Unilever has delivered a fresh blow to beleaguered Britain after it announced its permanent HQ would be based in Rotterdam over London. The announcement is one of the latest corporate moves that questions the impact of Brexit on the UK economy. Despite the brand distancing itself from the UK's exit from the European Union, experts agree that the timing shows it was undoubtedly a big consideration. Dr Carmen Stoian, Lecturer in International Business in the Kent Business School at the University...

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The Russian flag was temporarily lowered at their embassy in West London yesterday following Theresa May's announcement that 23 diplomats were to be expelled from the UK. A man was pictured removing the Russian flag from a pole from the roof of the diplomatic mission in Kensington. Moments later, the same man appeared with a different flag before hoisting it up the flag pole. A journalist for the BBC tweeted: "Just got all excited as a bloke jumped out of...

Young people are now more likely to set up their own small business than any other age group. According to new research almost 69 per cent of new businesses set up in the past five years were started by those aged between 18-34. And 27 is the age Brits are most likely to take the risk of starting a company by themselves. Gary Turner, MD and co-founder of Xero, which carried out the study, said: “Small business owners don’t always...

Ruben Östlund’s mountain set ski drama, Force Majeure, landed with a bang at Cannes in 2014 and was quickly blanketed by an avalanche of critical success. Three years’ later, the Swedish born director returned and took home the festival’s top prize with The Square, a biting satire of the art world and a surreal, madcap deep dive into the complexities and flaws of humankind. Christian (Claes Bang), the model of Scandi-cool, is handsomely dishevelled in his fitted blazers, open neck...

Anti-smoking campaigners in Australia were given a nasty shock this week with news that the consumption of cigarettes has risen for the first time in more than a decade. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that just under a $4b was spent on tobacco products in the final quarter of 2017 – a 2.6 per cent rise compared with the same period 12 months earlier. The news is surprising for several reasons, not least because smoking rates in the...

The famed theoretical physicist passed away peacefully at his home in Cambridge after a long battle with motor neurone disease

The under 20s are an "overlooked generation" when it comes to healthcare and have been neglected , storing up problems for the future, Britain's leading paediatrician has warned. And it's endangering future prosperity with every pound spent on youngsters being returned tenfold over a lifetime, he says. Professor Russell Viner points out the UK has a higher proportion of children and young people than almost all other countries in western Europe. But these 15.5 million under 20s - more than...

Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) has forsaken her family fortune to become a London bicycle courier and amateur MMA fighter. After receiving an item from her missing (presumed dead) father, Lara goes in search of a cursed island in Japan carrying ancient treasure and an awful secret. After many of years in need of a revival, a new Tomb Raider game was launched in 2013, taking us to the origins of this pistol wielding archaeologist/thief. Jokes about DD pixels became obsolete;...