By Ellis Palmer This is the first Vlog for the London Economic. A new section we plan to build; in response to the changing trends in digital communication. Today's Vlog is about the political situation in Catalonia and the vote that was held on the future of Catalonia last Sunday, the 9th November. This Vlog gives a historical background to the issues and discusses the possible ramifications that may occur from the vote. It is entitled: "The Week-Long Hangover". Bio...

By David Rowsell, head of Money for Life Programme, Lloyds Banking Group Parents are their children’s first financial educators – teaching them how to spend or save and how money is earned. Financial behaviours and decisions – both good and bad – have a powerful influence on children’s financial attitudes and behaviour around money. Recent reports, compiled by family welfare charity, Home-Start, have found that around a third (31 per cent) of adults believe it to be inappropriate to include...

By Cecily Watret International business means becoming accustomed to new languages and the role they play in the corporate environment. Overcoming this language barrier can be quite a daunting task, which is why The Language Factory has created a new infographic focusing on five of the top languages in business and incorporating some interesting facts about the languages and the countries in which they are spoken. To give you a brief overview: German is on the rise in the US of A You...

By Charlotte Hope Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle I get really blubbery in the Winter. I hate it. It’s cold and I want to stay indoors and drink tea and eat chocolate/anything in the house. Everything in the house. In addition, the second the clock strikes midnight on December 1st it is a struggle not to eat my entire advent calendar and drink gallons of mulled wine. A friend of mine has a theory that in December ‘a cold wind blows’ and...

By Charlotte Hope Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Kim Kardashian tries to ‘break the internet’  Kim Kardashian (West), who I’ve frankly given too much Column space to already, has tried to ‘break the internet’in conjunction with Paper magazine, with a cover featuring her famous bottom in all its naked glory. Naked and really greasy looking. It’s huge, everyone. It’s absolutely fucking massive. My friends have commented on what they think is an unattractive part of her body, but I can’t stop looking...

Christmas is almost here which means a guilt-free month of indulgence. We sent our very own David de Winter to sample the delights of Champagne and cheese in the run-up to the festive season, and now you have the chance to sample the fizz for yourself thanks to Cattier Champagne which is giving away three bottles in the run up to the festive period. Cattier Champagne, one of the oldest, family-owned Champagne makers, has been growing grapes since 1763. The...

By David de Winter – Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport  The announcement by FIFA’s self-appointed ‘independent’ ethics committee that it was closing its investigation into alleged corruption over the bidding process to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups was not surprising.  If I’d set up my own ‘independent ethics committee’ made-up of my cronies to overview corruption in my own company I’d probably come to the same conclusion.  “The Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA did not find any violations or...

The number of emails being read on mobile devices has soared, new research has found, with the number of emails read on iPhones doubling in a year. Data from SendGrid has revealed the number of emails read on iPhones doubled in London, with people in Manchester reading five times more emails on theirs. The number of emails opened on Android devices also shot up, increasing by 40 per cent from 2013. That compares to almost stagnant figures recording on Windows...

By Charlotte Hope - Lifestyle Editor I always thought my parents did quite well for themselves (thank you very much) but it turns out they didn't, they are beneath me; strange as I still borrow cash off them. But it turns out I am in the minority, as according to new research modern Brits believe they are more successful than their parents ever were. A study of 2,000 current British workers looked at the relationship between their careers and the...