Unemployment is still rising and currently stands at 2.47 Million or 7.9% of the working population. In the last quarter another 23,000 people found themselves out of work.
Many have been out of work for months already and are still struggling to find a steady source of income and the indication is that things are going to [...]

As part of Channel 4’s ‘Alternative Election’ they have devised an online interactive application called ‘Chop or Not’ which allows members of the public to say what service areas of the budget they would ‘chop’ or ‘not’.
http://chopornot.channel4.com/
No sign up is required and it’s designed so that it’s fun, quick and in the style of the [...]

I suppose it deserves a mention as there is no doubt it will have an impact on the finances of the country.
I do however believe that politics and religion are two subjects which need to be discussed with care and it does not pay to take sides if it’s a quiet life you’re after.
So, I’m not [...]

Every now and again I receive news and articles about new products and offers people would like me to mention in my blog.
This one’s actually a pretty good idea and will do it’s bit towards keeping the economy going and saving people money at the same time, bonus!
An app that sends you vouchers to your [...]

I don’t have an iPhone. I know people who do but I am used to having a half decent camera with a flash on my phone and I couldn’t convince myself that all the other features of the iPhone outweighed the lack of a decent camera.
So I went for the HTC HD2 which some people have [...]

And so it is that the world we live in has reached an historic turning point.
This is a matter of such Global proportions that no living soul can ignore it and maintain a clean conscience.
Consumerism and capitalism have failed us all and so as a RACE we must make a decision.
Do we wait for our [...]

The Bank of England recently warned that economic recovery could be slow.
That much is not in dispute. The banks and government of the UK have seen to that (thanks by the way).
But when and how a recovery will take place is still very uncertain and I’m not an expert on the subject so I can’t [...]

I’ve been given a copy of a new book entitled 1000 CEOs from DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
I have also been allocated 5 copies to give away!

(image links to DK.com page about the book)
 
The book features reviews of 1000 CEOs (as you might expect!) detailing their success, a snippet of how they achieved great fame, fortune [...]

Something that is becoming increasingly more frequent and I’m sure annoys the hell out of plenty of people, including me are ‘automated’ cold calls.
Recorded messages offering to write off all my debt are the most frequent but to be honest I don’t listen to more than a couple of words before putting the phone down [...]

‘The recession is over, according to one of the nation’s most respected economic think-tanks.’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/analysts-the-recession-has-ended-1702147.html
Phew! Thank goodness for that!
And there was everyone thinking it was going to be deep, nasty and a long slow recovery!
The first paragraph of the Independent story reads:
‘The UK’s surprising resilience is confirmed by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research [...]