Sir James Dyson, the billionaire inventor, and his wife have won a libel case against Associated Newspapers Limited and donated the money to a research charity. The Daily Mail, a newspaper published by Associated Newspapers Limited, have paid out a sum of £100,000 to Sir James Dyson after running an article that was false and […]
One of the major advantages of cryptocurrency is its security, or so we thought. Unlike conventional currencies that are only password protected, cryptocurrency is tied to the block chain, that’s all but impossible to crack. Now though, cybercriminals are using security avoidance techniques called “cryptojacking” to mine for cryptocurrencies. Cryptojacking is a form of illicit […]
James Bloom has been appointed to the Board of Alternative Bridging Corporation, the short-term lender and Alternative Investment Fund Manager, following formal approval by the FCA. James, who has over 30 years of property finance experience first at Regentsmead and then at Masthaven, joined Alternative Bridging Corporation in November 2019 and hit the ground running, […]
Aigen im Ennstal. Specialist business property advisor, Christie & Co has secured a new owner for the renowned 5-star hotel Pichlarn castle in the Austrian Alps. Well-known hotelier, Georg Imlauer has acquired the hotel through his hotel group, IMLAUER Hotel & Restaurant GmbH. Following 13 years of ownership, the German Schörghuber Group castle hotel in […]
Manufacturers helped push the UK’s economic recovery ahead of the global benchmark in December, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker. The Tracker, compiled working with IHS Markit, provides unique insight into the shape and pace of the UK’s recovery following the huge disruption caused by Covid-19. The latest data was compiled between […]
Newly rebranded West One has become the first specialist lender to join the Society for Mortgage Professionals (SMP) as an associate firm. The SMP, which is part of the Chartered Insurance Institute, aims to raise professional standards among brokers in the mortgage and protection sector. It launched its associate firm status last August aimed at […]
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, today releases new research which finds that the Covid -19 pandemic has caused a surge in young people starting their own businesses in the UK. The survey of 2,502 aged 16-24-year-olds in the UK carried out by Censuswide for GoDaddy, shows that one in ten […]
In the fourth quarter of 2020, the overall GB vacancy rate increased to 13.7%, from 13.2% in Q3. It was 1.6 percentage points higher than the same point in 2019. This was the tenth consecutive quarter of increasing vacancy rates, from Q2 2018. All locations saw an increase in vacancies in Q4, with shopping centre […]
Whether having the personal resources, or relying on parental support, acquiring that first new car is always going to be a hard-fought battle, as Iain Robertson knows well, but the multi-award-winning Clio has the capacity to turn heads and convince. Bear in mind that I am highlighting a ‘first new car’ and not the ‘first […]
Nine out of 10 Australian small businesses express frustration about finding and maintaining funding for their enterprises, the latest SME Growth Index data highlights. Small business research, conducted twice a year by East & Partners on behalf of ScotPac , Australia’s largest non-bank SME funder, points to loan conditions as the biggest pain point for […]
