How to Keep Your Bike Safe and Secure Wherever You Go
Naturally, cyclists are very protective over their bikes and it’s for good reason too, since there are around 376,000 bicycles stolen every year in the UK. Moreover, it’s not always so easy to just replace a stolen bike, due to financial constraints, which inevitably leads to the inconvenience of having to go without a bike for a while. As such, in order to prevent bicycle theft, all cyclists should ensure that they have taken the necessary steps to secure their...
Spider bite leaves man being able to see a muscle through a hole in his leg
A squaddie who was bitten by a spider related to the deadly black widow was left with a gaping hole in his leg which was so deep it exposed his MUSCLES. Matt Clarke, 31, was bitten by a false black widow spider as he was lying in bed and despite not being life-threatening - the wound left him unable to walk. Army man Matt said he woke up from a deep sleep with a "tingly sensation" and he noticed the...
Sickening footage shows a chicken producer which supplies Asda, Lidl and Nando’s allegedly breaching animal cruelty laws
This sickening footage shows a chicken producer which supplies Asda, Lidl and Nando's allegedly breaching animal cruelty laws. Secret filming at Cambria Farm in Taunton, Somerset, claims to show a worker dumping a live chick in a wheelbarrow full of dead birds. The chick was left for an hour before the same worker returns and snaps its neck, according to vegan campaign group Animal Equality. Dead chickens in a container at Cambria Farm in Taunton, Somerset. This sickening footage shows...
Bar of the Week: Nine Lives
Outside Nine Lives, the newest project from Sweet&Chilli, the bar’s only real tell-tale sign of existence is a tallied number nine logo. Adorned across a vintage leather jacket, on the bar's website, the logo looks as though plucked from a Dead Kennedys or Black Flag album cover. It's so punk, in fact, it’s surprising that BrewDog haven’t yet bullied the group into submission. On a backstreet close to London Bridge station, Nine Lives has a sense of Prohibition mystery, tucked underground...
London’s historic pie and mash shops are becoming victims of gentrification
Islington pie and mash shop M Manze is set to close later this year, after 106 years of trading. On announcing the closure last week, owner Tim Nicholls blamed increasing business rates as the reason for the iconic Chapel Market pie shop’s closure – something that has bereft the city of so many beloved pie shops over the past 20 years. M Manze is set to continue trading until Christmas, before the space is inevitably taken over by another coffee...
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 2017 – 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 encourage you to buy or sell any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored by Martin Currie. August Economic and Political Roundup Roundup Perhaps, the big story of July was the weakness in...
QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017 – 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 July 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. August Investment Companies Roundup Monthly NAV/Price moves: A couple of themes stand out on the positive side – funds exposed to commodities (such as BlackRock World Mining and City Natural Resources) and funds exposed to emerging markets, especially...
London’s commuter belt pushes further east as young people face “affordability crisis”
Young people in London are facing a growing affordability crisis, new research has shown, with the commuter belt expanding to the east. Findings from the study show many Londoners are moving further afield to reduce their rent burden, possibly while they save for a house of their own. Less affordable areas in London’s commuter belt, those with higher average rents and particularly those in the South East, have seen less demand and therefore slower rental growth. Conversely eight out of ten counties...
LISTEN: Son Little begs for forgiveness on ‘Demon to the Dark’
GQ once described Son Little as 'Soul music for the hip-hop generation", but never has the description made more sense than on his new track, 'Demon To The Dark' a simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking soul ballad. The song is from Son Little’s forthcoming album New Magic which arrives 15h September on ANTI-. “Sometimes when things get hectic or I'm feeling low I listen to Washington Phillips, an old gospel/blues musician who played an autoharp-like instrument he made called a ‘Manzarene,’ Son Little says. "I tried...