Priced out of the property market, first-time buyers are opting for cheap and cheerful alternatives to home ownership. Narrowboats, campervans and even self-built cabins are among the wacky vessels that increasing numbers of young people are calling home. Just one search of #tinyhome on Instagram reveals reams of colourful pictures of boats and vans – … Read more
A new report has revealed the recent surge in ownership of pure electric vehicles in the UK but also highlights a regional divide in uptake, which is far higher in affluent areas. The number of battery electric vehicles (or BEVs) owned privately rather than by businesses and fleets has risen by nearly 30,000 cars in … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a £150million Community Ownership Fund was a largely unexpected one. It means communities have been given a financial lifeline to protect their favourite local pub or sports ground from being sold for housing or going bust. He said: ‘Whilst local assets around the UK have been at risk of vanishing … Read more
Uber and Lyft have touted their ride-hailing companies as ‘car-cutters’ by reducing the number of vehicle ownership in US metro areas, but a new study finds the claims are far from the truth. A team from Carnegie Mellon University uncovered, on average, a 0.7 percent increase in personal vehicles after the two firms unleashed drivers … Read more
Beauty company Coty Inc announced on Tuesday they have completed acquisition of a 20 percent ownership interest in Kim Kardashian‘s business for $200M. The strategic transaction was announced in June 2020 and successfully completed on schedule in Q3 fiscal year 2021, according to a press release from Coty. Together, Coty and Kardashian will ‘focus on … Read more
Kate Mara says her family’s ownership of the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers makes for ‘stressful’ Sundays By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 06:47 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 06:47 GMT, 7 December 2020 Football Sundays can get tricky for Kate Mara. The 37-year-old actress tells Ellen Monday of the complicated dynamics of family and … Read more
Young in wealthy urban areas are fuelling decline in car ownership across Britain as they turn to bicycles and electric scooters instead Car ownership among a third of England’s population has declined in 10 years It is a trend seen largely in wealthy urban areas among adults aged 18 and over More than 2.3 million … Read more
Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall invests in her local football team South Shields FC as it makes a move towards fan ownership By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 13:13 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 13:18 GMT, 10 November 2020 Jade Thirlwall has become a shareholder at South Shields Football Club as she heightens her involvement in … Read more
The return of Asda to British ownership under the leadership of Mohsin and Zuber Issa will bring a fresh dynamic to Britain’s grocery market. It underlines how smart the Competition Commission was to block the Asda merger with Sainsbury’s, which would have cut the number of big grocery chains from four to three. It is … Read more
‘Okay Google. Play, Aerosmith.’ ‘Sure, here’s The Smiths on Spotify.’ Since the start of the year, our home has contained two Google Nest Mini devices. They came free with two Fitbits I bought and my wife was adamant that we wouldn’t use them in the home. But, we have. We have one upstairs and one … Read more