Image copyright SSA UK The high cost of housing has helped to create a boom in self-storage with many people now renting self-storage units long term because their home is too small. “It’s a bit of a rip-off really,” laughs Angela Andrew, talking about the £120 she pays a month for a self-storage unit in …
Image copyright Getty Images Japan’s economy shrank in the third quarter as natural disasters hit spending and disrupted exports. The economy contracted by an annualised 1.2% between July and September, preliminary figures showed. A devastating earthquake and typhoon were among the disasters to hit Japan this year, and prompted the bigger than expected contraction. The …
Image copyright Vicky Morgan Image caption Vicky Morgan had paid £1,400 of the £2,000 price tag “Disgusted and desperately disappointed,” is how Vicky Morgan sums up her feelings about bridal chain Berketex Bride’s collapse. Its Leicester shop was the only wedding shop she’d been to after she fell in love with the first dress she …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Is social mobility through education getting easier or more difficult for today’s young people? Going to university was not on the cards for “people like us”, says a US academic who next month will receive a major education prize. Growing up in a poor family in California, Professor Larry …
Image copyright SOPA Images Flybe is reported to have put itself up for sale less than a month after issuing a dramatic profit warning. The regional airline is expected to say on Wednesday that its board is exploring a sale or a merger with a rival, according to Sky News. Last month, the airline warned …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The e-cigarette brand has come under regulatory pressure to curb its popularity among the young E-cigarette maker JUUL Labs has agreed to temporarily halt sales of certain flavours in a bid to curb teenage use of their product. Sales of all flavours except tobacco, menthol and mint will be halted …
Image copyright Getty Images Oil prices have dropped to their lowest level in over eight months amid fears about a slowdown in demand. International benchmark Brent crude dropped almost 7% to $65.11 (£50.24) a barrel, its lowest level since March. US oil – known as West Texas Intermediate – fell over 7% to $55.69, its …
Image copyright Getty Images Millions of pounds of public money is being misspent because of “abuse” of green energy schemes, a whistleblower from the energy regulator Ofgem claims. Edd Fyfe, a former counter-fraud officer, alleges big businesses exploited weaknesses in the management of schemes to make huge profits. He claims some firms offered people incentives …
Dinnage has worked for Discovery for the last 10 years Susanna Dinnage has been named as the new chief executive of the Premier League, replacing Richard Scudamore. Dinnage joins from media organisation Discovery, where she was the global president of the Animal Planet channel. Scudamore, 59, is stepping down next month after 19 years at …
Image copyright Getty Images The pound has surged against the dollar and the euro amid growing optimism a Brexit deal is close to being agreed. Sterling leapt 1.4% to trade at $1.3036 against the dollar in afternoon trade, whilst against the euro it jumped to a seven-month high of €1.1542. The move came after a …