Category: Business
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Who was to blame for the Post Office Scandal?
The Post Office Scandal is one of the largest miscarriages of justice of recent times and has ruined the lives of thousands of sub-postmasters. A flawed computer system manufactured by Fujitsu called Horizon showed that totally innocent sub-postmasters had supposedly stolen thousands of pounds from their own post offices but of course nothing of such…
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F1 owner to acquire MotoGP
Formula One owner Liberty Media is to acquire the promoter of MotoGP (Dorna Sports) in a bid to improve their sporting portfolio. In recent days, there had been great speculation around this deal and on Monday (April 1) the tie-up between the world’s two largest motorsports was announced. Although Liberty Media own and operate Formula…
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Did the Bank of England get it wrong?
We have recently witnessed inflationary pressures that have not been seen in the UK for over 30 years and of course the Bank of England were forced to respond but did they do the right thing? The war in Ukraine caused an economic shock which was felt worldwide through higher energy, food and commodity prices…
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Finance Quiz of the Year
The end of 2023 is fast approaching so amongst the festivities it is also a time to reflect on the year and here’s a perfect way to do so. I’ve compiled a 2023 business and personal finance quiz of the year to see how much you remember…best of luck! 2023 has been a brilliant but…
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Spotify: Wrapped up in their problems?
Spotify are by far the biggest player in the music streaming market with over 574 million users but have a massive problem: they’ve only ever made a profit once. Since its formation in 2006, Spotify has had a meteoric rise to near ubiquity and being the most popular way to access music, practically causing the…
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Which are the best and worst Christmas adverts of 2023?
It’s that time of year when businesses bring out their Christmas cheer in an attempt to make people spend more money through the medium of cute, fluffy animals and sappy songs in their big-budget Christmas adverts. This flurry of festive promotion is something I find particularly fascinating as not only are they make or break…
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Bank of England holds base rate at 5.25%
The Bank of England has voted for the second time to hold the base rate at 5.25% in response to the recent slight fall in inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-3 to hold the rates at 5.25% (the same decision as last meeting) thus putting an end to the frequent rate rises we have…
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TV Review: Britain’s Housing Crisis – What went wrong?
Britain is in the grip of a housing crisis and has been for more than a decade with solving it a challenge that no government from neither side of the political spectrum has been able to truly solve. The housing market is somewhat of a political hot potato as a large core of the UK…
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Is Temu any good?
Temu has been taking the online shopping world by storm with its trendy products at bargain prices – but is it legitimate? Despite only arriving in the market in the last year (and even more recently in the UK), Temu has already overtaking fast fashion giant SHEIN in sales volume. Temu’s products are suspiciously cheap…
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TV Review: The Dropout
One of the most galling, dramatic and disturbing business stories of recent times is the rise and fall of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos (their name a combination of therapy and diagnosis) was founded by Holmes to try and provide a rapid diagnostic test that only needed a drop of blood however from its logical…
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