Lifestyle

According to the Office for National Statistics, £66.3 billion is spent on foreign currency during visits abroad each year; 75 per cent of this is exchanged in UK banks, bureaux de change, travel agents, supermarkets and Post Offices before departure. But, blinded by an abundance of rate options and hidden charges, British travellers are losing a sizeable chunk of this hard-earned holiday cash to the currency exchange players. Founder of currency comparison aggregator and ‘Skyscanner’ of the money transfer world,...

Upmarket fashion label Burberry destroyed £28.6 million worth of unsold clothes, accessories and perfume last year to protect its brand, BBC reports have revealed. The practice of destroying unwanted items to prevent them being stolen or sold cheaply is common in the fashion industry, but it appears to becoming more prominent. Burberry burnt six per cent more products in 2017 than the company disposed of in the previous financial year. According to Maria Malone, principal lecturer on the fashion business at Manchester Metropolitan University, the...

Over the past 6 years, the NHS has had a total of 7,629 successful claims for misdiagnosis brought against it, totalling £1.024bn in compensation in England since 2012. With such staggering numbers, it’s easy to see why people often feel a strong sense of anger at the situation. It is polarising, with some angry about understaffing and underfunding causing such mistakes, and some angry that people would make a claim against one of our greatest public services. In the case...

Researchers say that naturally occurring compounds in the plant may stop cancer cells from spreading and block tumour blood supplies

With autumn inching increasingly closer, now is the ideal time to plan the transformation of your bedroom into a warm and welcoming space for you to snuggle up on those cold wintery nights. According to a recent report in The Guardian, however, disposable income levels are continuing to fall in the UK, with single breadwinner families requiring a 27% boost in their incomes in order to meet their most basic demands. Given this, now may not be the right time...

One year-old infants whose mothers had the blues during pregnancy had higher levels of a stress hormone, British study found.

A study of over 50,000 middle aged people found moderate bike riding for four or more days a week cut recurrent heart attacks by 31 percent.

Borrowing money can be a complex business these days. Whether you’re applying for a mortgage or a personal loan, want to take out a new mobile phone contract, car finance or rent a place to live, your prospective lender, company, employer or landlord will first want to carry out essential checks to establish your ‘creditworthiness’. Why? Well, any company you are considering borrowing money from will want to be reassured that you’ll be able to pay back the debt, in...

A survey released this year (conducted by a company in the UK) revealed shocking statistics that made it clear that we, as a nation, need to get control of our stress levels. So many people in Britain are really, really stressed and it seems we are stressed about nearly everything in our lives. The survey revealed that: 85% of adults are feeling stressed regularly Over a third of us feel stressed at least 24 hours a week Money is what...