Lifestyle

These Are the Latest Home Decor Trends in the UK

The festive season is upon us and, with it, a whole new wave of seasonally-inspired home decoration trends. The colder months are a hugely popular time for people to redecorate their homes, possibly because it's an activity that takes place completely indoors, beyond the reach of the cruel British winter. It's also an opportunity to make your home a cosier, more inviting place - somewhere you're happy to spend long evenings avoiding the snow. We've seen a number of truly...

Tops Tips for Becoming a Better Office Manager

As an office manager, it is your job to keep the office going as proficiently as is possible. Although, when you put together a group of people with many different personalities, various pieces of office equipment and software tools, and a huge list of distractions, office management can become a bit difficult. It is imperative that you do not let any of this chaos distract you. It should even be motivation to get and keep your office in shape! Communication...

Acquisition is the Best Way for Entrepreneurs to Grow Wealth

Entrepreneurs dream of big profits and a stress-free lifestyle, but most become trapped in perpetual management and drudgery, warns the serial entrepreneur, Jeremy Harbour. By Jeremy Harbour Entrepreneurs are change agents. They solve problems and get paid for doing so. If they create wealth in the process, they go on to solve bigger problems - just look at the philanthropy of the new money entrepreneurs globally. But for every progressive entrepreneur, there are thousands of others who become entrenched at...

Secret Santa vending machine erected in Paddington station

A secret Santa vending machine has been spotted in Paddington station as Brits grapple with what to get their colleagues this Christmas. The inventive present dispenser featured a real-life St Nick who distributed presents based on a tick-box survey of worker types. It comes as new research revealed sprouts, novelty loo roll and a Simon Cowell mask are among the strangest Secret Santa gifts Brits have received. Researchers who polled 2,000 UK adults identified some of the weird and wonderful presents...

Shopping at Waitrose and owning a log burner among top signs you have “made it”

Flying business class, employing a cleaner and having both Netflix AND Amazon Prime are all ‘signs you’ve made it’, according to research. A poll of 2,000 Brits found taking a trip abroad just to shop, drinking champagne rather than prosecco and owning a hot tub also made the list. One in ten think an annual ski trip is enough to prove someone’s stepped up in the world, and 38 per cent believe retiring early is a sign you’ve made it....

Looking to exit the UK due to Brexit and thinking of moving to the US?

It looks like we are getting closer to understanding what the impact of Brexit will be but many people in the UK are already looking at their options for living outside of the UK. Figures published by the bbc.co.uk earlier this year showed that the number of EU nationals leaving the UK is at the highest it has been in a decade. People working across a wide range of industries are predicting that Brexit is not going to work out...

More online brands are opening physical stores. Here’s why.

You’ve probably heard it countless times—online shopping will soon take the place of brick and mortar shopping forever. According to some news outlets, it won’t be long until the high street is dead, with the closure of stores like Toys R Us and Maplin sending the media into a tailspin. But whilst these assertions are understandable, the notion that brick and mortar stores are finished couldn’t be further from the truth. Not only is high street shopping alive and kicking,...

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