Britain’s longest serving firefighter hangs up his helmet
Watch Manager Malcolm Cowie has been with Kent Fire Brigade since 1969
Hamleys blames Brexit for toughest year in UK since…1760
World famous toy trader Hamleys has made a £9.2m loss for the year up to 31st December. The year before that they made £1.7m. They have put the blame for difficult trading down to Brexit and the potential terror threat. Hamleys is the world’s oldest toy retailer and was forced ...
Hilarious advert uses reverse psychology to get young people to vote
A hilarious new advert has been rolled out in the US encouraging young people to vote by using reverse psychology. Although voter participation among the young has been going up in America just 50 per cent turned out in the last election, with those who did cast a vote overwhelmingly ...
How World Leader Decisions Could Affect Your Trades?
The forex markets revolve around the daily happenings around the world. Geopolitical events, economical new releases, wars and natural disasters, all affect currency prices. And, when world leaders make important decisions, how can they not change at least the currency of their own country? This is why traders need ...
Fracking campaigner FAILS in High Court battle
An environmental campaigner has failed in his High Court action to temporarily block energy firm Cuadrilla from fracking in Lancashire. Cuadrilla chief executive Francis Egan had described the challenge as “a last gasp attempt at trying to frustrate the process.” Previously Bob Dennett, who brought the case and had raised ...
Tory myth that we are “all in this together” laid bare as judges in line for 32% salary hike
The Conservative myth that we are “all in this together” was laid bare today after a government-commissioned review recommended that high court judges should receive a 32 per cent salary hike just weeks after police demands for a 3 per cent pay hike was knocked back. Senior judges could be ...
Spirit of the Week: Ron Zacapa Centenario Sistema Solera 23
Earlier this year, new figures published by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association have shown that annual rum sales in Britain have surpassed £1billion for the first time. As a result, rum now ranks alongside whisky and gin as one of the nation’s favourite spirits. Beside a collection of famed ...
Economic & Political Roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – October 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to ...
Investment companies roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2018. October Investment Companies Roundup MONEY RAISED AND RETURNED IN SEPTEMBER Trian Investors 1 is a ...