Why your business needs a forensic accountant
For any business owner, the key to success is simple: knowing where your money comes from and where it goes. Whether you sell a product or offer a service, having a deep understanding of your business’ finances gives you more power to make informed, effective decisions that fuel growth and help make each quarter more successful than the last. The stronger your understanding of your business’ finances, the more capably you’ll be able to operate and grow. Enter the forensic...
The joy of Boxing Day football
As much as I always look forward to Christmas Day festivities, I can't deny that I always reserve an ounce of excitement for the Boxing Day fixtures. If we take it as a given that, given the way football is financed, we are unlikely to ever see a full complement of fixtures on any one day, Boxing Day is about as close as we get to seeing every team across the country in action. There are eighty-four top flight teams in...
Your Professional Network Can Now Be Built With A Swipe
Following the emergence of quick-fire dating apps such as Tinder, happn and Grinder, a clever business app has taken off using the same premise that aims to build productive business relationships rather than fleeting encounters. Meet Shapr, a free networking app (iOS and Android) that suggests a daily batch of 10 to 15 nearby professionals who are also interested in expanding their professional networks. It’s like LinkedIn, but a lot cooler and much less formal. If a formalised ‘networking breakfast...
Press Photo of the Year 2016
Every year the the largest independent news agency in the UK supplies newspapers and magazines around the world with some of the most fascinating, captivating and powerful photographs you could ever hope to see. It's your chance to vote for the SWNS Press Photo of the Year 2016... VOTE FOR THE PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2016 Here you'll find 100 of the most compelling images sent out by the news service this year, as chosen by their picture editors. Simply...
Christmas truces were “common” in the First World War
The Christmas day football match of 1914 on the back of a temporary truce has become an iconic moment in history, but new evidence suggests it may not have been that rare. Historian Thomas Weber, of the University of Aberdeen, has uncovered evidence that festive meetings continued throughout the war, with a significant number in 1916 despite the huge casualties suffered in the Battle of the Somme. The Professor was given access to a large number of family memories of the...
Team Rock Enters Administration: What Does it Mean?
Team Rock went into administration on Monday at the cost of 73 jobs across London and Glasgow. Since then, more light has been thrown on the financial difficulties the publisher faced over, at least, the last two years, running at a loss of 4.3M in 2015 and 8.8M in 2016. Pretty substantial stuff, especially considering the handsome roster Team Rock had acquired, including Classic Rock, Prog and Metal Hammer Magazine, all respected titles with an established readership. The first thing to consider of course...
Scientists develop pill that vaccinates people against salmonella
A pill that vaccinates people against salmonella has been developed amid fears terrorists could turn the deadly food poisoning bug into a weapon. Designed to be taken by mouth, it also has the added advantage of using the same pathway that salmonella uses to wreak havoc on the digestive system. Salmonella is responsible for one of the most common food-borne illnesses in the world. In the US alone, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are about 1.4 million...
This car is expected to sell for more than £350,000
A dilapidated Aston Martin is expected to sell for more than £350,000 despite being partially buried in leaves after languishing in a wood for more than 40 years. The Aston Martin DB4 was the first production car capable of doing 0-100-0mph in less than 30 seconds when it was launched in 1958. It was built to compete with sports cars from Ferrari and Maserati - but this particular model hasn't moved in almost half-a-century. The car was manufactured in the...
Cure for issues facing Peer to Peer lending isn’t regulation
The cure for the issues facing the Peer to Peer lending industry isn’t regulation, but community. By Matt Haycox Last week, the Financial Conduct Authority released their interim feedback of their review of their crowdfunding and peer to peer lending rules. And it didn’t sound good. Andrew Bailey, CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), stated that "fast-moving, evolving" peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry poses "some quite big challenges in terms of transparency and fairness." Following this the FCA announced that...