Southern Rail has said sorry more than any other train company this year, according to a website that tracks apologies to customers - by apologising 111 times every DAY. The beleaguered train company has said sorry to customers almost 38,000 times this year so far. Southern has apologised 37,830 times in 2016 according to sorryfortheinconvenience.co.uk - who log how often train companies say sorry to customers on Twitter. Thameslink, who also run services between Bedford and Brighton, has made 17,602...

As winter approaches, we start to think more about keeping our homes warm and snug. Perhaps we're thinking about an elderly relative who is struggling to keep warm, especially as fuel costs are set to soar next year. In most homes there are always some rooms that are colder than others. There are many reasons for this: the number of outside walls, draughts, the position of radiators and so on. Fortunately, there are some simple steps you can take to...

Here's a handy business guide to Debt Finance from OakNorth Bank. Debt financing is a method of borrowing money whilst not giving up or selling off ownership of your business. The bank was created to help the UK’s growth businesses and entrepreneurs reach their potential by providing them with bespoke, no-nonsense debt finance solutions, delivered in days or weeks rather than months. 5 points to consider before applying for debt finance from banks, in the UK Featured image: Nguyen Hung Vu via Flickr -...

Employer engagement is key to any business. To achieve success, your team will need to be thriving when presented with new challenges, actively sharing solutions with one another and helping share the workload across a busy workspace. A good way to nurture employer engagement within the workplace is team building exercises and Function18 agree. They’re a great motivator for employees, because after all, who doesn’t want to leave the office for a day and have a bit of fun? Don’t...

It would be fair to insist that Westminster’s Cinnamon Club, first opened in 2001, is still one of the most breath taking spaces for a high-end Indian restaurant in London. That’s without even considering the food from Michelin-starred Executive Chef Vivek Singh. The chef’s food has become so popular, in fact, that two offshoots (Cinnamon Kitchen and Cinnamon Soho) have also been rolled out across the city in the past fifteen years. Just a stone’s throw from Liverpool Street station,...

Jogging is toil. Jogging is pain. Jogging is, ultimately, failure. You’re either outdoors in the rain dodging prams and traffic, or in the gym looking at your starkly-lit face in the mirror as you run in place. Time passes. Sweat falls. You go nowhere. Enjoy that runner’s high, because tomorrow it’s back to the cubicle, to the grind, where your juiced calves will remain hidden under formica desks and H&M trousers. The singular joy anyone can glean from exercise, besides...

Workers in the UK working via employment agencies are not getting a fair deal, says the Resolution Foundation. The problem is growing as the number of agency staff has increased rapidly in recent years. The Think-Tank found that agency workers are disproportionately drawn from ethnic minorities and are concentrated in low-paid industries and lower-skilled jobs. There are now 865,000 agency staff in the UK, which has risen 200,000 since 2011. Over the last 18 months, 14% of agency workers were also...

More good news for cyclists in the capital as the Mayor of London has announced a plan to invest £770m on cycling initiatives across London. The funding will be spread over five years, seeing £154m per annum to fund infrastructure and promote cycling. Khan wants to make cycling in the capital a "safe and obvious choice for Londoners of all ages and backgrounds". There have been numerous deaths of cyclists in recent years, prompting calls for safer cycle lanes around...

A disillusioned fox hunt organiser says he has seen "no evidence of hounds killing a fox", despite pictures and videos been released showing a savage attack at a hunt on Saturday. Animal rights activists recorded a fox being illegally hunted and killed by members of the Old Surrey Burstow & West Kent Hunt near Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The video appears to show a pack of dogs attacking a fox in woodland, before the fox is then removed from the hounds by...