Entrepreneur Visas Increasing in the UK
In the last year, the number of wealthy entrepreneurs coming into the UK on the government’s visa program has doubled. This is boosted by people from both China and Pakistan who are setting up their businesses in London. They are [...]
Tim Bolot’s Bolt Partners Expands Senior Team
Bolt Partners, a corporate restructuring and asset management firm specializing in the health care sector, is constantly working to improve and expand its services while strengthening its ties with U.S.-based Healthcare Management Partners LLC. Last year, Bolt Partners appointed two [...]
Jessops Closing Up Shop
Jessops customers are certainly not happy at the moment. That’s because all of their 187 stores will be closing this month, leaving customers in the lurch. Customers were recently trying to figure out how to reclaim as much as £800,000 [...]
Research Show UK Adults are Hurting Financially
Researchers with the consumer watchdog group Which? have found that 10.2 million households in the UK are feeling squeezed. Using what they term their “squeezometer” they have found that 39% of citizens are feeling financial pressures. 9% of households have [...]
Recession Leading to Drop in Obesity Rates
Perhaps there is one good thing that has come out of the recent recession – weight loss. Since the financial crisis of 2007, obesity rates in the US have, apparently, been slashed in half. Most studies find that when people [...]
Shaking Up the Energy Market with Which?
Which? is creating a revolution – and it appears to be working. More than 75,000 consumers who are all sick of the rising gas and electricity bills hitting them in the UK, are fighting back with their collective consumer power. [...]
Free Bus Fair Falls on Deaf Ears
While perhaps not the most profound study of all times, the research company Ice recently tested out an interesting theory. Arming a collection of lovely ladies with sandwich boards that read, “Ask me to pay your bus fare and I [...]
Dr. Martens Up For Sale
Dr. Martens are a household name around the world now, after first being invented in April of 1960. While they were originally a sign of youthful rebellion and protest, they quickly became more accepted as Peter Townshend of The Who [...]
Consumers Beware With Energy Savings
If you want to cash in on the falling energy prices – you just may have to do your own homework. News has come out that you have to supply your provider with a meter reading that shows the approximate [...]
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