FinTech brand Imperial FX have moved into the business sector and secured the number one position for sending money to the Middle East and South America. After merging with Brazilian brand BR Money in 2015 to become Imperial FX, they have re-branded and expanded their expertise internationally to offer some of the best business exchange rates on the market. Since growing their services globally and entering new regions, they have collated a team of professional, service-orientated money experts who have...

Figures show immigration is at a record high in the UK, but what do the numbers really show? The latest set of immigration statistics showed that 650,000 people came to Britain in the year to June, a record number for a 12-month period. That headline figure earned lots of attention across media outlets – but when you inspect the data further, what do the numbers actually show?   The UK immigration numbers broken down The 650,000 figure was made up...

Donald Trump is responsible for "election dysfunction" according to one sex worker who is blaming a droop in trade on the president elect and Brexit. Jasmine, 20, who charges £140 an hour to help fund her university degree, said she has seen around 300 clients since starting two years ago. But she says that has shrunk by two thirds to just one a week and she reckons the turn-off is due to the political turmoil of the past six months. Jasmine,...

A woman has been publicly shamed by a nightclub after her "racist" 3am Facebook rant about being barred by an 'olive-skinned' doorman backfired. Foul-mouthed Deborah Smith, 44, penned her abusive tirade after being refused entry to The Loft for being drunk. But instead of apologising the club, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, declared she was permanently barred with a caustic takedown. They described her as 'a dim racist' and shamed her further by asking if she would only be satisfied if they...

Entries for the SWNS Media Group Picture of the Year have been submitted for a public ballet, with some stunning photos to choose from among this year's entrants. Every year the SWNS news wire supplies newspapers and magazines around the world with some of the most fascinating, captivating and powerful photographs you could ever hope to see. From 2017, the media group will also be revolutionising how they submit pictures to the national media. Funded by Google under their Digital...

Blockbuster profits for squalid working conditions; that is the face of modern capitalism after pictures emerged of Amazon staff living in tents in freezing conditions close to one of its distribution centres. How is it, I ask, that a multi-billion pound company who pay a pitiful amount of tax are able to get away with also paying wages so low that people struggle to cover basic living costs? With in-work poverty becoming rife and social care being cut back at a dramatic rate...

It’s not possible for the audience to hide in the darkness in the Young Vic’s Maria Studio because there isn’t any. Throughout the show the lights remain on and the audience can see every bead of sweat, every grimace, cutting smile and flick of the eye in Mark Lockyer’s physiognomy as he describes his battle with Manic Depression. He can also see the audience. A match has been lit, a mirror erected, so that the audience can peer into the...

London’s prime-resi property market has accelerated notably in recent years, particularly in highly desirable areas like Mayfair. Listings in this sought-after part of central London are up 67 per cent compared to 2014, and up 25 per cent compared with last year. One of the area’s most prestigious and longstanding estate agents, Wetherell, notes in a recent report that there is currently £750 million worth of residential property listed for sale, an impressive figure when looking at the impact of...

Launched last year, Vintage Velvet is a new vodka created by Gabriella Thorpe, having previously gained significant knowledge of the drinks industry working for a high demographic wine journal. Inspired by a love of English spirits and the boom in popularity of English wine in recent years, Vintage Velvet is crafted with locally sourced Chardonnay grape juice to produce a unique double distilled spirit. As a result of the distilling process, this is the first vodka of this kind in...