The House of Lords Communications Committee today publishes its report UK advertising in a digital age. The Committee finds that the UK’s advertising industry is a success story: the UK is a global hub for advertising which added £120 billion to the UK’s economy and supported over 1 million jobs […]
Month: April 2018
At least 75 ASDA stores could close in merger with Sainsbury’s, handing market share to Tesco
Following the news that supermarket chains ASDA and Sainsbury’s agreed to merge in a deal that will create Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, with a combined market share for food & grocery of 23.3% compared to Tesco’s 22.0% (2018 est), Patrick O’Brien, UK Retail Research Director at GlobalData considers the implications […]
60% of all Stamp Duty takings paid by top 10% of sales
Londoners paying at least 4 times more Stamp Duty than the rest of the country London Central Portfolio has carried out detailed analysis of residential Stamp Duty returns for 2017. This includes the new Additional Rate Stamp Duty (ARSD) of 3% for all additional property purchases such as buy to […]
“Netflix for Business” Launches
Business mentor and educator, Dale Beaumont, has launched a new platform touted as the ‘Netflix for Business’ aimed at the 800 million people worldwide who are business owners. Named, Bizversity, the platform is an app compatible with mobiles, tablets and TV, like Netflix, but instead of dealing with the realm […]
How Cambridge Analytica uses data
Data science, machine learning, and predictive analytics are the tools used by companies like Cambridge Analytica to gather information from social data and create predictive marketing campaigns. Data Scientist, Expert Interview: Dr. Kenneth Sanford, US Lead Analytics Architect of the data science software company Dataiku, is available to talk about: […]
How gender can affect workplace performance anxiety
The gender gap: the very different reasons men and women are combating workplace performance anxiety New research shows that workplace performance anxiety (otherwise known as ‘stage fright’ in a business setting) doesn’t discriminate between the sexes, but has revealed the different reasons why men and women are seeking professional training […]
Social Climber’s Handbook
Book release: The Social Climber’s Handbook – A Shameless Guide by NIMROD KAMER The infamous enfant-terrible gonzo-journalist turned turned prankster-supreme Nimrod Kamer (Vice, GQ) has just released his first book: The Social Climber’s Handbook – A Shameless Guide Published by BIS Publishers www.bispublishers.com available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Social-Climbers-Handbook-Shameless-Guide/dp/9063694830/ and selected retailers. […]
Mile high club: How to have sex on a plane
11,179 people surveyed and details exposed Technically it’s not really the mile high club as a plane cruises at 37,000ft which is 7 miles. At 1 mile (5,280ft) you’re well into final approach, flaps are being deployed and a few minutes later so will the landing gear. Hardly the right […]
The majority of Baby boomers are now sitting on a potential £280,000 property nest egg
By Astrid Hall The majority of ‘baby boomers’ are now enjoying life mortgage-free and sitting on a potential £280,000 property nest egg. New research from SunLife shows the average over-55-year-old has lived in the same property for more than 20 years, during which time house prices have shot up by […]