Mothercare, the baby products retailer has confirmed it is closing 50 stores as part of a rescue plan that will put 800 jobs at risk, and the closures will leave only 78 outlets in the UK by 2020. Initially, Mothercare, who hasn’t made a profit since 2012, planned to have 92 outlets by 2023, and…
Paddy Power Betfair is in talks to acquire FanDuel a fantasy sports site, in order to capitalise on the lifting of a federal ban on sports betting across the US. The UK and Ireland based FTSE100 gambling group said with New Jersey among those expected to enact legislation within weeks the US gambling market could…
Ex-Labour cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year, has died aged 70 on Saturday. Ex-PM Tony Blair said she left an “enormous” legacy as “everything she touched turned into gold in some way, whether it was advancing equal pay for women, starting Sure Start, which is an…
Uber has unveiled its first four-passenger electric “flying car” concept aircraft with rotors which can reposition to help it fly after a vertical take-off and can travel 2,00o feet above the traffic at 150-200mph (241-321kmph). The Flying taxi will be initially flown by pilots but the company has plans to make them autonomous in the near…
Associated Independent Recording (AIR) Studios, set up by Beatles producer George Martin located in Lyndhurst Hall, a Grade II- listed church building in Hampstead, North West London, designed by Alfred Waterhouse who also designed the Natural History Museum, has been put for sale following the resolution of a dispute with neighbours. AIR Studios, with exceptional…
Victoria Veenstra – holder of two degrees in classical music, specialising in Baroque and the recorder ( some recorders cost over £1,000) performs and teaches music in Friesland – a stunning extensive rural part of Holland, much favoured by holidaymakers who like to camp or get back to nature – very popular also for young…
The Government are tightening the clean air agenda and drawing up plans to outlaw the hybrid cars that exclusively relies on traditional engines such as the Toyota Prius, by 2040 and over 98 percent currently on the road would be banned. However, Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary, who has Toyota’s UK headquarters in his constituency is…
A Biography of Karl Marx one of the greatest thinkers of 19th-century rendering him more relevant than ever. A World to Win follows Marx through childhood and student days, his enduring friendship and intellectual partnership with Friedrich Engels, and Marx’s influences and explains his political and intellectual interventions and builds on the legacy of his thought,…