A sustained period of low interest rates is fuelling widespread investment fraud, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with over 55s most at risk. With interest rates set to remain at 0.5 per cent well into 2020, savers are adopting riskier investment behaviour to get more bang for their buck. Four in ten...
Salespeople are facing a minor crisis after countries across the Arab World declared they are at full capacity for sand. The market barometer for a competent salesperson could be in jeopardy after influential leaders from Saudi Arabia, UAE and several other nations on the Arabian Peninsula declared that they would stop importing...
"Some members of the traditional bingo community don't like us", proclaim Rebel Bingo, the company that introduced a new, intense and emotional style of bingo to cities across the world. "We're not sure what their stupid problem is. We do our bingo and you do yours. Some people don't like change."...
"Gourmet burgers have become a gluttonous overabundance", I wrote in an editorial back in February calling for restaurants to do the basic ingredients well rather than shove a basket of deep fried junk in a bun. But if you are faced with a significant dismantling job, we may have the perfect...
Riding on the back of the digital revolution, e-sports have massively gained in popularity over the last decade and a half. An incredible 205 million people either took part in or were spectators in e-sports during 2014. While in the past much of the growing audience has been based in...
Boris Johnson has seemingly leveraged the power of 'the force' after pushing a cameraman over without even touching him. The video was picked up by the team at Have I Got News For You, prompting Ian Hislop to say “for the first time, I’m actually frightened”. @BorisJohnson uses The Force to...
Jon Snow is odds-on favourite to take the vacant managerial position at Manchester United after resigning as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Despite admitting to "knowing nothing" about the game, the United board has seen fit to take Snow over the hugely experienced José Mourinho, who said he is "heart broken" by...
There are some 9,000 ‘curry’ restaurants in Britain, yet 99 per cent of them are cut from the same cloth. The Balti of Birmingham, the Tikka Masala of Glasgow and the onslaught of other salty, creamy dishes acting under the guise of ‘Indian food’ have created a unique Anglo-Indian style...
A European air fare war is looming after Ryanair said it is to cut prices by seven per cent this year. Intensifying competition from air lines such as Transavia, Eurowings, Wizz and WOW air has forced the hand of Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary, who said: "If there is a fare war in Europe, then...