A British Asian online lifestyle magazine has launched a new service aimed at helping businesses to recruit from diverse backgrounds. DESIblitz has launched the jobs site with the aim of assisting employers to harness the benefits of having a diverse workforce. The new website highlights vacancies to a niche BME audience of over three million visitors yearly, typically aged between 18-34 years old, of which 48 per cent are female. Indi Deol, Director said: “The UK is considered to be...

There's an episode of Futurama called 'Proposition Infinity'. It parodies the debates about gay and lesbian marriage in America by presenting a contentious referendum on the rights of robots to marry humans. Obviously, the idea of walking down the aisle with artificial intelligence isn't on the public agenda. But we are not so far off from another piece of lurid science fiction: robot sex slaves. The plans are already in place. Big robotics and electronics companies are investing serious money...

A coffee-infused range of activewear is set to be lauched by an Australian cycling apparel brand to improve moisture management and boost sun protection. OORR is set to launch the 'Cafe' range on Kickstarter this October, boasting high performance fabric that’s race ready has been developed with 'Frog Skin' nanotechnology. But why coffee? Well, creating coffee infused cycling and athletic wear unashamedly taps into the strong coffee culture steeped in the industry for the last decade or more. Polyester yarn is infused...

Britain’s universities are plagued by a culture of sexual harassment and discrimination, according to a new study. Almost 55 per cent of students said they have either witnessed or experienced sexual harassment or discrimination by a lecturer, professor or other member of university staff, with the average student witnessing or experienciong five instances throughout their university life, either from staff or fellow students. According to the report, which was commissioned by McAllister Olivarius, one female student ended up being propositioned by...

A raft of secret service jobs are set to be rolled out for the observant fuckers who have realised it’s getting dark earlier. The Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, is looking to recruit people who can detect subtle changes in light conditions in relation to the time of the day simply by looking out of the window. It is thought that every home and office in the UK is likely to send at least one vigilant candidate for...

When we went to the polls in June they didn't tell us about Marmite, did they? The NHS was high on the agenda, the eb and flow of people across borders was a particular focal issue and red tape in Brussels divided the nation, but it has been a sticky, brown food paste that has made the headlines post-Brexit. Marmite, in all its gooey simplicity, has driven the effect of the vote home for Brits, with Tesco going to war with Unilever...

This Sunday at 2am winter will truly be upon us as the clocks go back and the nights start getting darker. Unfortunately spending time in the dark is something Brits are used to, in fact new research by Get More Vitamin Drinks has found that the average office worker is only expected to get 52 minutes of daylight a week over this period. In a finding sure to make Brits dread the winter the average worker is reported to leave for...

Thousands of businesses across the UK are set to be hit with changes to their business rates, with the majority of increases affecting companies based in the capital. Business rates are calculated in part based on the rental value of properties, and since the last revaluation in 2010 the value of many London properties has significantly risen. Central London, Mayfair, Brixton and Hammersmith are some of the areas set for a major increase in rates. Many will be able to...

By Steve Banks The Daily Mail is underplaying the support it gave to Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Union of Fascists in the early 1930s. In a recent smear on his son Max Mosley, one of paper’s heavy-hitters Richard Pendlebury wrote: "For a brief period some of the mainstream press — this paper and the Daily Mirror included — praised the BUF's supposedly ‘conservative’ agenda. "That support soon evaporated as violence and an intolerance that was very evidently...