London’s Startup Scene set to hit record highs in 2015
By Nathan Lee, Business Correspondent London’s startup scene is set to reach record highs in 2015 as it spearheads the UK’s growing entrepreneurial community, says global office broker, Instant Offices. The UK has seen an all-time high of new startups in 2014, with London contributing the majority of new businesses to the mix. This according to national enterprise, Startup Britain. The tech industry in particular has skyrocketed, rising 40 per cent year-on-year. This has resulted in a seven year high...
39 Yrs & 7 Mths –The Worst Age To Move Up The Property Ladder In 2015
By Steve Taggart 35–44 year olds are the forgotten generation of the UK housing crisis, with 39 years and 7 months officially the worst age to try and move up the UK property ladder in 2015. This is according to figures released by QualitySolicitors in partnership with the University of York, showing that this generation is the most disenfranchised by current UK housing policy. The research, which polled 1,000 UK voters and analysed the housing policies of all five major...
Mortgage Tips for First-Time Buyers
By Bea Patel, Director of Shop for an Agent As a first time buyer, you’ll be excited about getting on the property ladder. But there are many factors to consider other than the type of house you want, and the area you want to live in. Your financial situation, budget and deposit amount are important factors you need to iron out before you can look for a mortgage. You’ll need to make sure you can afford to pay your mortgage,...
Virgin Trains East Coast: A Lesson in Distasteful Branding
The test of successful branding hinges on three things; Is it meaningful, is it likeable and is it memorable? Or so Matt Symonds of Fortuna Admissions tells me. I honestly don’t know what makes a brand successful, but as I sit here on a train to King’s Cross from Leeds I can’t help but feel a little unsettled by the Virgin branding that litters the iconic InterCity 225’s that have worked the 393-mile long line skirting the spine of Britain since...
A competitive London events sector shows signs of strength in 2015
By Moya Maxwell, chair, Unique Venues of London There are encouraging signs that 2015 is set to be a buoyant year for private events and corporate hospitality, especially from a resurgent domestic market. A survey conducted amongst Unique Venues of London’s 81 member venues found that that 91 per cent of respondents had an optimistic business outlook for 2015 (up eight per cent on 2013’s results). And many members recording that January was the busiest ever for new event enquiries....
Top 30 Landmarks in the World
By Steve Taggart A list of the Top 30 landmarks in the has been revealed with three British entries coming in the top five. France's Eiffel Tower took the top spot but Big Ben, Stonehenge and the Houses of Parliament took positions three, four and five respectively in a great showing from the British Isles. The poll of 2,000 adults also ranked European gems as being the most iconic in the world with the Colosseum in Rome, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and...
Food and Drink Guide To St. Patrick’s Day in London
By Jonathan Hatchman The annual celebration of the Patron Saint Patrick of Ireland will take place on Tuesday March 17th, and as expected, it’s not just Dublin and Belfast that will be offering a plethora of celebratory events to mark the affair. Across London, hundreds of pubs, clubs and restaurants will be partaking. But if joining the masses in Leicester Square’s Wetherspoon’s or Yates’, draped in novelty green hats and spilling pints of Guinness all over the place, isn’t for...
The Gunman – Film Review
By Ellery Nick The jibes had already been circulating that after resurrecting Liam Neeson for 2008’s Taken, director Pierre Morel was once again embroiled in the dark arts - having dug up a new middle-aged cadaver to be put to good use in the bone-crunching world of international espionage and quickly assembled guns. The other question was how would a political animal such a Sean Penn fair in the physically precarious world of an action thriller? We need not have...
Wales v Ireland – Best of enemies
Sport News 24/7 By Ellie Caddick @caddicksport @TLE_Sport This time last week most of us were sure that Ireland v England was going to be the game of the championship. The clash would see the two favourites for the championship go head-to-head and whoever could emerge victorious would be on track for the Grand Slam. Just 24 hours earlier Wales would travel to Paris for what looked like the battle for third place. Would France turn up? Would Wales be...