By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic London isn’t the birthplace of gin, but it’s the closest thing it has to a home. For London Dry is responsible for finding gin a bedfellow in the shape of tonic, a mix that has become internationally renowned and is, in part, responsible for the spirit’s global rise amongst peers such as whisky and vodka. But despite being a symbolic home, London Dry is rarely made in London these days. The East...

By Anna Power @KitNapz Ida is a profoundly moving, visually mesmerizing coming of age tale, steeped in the shadowy secrecy of post-holocaust, Poland.   At eighteen, Ida, a novitiate, is about to take her vows but before doing so, her mother superior asks her to spend some time with her only relative, long-lost, estranged aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza). Ida dutifully, albeit reluctantly, complies only to discover the truth of her own Jewish identity – her real name is Ida Lebenstein,...

By Harry Bedford, Music Editor Underneath the arches of the viaduct adjacent to Leeds Railway Station stands the remains of a legendary music venue, Leeds’ own Cavern Club. It may only have been there 20 years and may not have been that well known outside the city, but this dark and dingy building was the epicentre of the Leeds music scene. I remember my first night there, I had just turned 18 and my brother and I went to see...

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has launched a Speak Up campaign encouraging financial services industry firms to adopt a Speak Up policy for whistleblowers. New research has found there is overwhelming support for introducing US-style whistleblower incentives to the UK. When asked whether the UK should offer rewards to encourage reporting of wrongdoing by companies, as is the case in the US, 46 per cent of respondents were strongly in favour of the idea while 38 per...

MYA is the one if the UK’s leading cosmetic surgery providers with 10 offices throughout the UK in all major cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds. They are now embarking on the next stage of their journey by opening a flagship cosmetic surgery hospital in the heart of prestigious Fitzrovia central London. They are also the first cosmetic surgery hospital to feature a video patient journey inside the hospital. Known as the MYA Fitzroy, the new hospital has...

 By Sara Davison - life and divorce coach Some of us fall out of love slowly and over time, some of us meet a new partner and for others our break up comes as a complete shock and totally out of the blue. Whatever the situation there are always warning signs along the way that our marriage is on the rocks. We need to take our head out of the sand and remove the rose tinted glasses and stop coasting along...

A review of how the Scottish Referendum affected the stock market, Apple report record sales of iPhone 6, and Alibaba post IPO record by Jonny Smith.  After a summer break, this weeks article will assess the effect of the Scottish referendum on the strength of the currency and stock market. There will also be an assessment of Apple following the release of the new iPhone 6 and further American news from Bank of America, Alibaba, and Shetland based Faroe Petroleum....

By Tomás McGoldrick, Ireland Correspondent After the historic vote on whether Scotland would retake its place among the nations of the world resulted in a no, the prediction was that the issue would be settled for a generation. What seems to be happening, however, is that the closeness of the Scottish result has opened up the Pandora’s box of the hodge-podge, cobbled together nature of the UK. The decisive swing towards Yes in the closing stages of the referendum campaign...

East Dulwich is often called the Crouch End of the South. Expect mums, prams and a Gymboree in your local café. Sitting between its posh older brother (wealthy Dulwich Village) and its wayward little sister (trendy Peckham) it feels like it takes a bit of both and still feels like you are not in central London. Sounds nice yeh? Well you are not the first to think that, especially with its street after street of smart Victorian terraces. The main...