By Chris Brown @vivabrownie Chris argues why you should give the often maligned sport a chance this season If you switch the television on and catch the beginning of an opening NFL game, just stop what you’re doing and allow yourself to absorb the scene for a moment. Notice the colour, the fireworks, the cheerleaders, the smoke, the razzmatazz - this is big time spectacle sport, this is the NFL. Some people will watch the NFL and be unperturbed by...

By Sal Lahoud A few weeks into the campaign, and there is now no escaping it. The #IceBucketChallenge is everywhere. Celebrities, individuals and companies all over the world are doing it and Facebook feeds are clogged up with the latest of your friends to have been nominated. If you haven’t been nominated yet, it’s only a matter of time. We’ve seen Arsenal football players get revenge on the referee with a nomination; Alex Salmond nominate David Cameron at a time...

Sport News 24/7 By Philip Benton A few weeks into another domestic football season, arguably set to be the most exciting Premier League season yet, and as we approach our first international break, I’ve been reflecting on what was another dismal World Cup campaign for the English national team and whether a fundamental reason for it could partly be down to the fact I had to Google translate the title of this article. The ‘English’ Premier League There’s been a...

By Tom Parker With the news yesterday that cases of skin cancer have almost doubled over the last 5 years in the UK, the question we should be asking is who or what is to blame? Many of us love a tan and enjoy nothing more than lying around on a beach somewhere, but do you think of the consequences that it may have on the health on your skin? We live in a society that values not only a...

By Gregory Taylor For most university students the next few years will be the best years of their lives, but although the university experience is life changing, I feel it does not prepare a student for the outside world of work. Far too often you hear employers moaning about university graduates not having the right skills for the work place and graduates not having good work ethics. So how do you solve a problem like this? Well, we should look no...

Sport News 24/7 David De Winter and his brother Richard De Winter discuss a round-up of this weeks sport, including Manchester United, T20 cricket, US Tennis open and Bad boy Balotelli and lots more...Please have a listen on the podcast below   For more from the boys please visit http://thealternativesportsblog.wordpress.com/.

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor SMEs are the first businesses hit by a recession but also the first to see improvement after the hard times. The BBC today (2/9/14) ran a news piece on the growth of the SME sector and their findings are supported by Bibby Financial services research. They found the majority of small and medium sized enterprises in Greater London expect to invest in their businesses this quarter. The independent funder surveyed 1,000 businesses with a turnover of up...

Sport News 24/7 By David Edwards Another window closes and Danny Welbeck rocks up just as the shutters close (or about two hours later, by the time we get round to finishing the paperwork). Welbeck To start with our new recruit – I know that Welbeck’s signing has not been universally welcomed, but from what I have seen he looks a pretty decent player who should fit in and is a significant upgrade on Sanogo. Whenever I have seen him...

By Haroon Arain  Radamel Falcao's loan move to Manchester United was the major deadline day signing as Premier League summer spending hit a record £835m. The twenty times English champions decided to spend big, breaking the English transfer record. They signed Argentinian winger Angel di maria for £60 million along with English International left back Luke Shaw ,Marcos Rojo and Dany Blind. Their fierce rivals Liverpool saw their controversial main man Luis Suarez,  moving to Spanish giants Barcelona, but replaced him...