A year of distractions: The things we do as landlords instead of checking our properties
There are many reasons checking your property is essential if you are a landlord, not only for yourself but also for your tenants too. The benefits of inspecting your property regularly includes: - Reassures your tenants that you're reliable and available should they need you. - Saves you money as you're able to spot any pessary maintenance work before it get too costly. - Can avoid disputes with any tenants, especially when it comes to security deposits. - Helps you...
Restaurant Review: Thai Square, Fulham
We all recall when Thai food was the ‘thing of the moment’ a few years ago. I even remember my local pub at the time serving Thai food rather than classic pub grub, so it’s hard to imagine that any of us are strangers to Pad Thai. Thai Square has been bringing Thai food to the UK for the last 21 years. After opening its first restaurant in 1996, the group now boasts 13 restaurants, each still promising authentic, balanced...
London photographer to the stars photographs young cancer patients for awareness campaign
London celebrity photographer Richard Young has photographed a group of young cancer survivors as part of an awareness campaign for a national cancer charity. Richard Young, who grew up in North London, made his name photographing the likes of Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Joan Collins, Kate Moss, Angelina Jolie, Andy Warhol, Marvin Gaye, Mick Jagger and Stevie Wonder, to name just a few. The photography is part of a month-long awareness campaign from CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading national cancer...
3-D printer builds house for $10,000 – and it will last for 175 years
An fascinating video has been released of a 3-D printer building an entire house for $10,000. The average new build home costs £189,940 to build, compared to a self-build cost of £84,000 if you do the work yourself or £146,000 if you employ tradesmen to do it for you. But this could change all that. The technology has been used to build accommodation in Stupino, Russia. Although the house is a cosy 409 square feet it has all the essential...
London couriers to get “cycling airbags”
London couriers are to get cycling airbags to improve safety. 'Absolutely', one of the oldest courier companies in the UK, has announced a new safety initiative in collaboration with 'Hövding', the airbag for cyclists in a first-of-its-kind partnership to make the booming London industry safer. With couriers spending up to ten hours a day cycling on the busy streets of London, safety is a clear priority. However, many professional couriers shun helmets because they are uncomfortable to wear for long periods...
HgCapital leads reinvestment in Visma in Europe’s largest ever software buyout
HgCapital Trust has announced that it and other institutional clients of HgCapital will re-invest in Visma Group Holdings (Visma), which it describes as a leading provider of mission-critical business software to SMBs in the Nordic region. The transaction follows a decision by KKR to sell its holding in the group. HgCapital, the trust’s manager, is to be the lead investor in the new transaction structure, alongside Cinven, GIC, Montagu, ICG and the management team at Visma. HgCapital says that the...
Miton Global discount narrows on strong performance
For the year ended 30 April 2017, Miton Global Opportunities net asset value per share rose to 248.7p (2016: 182.4p), a total return of 36.3% (2016: 0.4%). The share price ended on an all-time high of 242.3p (2016: 164.3p), a total return of 47.5%. The fund has outperformed a number of other comparators such as the All-Share Index, measured on a total return basis, which rose by 15.4% over the same period (2016: -5.7%), the MSCI World Index, which rose by...
Far right “hire ship” to disrupt search-and-rescue missions in the Mediterranean
Far-right ‘Identitarians’ have paid to hire a ship in order to disrupt search-and-rescue missions in the Mediterranean. The "Defend Europe" group secured a ship with a range of 3000 nautical miles, a place for a crew of 25, and a crane for RIBs to disrupt the work of humanitarian search-and-rescue NGO ships, according to HOPE not hate. They plan to "defend" Europe at sea, and used the purchase as a publicity stunt, with videos uploaded later that evening and following morning announcing...
Risk: Film Review
By Linda Marric Director Laura Poitras (Citizenfour, 2014) spent 6 arduous and paranoia-filled years documenting the life of one of the most controversial figures in recent times. In Risk, Academy Awards winner Poitras offers a fascinating character study of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and charters in a very detailed fashion his rise from revered freedom of information hero, to maligned villain hiding in a foreign embassy to escape a sexual offence investigation. Risk is a complex yet thoroughly accessible piece...