The GMB Union responded to the 'disappointing' Taylor Review as the report was published today. While the union welcomed recommendations such as scrapping the long despised Swedish Derogation and the acceptance that the Gig Economy isn't working for workers, it challenged the Government to grasp the nettle and tackle the whole of the precarious economy. Matthew Taylor, who was commissioned last year by the Prime Minister to carry out this review, will today publish his 7 principles to achieve “good...

QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the Small Media, Communication & IT Companies sector: Herald Investment Trust - Backing growing businesses The Technology sector has been rising strongly in recent months. This note discusses a number of stocks that contributed to a near 40% increase in Herald Investment Trust’s NAV over the year to the end of May 2017. Nevertheless, Herald’s manager is convinced that UK technology companies in particular, which comprise over half the portfolio,...

As the development of the food industry in London undergoes a revolution of sorts, it’s clear that entrepreneurs are responding to the challenge ahead. Whether it’s the need to deliver to the last mile or providing access to commercial kitchens in a flexible way that hasn’t been possible before, there’s a seismic shift happening in the food industry. Here are three companies that are changing the food business in London in different ways.   Commercial Kitchens on Demand Whether you're...

To anyone who has worked in an office, or indeed, had a boss, it's a clear truth that teamwork really makes the dream work. Your manager knows this. They are also aware that, if you're a negative force in the office rowing against the tide, they're tired of your rubbish. A new study has confirmed this, with employees with a negative attitude, bad manners and an addiction to social media most likely to land in trouble with the boss. Gossips, poor...

UK festivals are overwhelmingly more popular than overseas festivals, according to a new survey. Nearly half (50%) of people say they prefer UK festivals, compared to just 8% who say they prefer to get their festival fix abroad, The survey of festival-goers, conducted by events and ticketing agent, Skiddle, puts to bed the rumour that overseas festivals such as Tomorrowland in Belgium and Outlook in Croatia are the more popular choice with UKfestival-goers. Skiddle Co-Founder and Director Ben Sebborn, commented: “Whilst many festival-goers choose to travel abroad to see what the rest of the world...

Wyndham Hacket Pain @WyndhamHP David Lynch is one of film’s most striking and unique directors. In the 40 years since his debut feature Eraserhead he has created some of the most singular works in modern American film. It is therefore a real challenge for a documentary about such a figure to live up to the person they are trying to depict. It is a pleasure then to say that David Lynch: The Art Life, the latest documentary about him, tries...

A council-run leisure centre has been blasted for allowing far-right group Britain First to hold a class - teaching members how to fight with KNIVES. The right wing group posted pictures on Facebook of a 'security training day' which also involved learning how to fight with knives and defend themselves - using rulers instead of blades. The podgy middle-aged blokes, most of whom sport closely-cropped haircuts, also learned 'Krav Maga' techniques - a self-defence system developed for the Israel Defense...

Larry Lamb was a man who, along with bearing a plethora of other scars from a life on Fleet Street, had a prominent mark on his forehead that for years was a source of great speculation within London’s notorious publishing district. His reputation often proceeded him and the rumours were that his fierce temper and unwavering stubbornness had landed him in fights with the Krays who had repeatedly bludgeoned him before tiring of his stern resilience. The truth of the...

Review by Isolde Walters, follow at @isoldewrites  I have always been bookish. When I was a child, my father nicknamed me 'bookmark', partly because I was slight but mainly because my nose was forever in a novel. One summer I read George Eliot's Middlemarch in five heady days - that's over 700 pages of heavy Victorian prose, long meandering sentences with clauses and sub-clauses and semi-colons galore. But I fell in love with the characters and their stories and was...