Recently, there have been reports of Britain’s construction industry suffering from it’s ‘least optimistic’ period for five years, a slump that the reports put down to ‘fears over Brexit’ and ‘an economic slowdown’. However, the construction industry in London is still alive and well, and there are plans underway for ...
QuotedData - 2017 review of the year - Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. ...
Following a brief rallying call from her frontbenchers, Theresa May is now odds-on to resign in 2018. The beleaguered PM enjoyed momentary support from colleagues last week, but she has come under fire today from her own side as one of her MPs said the “window is closing” on her leadership ...
A new data map has revealed a remarkable correlation between Remain-voting areas and the parts of Britain that have high concentrations of Pret a Manger's. The data set, entitled "Proliferation of Pret a Manger vs Leave/Remain", shows that regions with the most Pret outlets were more likely to vote to ...
This afternoon in the most unlikely of international arenas Yorkshire International Football Association will take on the Isle of Man in a first-of-its-kind Conifa league fixture. The 1,000-capacity Hemsworth Miners Welfare FC Community Club based in Fitzwilliam, just outside Pontefract, will be the venue for Yorkshire’s first game against Ellan ...
After the undercover revelations, printed in the FT, about the alleged sexual harassment at the Presidents Club annual charity dinner last night, there have been calls for Families minister, Nadhim Zahazwi, to resign, as he attended the event. The reputable finance newspaper reported men “repeatedly putting hands up their skirts” ...
Following emergency powers invoked by the Spanish government in October 2017, Catalonia remains very much a part of Spain, at least in the short term. Within the Catalan parliament, there is now a slim majority of pro-independence parties, which still leaves the possibility of the region to secede very much on ...
A note from a man found dead in a burned-out car is being analysed by hand-writing experts amid claims he was murdered by the RUSSIAN secret police. Police say human remains found in the vehicle were those of Latvian national Mikus Alps, 33, who had been reported missing earlier that ...
There's a lot to be said about sensationalism and misreporting in today's media market, but the Express took the biscuit today on what was evidently a slow news day for Hugh Whittow's troops. First came the news that Britain was apparently set to turn its guns towards Brussels as Brexit ...