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 […]
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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: […]
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 […]
Top 20 most inventive ways Brits are saving money
Stocking up on free condiments from fast food restaurants, DIY haircuts – and not always flushing the toilet are among the weird ways people are saving money, a study has found. The poll of 5,000 adults revealed the lengths skint Brits are going to in a bid to make their […]
Easter Spending up 6.7 Percent in 2018
Easter is the Longest Bank holiday in the British Calendar! London, U.K. – 26 March 2018 – This Easter is expected to put a spring in the step of a number of industries as total consumer spending for the holiday is projected to reach £1.2 billion, a 6.7% increase on […]
UK bosses risking workforce stress burnout
45% of UK businesses do nothing to help alleviate workers’ stress Despite 25% of workers being less productive when stressed Hospitality, leisure and transport bosses least likely to offer ways for staff to manage stress levels UK BUSINESSES are in danger of having their workforces experience burnout, as despite a […]