New horizons in the property market: Buyers’ priorities begIn to shift

Scarcely two weeks since the housing market began emerging from lockdown and buyers are out in force.  Well, not, perhaps, literally but there’s been a spike in online viewings and estate agents have begun to unfurlough staff. Rightmove enjoyed 5.3 million visits to its website in just one day last week, up 4 per cent … Read more

Hacker group ‘REvil’ shift their focus from Trump to Madonna

Notorious law firm hacker group ‘REvil’ have shifted their ransom target from President Trump to Madonna as they demand at least $1 million for information on her.  The hacker group that breached a celebrity law firm last week released a trove of emails mentioning Trump, and claimed that they will publish much more damaging material … Read more

SMALL CAP IDEAS: Gaming Realms reaps rewards from strategy shift

Online casino game specialist Gaming Realms made a major change in direction two years ago when it switched from being an operator to a content developer and licensor. Management realised that with tighter regulation, rising taxation, and falling margins to compete in the operation of the games (Real Money) was becoming very tough for a … Read more

Ancient Britons were among the first Europeans to shift to dairy farming

More than 7,000 years ago ancient Britons were among the first to star farming cows for their milk, a study of pottery fragments has revealed.   Scientists from the University of York tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming in prehistoric Europe over about 1,500 years. The York team examined the molecular remains of … Read more