The past year has been tough for small businesses, many of which went bust or suffered crippling losses as lockdown hit their trade. But there is finally a little light at the end of the tunnel as restrictions start to ease. And to help the small businesses coming out of lockdown, the UK’s biggest, most … Read more
Dealing with customer complaints and queries major challenge for banks over past 12 months – and the smaller ones have the happiest customers By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 27 March 2021 Great service: New mobile bank Starling has delivered service par excellence Dealing … Read more
Octopuses have two sleep states just like humans — a ‘quiet’ one where their skin stays pale and short periods of ‘active’ sleep in which they twitch and change colour. Experts from Brazil who recorded video clips of the eight-legging animals dozing said that octopuses may have short dreams ‘like small videoclips, or even gifs.’ … Read more
Along with Zoom quizzes, baking banana bread and a constant loop of TikTok videos, home improvements have been on the rise during the course of the pandemic. This is largely a result of more people working from home and having more time to redecorate while being keen to improve their new work spaces. Meanwhile, some … Read more
Sky launches new business offering broadband to small firms as it steps up battle with BT By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:35 GMT, 23 March 2021 | Updated: 22:35 GMT, 23 March 2021 Sky’s new subsidiary Sky Connect will offer broadband to small businesses Telecoms giant Sky has launched a business offering … Read more
A 21-year-old carer has been awarded £24,000 compensation after winning an age and race discrimination case when his boss kept calling him a ‘small African boy’. Salvyn Kisitu, who also played semi-professional football, was subjected to a tirade of ageist and racial discrimination while looking after vulnerable children at Inclusive Care Support Limited in Romford, … Read more
A 21-year-old carer has been awarded £24,000 compensation after winning an age and race discrimination case when his boss kept calling him a ‘small African boy’. Salvyn Kisitu, who also played semi-professional football, was subjected to a tirade of ageist and racial discrimination while looking after vulnerable children at Inclusive Care Support Limited in Romford, … Read more
Lenders urge Andrew Bailey to relax tough rules on small banks to unleash an extra £28bn of lending By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2021 Lenders have urged Andrew Bailey to relax tough rules on small banks to unleash an extra £28billion … Read more
Donald Trump’s personal Boeing 757 is corroding and missing parts of an engine as it sits idle on a fenced-off tarmac at a small upstate New York airport. The gold-plated plane – which was once nicknamed ‘Trump Force One’ – has not been flown for months and is languishing at the regional Stewart Airport, new photos … Read more
The graphene market will be big. Of that, there’s not much doubt. Exactly how big, and at what pace it will grow is another matter. But many analysts reckon that today’s $85million market will be worth over $1billion within three years. That’s more than a tenfold increase in less time than it takes to permit … Read more