Singapore looks like one of the big winners from Brexit. joyfull Seven months after Britain’s exit from the EU, the chilly effects on UK trade are being felt. Total exports of UK goods and services were down by 13% (£36 billion) and imports down 22% (£66 billion) for January toContinue Reading
Shutterstock/wavebreakmedia As restrictions are gradually lifted, travelling abroad will be a high priority for many people. But for a disabled person, getting away on holiday can seem like a distant dream – with or without a pandemic. People with disabilities are still subjected to systematic discrimination when it comes toContinue Reading
The EU has announced it will suspend its legal action against the UK for allegedly breaching the Northern Ireland protocol by unilaterally extending grace periods related to trade between Great Britain and the province. The intention is for both parties to discuss realistic and practical solutions to the trade issuesContinue Reading
Shutterstock/GaudiLab Using social media celebrities to advertise products – influencer marketing – is a lucrative and rapidly growing industry, projected to be worth up to US$15 billion (£10.7 billion) by 2022. Influencers profit from their online fame by collaborating with brands, endorsing products to their followers in return for aContinue Reading
Rolling the dix. Imelda, CC BY-SA The eurozone’s latest economic growth figures are a little better than expected. This group of 19 EU nations grew 2.2% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter, partly thanks to decent performances from Spain and Italy. But while the USContinue Reading
For politicians and pundits, the death of the British high street has long been a refrain. The pandemic has accelerated the existing trend towards online shopping. In its recently published “levelling-up” plan for post-pandemic recovery, the UK government sets the context for its new high-street strategy for England. The bigContinue Reading
Sue Revell, the Activities Organiser at Care South’s Kenwith Castle care home near Bideford, has been busy baking up a storm of delicious cakes at the home to raise funds for Dementia UK. Sue’s cakes were certainly a hit all round and she raised £330 for the specialist dementia supportContinue Reading
Ellie’s Haven has come a long way since it was founded in 2007 and started providing holidays to families caring for children with long term and life-limiting medical conditions and disabilities in 2015. It’s now approaching a turning point – the need to put in place arrangements so that itsContinue Reading
The next big challenge facing the building industry will be meeting the demands of the public for homes that fit in to post-pandemic living with greater homeworking and emphasis on lifestyle rather than location, it is claimed. Dan Grimshaw from Bath and London-based Beam Development says the ‘15-Minute City’ principalContinue Reading
Exmouth’s Manor Lodge Residential Home recently donated £1,000 to the local lifesavers in lieu of their annual Garden Party fundraiser, cancelled due to the Coronavirus restrictions. The well respected residential home, owned and managed by Ray and Gina Lovegrove, are stalwart supporters of Exmouth RNLI and, until the recent CoronavirusContinue Reading
