The British press and politicians are striving to implement the Leveson Report. This is the just the latest in repeated attempts to regulate the press –...
Wikipedia lists 187 predictions of the end of the world from 634BC to yesterday’s Mayarmageddapocalypscaust (apologies to Jon Stewart).On average, that’s one ‘end of the world’...
Pseudoscientists, especially those who have books or films to sell, have long declared the end of the current Mayan long count calendar, December 21 2012, as...
British American Tobacco announced today that it has acquired CN Creative Limited, a UK-based start-up company that specialises in the development of e-cigarette technologies intended to...
In September, Canada’s Globe and Mail’s Inside the Market columnist questioned FTSE4Good’s decision to drop BP from their index following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. He may have...
While none of the major gun manufacturers are British, thousands are killed every year by military equipment manufactured in, and sold by, the UK. Ever since...
Today sees the UK launch of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in which Bilbo Baggins and a band of dwarves set off on an adventure to...
On Tuesday night, Channel 4 broadcast a documentary exploring the extreme weather events of 2012 and asked the question, “Is our weather getting worse?” Weather should...
As we reported on Saturday, the responsible investment campaign group FairPensions has released a challenging report on the state of ethical funds. The critical but welcome...
Bailed out, repeat offender Northern Rock has cost the taxpayer another £270m, due to badly worded loan statements. Meanwhile, 152,000 borrowers stand to gain £1,775 on...
HSBC was today fined £1.2bn (1% of market capitalisation) over US claims that it was engaged in money laundering for terrorists. Its “profoundly sorry” CEO, Stuart...
The chancellor George Obsorne delivered his fifth set piece financial statement that we’ve covered. He opened with the bold statement that the economy is healing. While...
The political reaction to Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations was predictable. The Liberal Democracts and Labour were in full support; the Conservatives against. We need real national...
Delivering a damning indictment of the culture and ethics of the press, more specifically the behaviour of a small minority of editors and journalists, Lord Justice...
Planning minister Nick Boles has suggested that we need to increase the percentage of land under development in the UK by up to 33% over the...