By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent If you want to strike success in a business meeting- offer a plate of shortbread, new research has revealed. A study of 2,000 business workers found one in four say they’re more inclined to close a deal in a meeting because of the biscuits provided,...
By Sarah Pinch, Managing Director of Pinch Point Communications I have encountered some fantastic advice during my years in business. From working in the BBC to the NHS and all of my ventures in between, especially now running my own agency, I’ve been lucky to accumulate fantastic mentors and advisors....
By Ben Gelblum, Contributing Editor @BenGelblum The Siege by The Freedom Theatre is the largest tour ever mounted by a Palestinian theatre company in the UK. But according to the Mail on Sunday - the 10 city UK tour is “£15,000 of public money given to show based on the words...
By Dr Robin Andrews, TLE Science Editor Everyone’s heard of climate change, but have you ever actually heard climate change? Well thanks to an intrepid musician, now you can. What do you get when you cross a cellist with some scientific know-how? A symphony of the latitudes, of time and...
By James Gray Jersey has a reputation as an island harbouring only those wishing to keep HRMC at arms length. The odd Ferrari isn’t uncommon but this beautiful island has so much more to offer for all travellers. We hoped our method of transport was going to be far more...
By Jack Peat, TLE Editor The greatest tragedy of Paul Gascoigne's life is how few people will remember him for what he was; a truly phenomenal footballer. A mainstay of tabloid newspapers, the England legend has endured an unprecedented fall from grace since the glory days of his football career....
By James Healy-Pratt The Germanwings Airbus disaster in the Swiss Alps is a tragedy no family should have to go through. The immediate cause of the disaster seems to be intentional pilot conduct but on a wider level, it highlights a failure of joined-up thinking about air safety. The cold...
By Mark Mason, Chairman of Mubaloo Group Much has been written about Apple Watch. Rather than going into whether this is a good device or not, let’s first start with why anyone would need notifications on their wrist. If, like me, the majority of your day is spent in meetings...
Since its inception in 1956 The Eurovision Song Contest has been as much about (let’s face it) terrible music as it has the terrible outfits. In fact, the ‘singing’ is generally overshadowed by what can only be described as some true fashion disasters ranging from zombie and monster outfits to...