Michaela School in Wembley has threatened to put children in 'lunch isolation' if their parents don't make payments on time. The free school in Wembley Park, established by outspoken Katharine Birbalsingh, a strong supporter of the former Education Secretary Michael Gove, sent out a letter to parents threatening to punish children if they don't pay fees on time. The Guardian's education editor Richard Adams unveiled the letter on his Twitter account today, as well as linking to page that lists...

The Byron Boycott is officially on after the popular burger chain lured its workers into an immigration trap designed in cahoots with the Home Office. Bryon has become the face of right wing Britain with messages of support streaming in from fascist loonies who are overjoyed at the inhumane set-up. Comments such as “About time - kick them out now” and “Maybe they should hold similar 'recruiting' events across Europe” soon appeared on a long list of hate-fuelled comments. For...

First the car emissions testing scandal, now the big coffee cup lie. It's very worrying when huge public facing companies such as Starbucks, Costa, Café Nero and other major food retailers are happy to hoodwink consumers into thinking they 'do their bit' for the environment, when all they're really doing is paying lip-service in a dark-arts PR exercise. Nothing highlights the corporate trust issue more than the coffee cup scandal being highlighted by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on BBC One at 9pm...

Strength: 5.9% Brewed: Chicago, Illinois Set up in 1988 by founder John Hall, Goose Island is now one of America’s most popular craft breweries. Inspired by Hall’s travels of Europe, through which he managed to experience some incredible tasting beers from the continent, Chicago was eventually the city chosen as a base for the brewery: a city that was at the time an ideal start with plenty of rapidly evolving tastes. Chicago is also home to the largest fresh water system on...

As part of our business advice series, TheLondonEconomic.com spoke to Neil Slater, General Manager at DMC Software about the Most Common CRM (Customer Relationship Management) mistakes that businesses make. Whilst Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions have been around for a long time now, many businesses are still finding that their solution is not living up to their expectations. Adopted as part of a vital strategy for growth, they have become a tool for all businesses to enhance their customer management, and...

Hashtag #boycottbyron has gone viral after the popular burger chain was accused of laying an immigration trap for its workers. Dozens of workers at Byron Burger were arrested in an "intelligence led" raid by immigration officials last night after staff were lured into thinking they were attending a training day. Workers from at least 15 restaurants in the capital were called to the event only to discover the meeting was about their right to work in the UK. Panicked staff then apparently asked...

Many were dubious by the Ice Bucket Challenge that swept the digital universe in 2014, indeed we at the London Economic initially were not too impressed. We whole-heartedly apologise now, as it has actually achieved something. Millions of people, including high profile celebrities, filmed themselves having a bucket of ice cold water poured over them, to raise money for and awareness of ALS – a progressive neurodegenerative disease. It is also known as motor neurone disease (MND). Overall around 17...

Four years have passed since the Shard was completed, and I’m still unable to understand why visits to the 72nd floor viewing gallery are so popular. Given the choice, why would anybody choose to pay £25.95 for the pleasure? Especially when that particular cost could, instead, buy a round of drinks (almost) within one of the restaurant bars? The restaurants are perched just half-way up the tower, yet the views are almost equally impressive – especially when seated window-side, with...

Electric car manufacturer and environmental entrepreneur Elon Musk gave the world’s media a tour of the new Tesla battery manufacturing plant and immediately came under criticism for the treatment of his batteries. “It’s absolutely disgusting” said one reporter. “The batteries are all crammed into these tiny little chicken coops with no natural light. There is no room to move and they sit there, idly whirring away. The batteries look like they’ve had their electrodes trimmed and all their lithium is...