In the current economic climate, more and more people are taking part in the UK National Lottery and giving themselves a glimmer of hope that they can enjoy a wealthier lifestyle. As National Lottery tickets are so affordable to buy, they’re well worth the purchase- after all, you could spend just a pound and win [...]
Well it looks like strikes are looming in on us for the New Year, it seems British Airways Union have said that it will be ballot for fresh strikes. Meaning some people who have booked a holiday in the half term holidays could be in for a big let-down If they are due to travel [...]
Three quarters of the Uk’s households apparently have a home computer, with almost the same proportion connected to the internet, these figures were released by the Office for National Statistics. There was a massive 72% increase in people owning a computer in their homes in 2008-2009, there was also a 5% rise in people having [...]
Russia’s biggest private oil film has reportedly made a massive jump in its quarterly profits, probably due to the higher global oil prices. Its net profit increased by almost 40% to £1.82 Billion in the July to September period, this being in comparison to the same quarter a year previous. The thriving company said that [...]
Today the government have announced that taxes on high strength beers and lagers will be put up next year, this being in an attempt to reduce problem drinking. Beer that is stronger than 7.5% will be subject to the higher duty from autumn 2011, the tax on low alcohol beers that has a lower strength [...]
London’s – Flybe Airline which is Britain’s biggest domestic airline, is to list on the London Stock Exchange as of next month, raising £60m through initial public offering. The companies director’s say was one of only a few European airlines to consistently report profits through the downturn, plans to use half of the funds raised [...]
Airbus’s parent company, EADS, has seen a shocking 39% fall in quarterly profits. Last year in January, the profits went as high as 170mn a year whereas this January, profits went down to 103m euros. These figures included a 7mn profit for the Airbus commercial planemaking unit. One of the supposed reasons for the down [...]
Ever since the elections, the conservatives were always essentially in the lead, even though initially the election was a hung government. Labour were second best, with Lib Dems in third and others last. Due to the Lib Dem’s fifty one seats, the conservatives couldn’t win outright. In the end, Gordon Brown, the leader and up [...]
Nike, he US worldwide known sportbrand is in plans to build a ‘Nike park’ in Tokyo. This has come under criticism though. Nike paid the local authorities of Shibuya, the area in which the park is to be built, 17mn yen a year for a decade, for naming rights. The plan is to turn the [...]
Although the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull’s eruption lasted a whole week, it hasn’t surprisingly affected the climate. The ash clouds as of a reaction of the eruption created havoc for air travel, preventing and delaying many holidays for millions of people worldwide. The ash hasn’t had an effect on the climate though, which is a relief [...]
