By John Locke, Northern Correspondent. According to Wikifacts the average human spends 48 days of their life having sex. This is of course an average and may be less or may be more dependent on sexual activity and length of life. Think how much more a person does in their...
Activist investors are relatively new but very influential players in international capital markets. They are shareholders at publicly traded companies who attempt to affect change in an organization either by directly appealing to, or putting heavy pressure on, the company’s board of directors, bypassing the normal advisory process. The scope of...
By Elena Orde, Editor of The Vegan It's safe to say that World Milk Day (1 June) just hasn't caught on. Despite the efforts of the dairy industry, it seems few people are interested in milk-themed festivities. This is just as it should be - far from being a cause...
My expectations weren’t sky high - the transformation of a village pub in the Surrey Hills doesn’t spark the same buzz as, say, the launch of a Bolivian-Balti fusion pop-up in Bermondsey. But having said that, Matt Edmonds - former Head Chef of Searcys at the Gherkin - is the...
by Adam Turner If you’re looking for a Spanish city where you can drink cocktails out of jam jars, and party all night until the rubber on the souls on your Dr Martens melt into the dancefloor…I probably wouldn’t recommend Seville. Spain’s fourth largest city isn’t as cosmopolitan or vibrant...
Brian Lonsdale sheds light on the latest Google initiative AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages), and tells TheLondonEconomic.com what it means for website owners. Brian is an SEO expert dedicated to increasing client's website traffic through major search engines for medium to large businesses in the UK. Visit https://www.smarterdigitalmarketing.co.uk to find out how you can...
By Tim Kellett – Director at Paydata > https://www.paydata.co.uk/ Since the publication of the governments draft regulations on mandatory gender pay gap reporting, it appears that few employers are taking the preparatory steps, avoiding the topic altogether and not taking the legislation seriously. Admittedly in the last year there...
Henry Mason, managing director of TrendWatching, talks to John Machin about how businesses can apply emerging trends to drive business insights We caught up with Henry Mason, managing director of TrendWatching and author of Trend-Driven Innovation, to find out how businesses can apply emerging trends to drive business insights and delight...
Portugal is quickly becoming a hot spot for those looking to pack up and seek out the leisurely lifestyle of sunny beaches, warm weather and napping in the afternoon on the patio. I know this because I recently attended a stag weekend in Lagos and met a huge number of...