In the aftermath of elections, Greece’s future as a member of the Eurozone looks doomed. Greece’s place as a member of the euro club hinged on the country sticking with stringent austerity measures. Although no overall victor emerged from the election, the mainstream parties that had supported austerity were punished. It is possible that [...]

  There’s a change coming at the end of 2012, and it doesn’t bodes well for women drivers. From December 21st (uncannily coinciding with the supposed Mayan ‘end of the world’ prophecy). The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that gender will no longer be allowed to be considered when car insurance companies work out [...]

  Economics is a funny beast, as much about human perceptions and emotions as it is about facts and figures. So it’s understandable that financial ministers around the world want to promote a positive impression of their domestic economies, but figures seems to show that the positive talk about Dubai’s economic position are not all [...]

  There was sad news for the UK high street yesterday as Clinton Cards was put into administration by its largest supplier. The familiar card shop with over 8,000 staff and over 750 stores had recently seen its bank debt bought up by American Greetings, the second largest player in the world greeting card market [...]

  Today it has been revealed that there has been a rise in sales in the first quarter of 2012. In the first three months of 2012 there was a 0.7% rise in the volume of sales the Scottish Government have revealed. The Retail Sales Index revealed that there has been a year- on- year [...]

  Cloud storage has been gaining traction over recent years. You may have heard the term before. It essentially allows you to save your files on remote servers which allow you to access them wherever you are in the world. All you need is an internet connection and you have access easily. Google are finally [...]

  At the moment, the big controversy in British transportation is the proposed Heathrow expansion, which would affect thousands of households in the London area with newly-created flight paths. Boris Johnson in particular has been outspoken about the effects of opening up more air lanes over London, and it looks like his side has had [...]

  While Spain is suffering a second recession, its King spent some days in Botswana on an elephant hunting trip. The monarch has been slammed by the media after the £27,000 cost of the trip was revealed. The Spanish Monarchy is not going through its best moments. A few months ago, Juan Carlo’s son-in-law was [...]

  Today the ‘Big Six’ have agreed to a energy bill pledge in an attempt to help save their customers money. The Pledge As part of the pledge, companies will be required to alert their customers if they can get a better deal with them. They will then be offered to change to that deal [...]

  On Sunday the 1st April the ASA issued new guidelines regarding the advertising of maximum broadband speeds. This move came after Ofcom expressed concerns that consumers where being misled by overly estimated “up to” claims. Good news for frustrated broadband users? Well, the new guidelines ensure that broadband providers can now only quote a [...]