We learn how to read when we are very young, and from that age onwards it becomes an essential skill that we rarely think twice about. But there is more to reading than simply scooping up a paperback and picking up where we left off last time. Reading has the ability to change our lives in many different ways, and as such we should probably…
Turn on any TV or open any newspaper, and before long you’ll be faced with an advertisement for a personal loan. With so many loan products and providers on the market, each catering to a different demographic, it’s important to consider several factors before deciding on which loan is right for your circumstances. When deciding on how much you’d like to borrow, it’s important to…
Whenever new technology makes a universal impact the business world soon finds a way of harnessing it to suit its own and also its customers’ ends. That axiom is particularly true in banking which as an industry tends to be a keen ‘early adopter’ when it comes to significant technological advances. Today, most UK banks deliver or aspire to deliver a wide variety of ways…
Recent studies carried out by the Clapham House Group and Regent Inns correctly predicted a slowdown in consumer spending, causing a slump in the share prices of restaurants and bar chains across the UK. There were a variety of reasons behind this predicted slump in consumer interest, including the continuing impact of the smoking ban, England’s failure to qualify for the Euro 2008 Championships and,…
Although in the current economic climate international travel is becoming more expensive on an almost daily basis, there are still quite a few UK citizens that must do it as part of their job. However, whether they consider their travel as a pain or a pleasure there is a whole raft of benefits available to regular travellers who know where to look that definitely helps…
Most people in the UK have a place of work; whether it’s an office, factory, shop, school, hospital or even their own home. The employment rate at the beginning of 2008 was a healthy 74.8 percent. Total hours worked reached 942.0 million, meaning more hours are spent at work every day than anywhere else. As so many people spend so much time at work, there…
The pharmaceutical industry is a fast-paced industry that is constantly changing with technological and scientific discoveries. Working in the pharmaceutical industry can be very rewarding and those people who work in the pharmaceutical industry can expect to be constantly involved in a wide range of activities, including processing and producing medicinal drugs, developing ways to keep our food supplies safe and testing new drugs. If…
In the wake of taxpayers discovering that their money may be at risk following the government’s ?24bn rescue of Northern Rock, people up and down the country were shocked and worried to learn about the apparent loss of sensitive data on over 25 million people after two computer discs containing records of all British families with children under sixteen — that’s over seven million families…
Most people in the UK are familiar with the word mortgage; but how many know exactly what the word means and how mortgages work? The word mortgage is derived from the French language and literally means “dead pledge”. It was based on the fact that early mortgages were settled upon death, at which point the obligation to the lender ended — either because it was…
To most people dolls houses are designed for the amusement of children or collectors, and serve no real purpose other than to keep one occupied; or, in the case of children, out of mischief. However, just a little research into the history of the dolls house reveals a far more interesting background than one might imagine. Spanning across thousands of years, the humble dolls house…