should revise its military posture to be ready to launch pre-emptive strikes following new sanctions imposed by...
Hilary Clinton is the odds on favourite to become the next US President, according to trading on Matchbook. The chances of her being inaugurated as the 44th President of the US rose from 59 per cent to 64 per cent following a super 'Super Tuesday'. Meanwhile Donald Trump's probability of securing...
Super fast growth companies know as 'gazelles' are expected to contribute £38 billion to the UK economy in exports by 2020, according to new research. The report finds London's medium-sized businesses are set for a growth spurt over the next few years up to 2020 - increasing their contribution to GVA from...
Sport News 24/7 By Jack Peat - Editor @TLE_Sport @LondonEconomic Dulwich Hamlet FC is hosting an Assyrian team at Champion Hill tomorrow night to raise money for refugees. The Isthmian League side have arranged a match against FC Assyria, a team comprising largely of footballers from Syria and Iraq, to...
Craft beer is facing somewhat of an identity crisis. On the one hand microbreweries are opening in Britain at a rate of one every other day according to figures from the British Beer and Pub Association, but on the other hand many of the more noted brands have been gobbled...
“Take it from me,” Metro Editor Ted Young said at a recent media briefing, “print is not dead”. His words of optimism came in stark contrast to a plethora of indictors that suggested the opposite was true. All good for the Metro, I thought at the time, coming from a...