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The End of the World is Nigh!
By Mark Richards. Nuclear war? Catastrophic climate change? A global pandemic? Right now the end of the world – and the apocalyptic aftermath – is big [...]
Blue Monday – and its Rather More Cheerful Friends
By Mark Richards. Today is officially the most depressing day in the year. Why is that? And what about the other ‘special’ days in the year? [...]
Reasons to be Cheerful: Good News Part One
By Mark Richards. Wherever you look at the moment it is bad news. So here at CLNews, we thought we would do something to redress the [...]
December Economic Round Up: Countdown to Brexit…Still
By Mark Richards. As we do at the end of every month, CL News looks back over the month just ended. At the end of November, [...]
2018 – The Year in Numbers
By Mark Richards. It is our last post in 2018 so it is time to look back. We have picked out all the numbers that mattered [...]
Will Driverless Cars lead to Carmageddon?
By Mark Richards. The car industry is changing rapidly as both the big manufacturers and the internal combustion [...]
Majority of UK’s best-selling cars “susceptible to keyless theft”
By Lauren Howells. Hundreds of popular cars – including 4 out of the UK’s 5 best-selling models – [...]
Declining Smartphone Sales lead to Race into Space
By Mark Richards. Mobile phone sales are in decline: we are no longer upgrading like we once did. [...]
Will Travel Agents move from the High Street into your Lounge?
By Mark Richards. Figures from WH Smith over Christmas clearly showed the continuing decline of the high street. [...]
1% of UK products cost the same but got smaller in size, says ONS
By Mark Fairlie. The Office of National Statistics has released a report showing that, out of 17,000 items [...]
Small firms come out top in Which? energy survey
By Lauren Howells. Small energy suppliers have beaten the Big Six in Which?’s annual customer satisfaction survey. The [...]
Demand for UK financial services drops
By Mark Fairlie. One of the UK’s most important business sectors, financial services, has seen a contraction in [...]
Regulator Signals New Deal for Mortgage Prisoners
By Trevor Clawson. Imagine for a moment that you’re shopping for shoes. You see a pair costing £100 [...]
Christmas 2018. Who won, who lost and Should we Save the High Street?
By Mark Richards. Who were the high street’s winners and losers this Christmas? And what does that mean [...]
From the VCR to the Talking Toilet – Welcome to CES
By Mark Richards. This week it is CES2019 – the Consumer Electronics Show. We look at the products [...]
Personal Finance
I Love You: Give me your Money
By Mark Richards. As we all know, yesterday was Valentine’s Day, but for thousands of people around the world it will have been the day when they fell victim to [...]
Men’s Health or Lack of It: We don’t all Live in London
By Mark Richards. There has been much made recently of ‘wellness in the workplace.’ But very little specific attention paid to men – who are far more prone to suicide [...]
Link Announces Subsidy Plan To Save Rural Cash Machines
By Trevor Clawson. Two years ago, the West Sussex village of Billingshurst boasted three banks on its high street, each with a convenient ATM. And if shoppers were disinclined to [...]
Will Travel Agents move from the High Street into your Lounge?
By Mark Richards. Figures from WH Smith over Christmas clearly showed the continuing decline of the high street. But the company enjoyed considerable success with its travel division, highlighting the [...]
Business News
Will Driverless Cars lead to Carmageddon?
By Mark Richards. The car industry is changing rapidly as both the big manufacturers and the internal combustion engine come under threat. Will the big names survive? How much impact will driverless technology have? And [...]
Majority of UK’s best-selling cars “susceptible to keyless theft”
By Lauren Howells. Hundreds of popular cars – including 4 out of the UK’s 5 best-selling models – are “susceptible to keyless theft”, according to consumer body Which?. After analysing research from the General German [...]
Declining Smartphone Sales lead to Race into Space
By Mark Richards. Mobile phone sales are in decline: we are no longer upgrading like we once did. In a bid to counter this, smartphone manufacturers will shortly be bringing out all sorts of innovations. [...]
Will Travel Agents move from the High Street into your Lounge?
By Mark Richards. Figures from WH Smith over Christmas clearly showed the continuing decline of the high street. But the company enjoyed considerable success with its travel division, highlighting the buoyant UK holiday market. But [...]
1% of UK products cost the same but got smaller in size, says ONS
By Mark Fairlie. The Office of National Statistics has released a report showing that, out of 17,000 items for sale, 206 had shrunk in size while 79 had increased. The practice of keeping the price [...]
Small firms come out top in Which? energy survey
By Lauren Howells. Small energy suppliers have beaten the Big Six in Which?’s annual customer satisfaction survey. The consumer champion carried out a UK-wide survey, asking 8,000 people what they thought of their energy provider. [...]
Demand for UK financial services drops
By Mark Fairlie. One of the UK’s most important business sectors, financial services, has seen a contraction in demand during the last three months of 2018, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. While [...]
Regulator Signals New Deal for Mortgage Prisoners
By Trevor Clawson. Imagine for a moment that you’re shopping for shoes. You see a pair costing £100 and a swift glance at your bank account confirms that you can afford to make the purchase. [...]
Christmas 2018. Who won, who lost and Should we Save the High Street?
By Mark Richards. Who were the high street’s winners and losers this Christmas? And what does that mean for the long term future of our towns and shops? Can the UK high street be saved? [...]
Politics
Costs for driving abroad set to soar because of Brexit
By Mark Fairlie. Britons are expected to spend £36,190,000 on international driving permits if an agreement over the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union. The sum was [...]
Brexit threatens Christmas
With little over three months, until the UK leaves the European Union, a clear transition and plan ought to be in place by now. However, Brexit is in the midst [...]
Huawei’s finance director facing extradition to the US
By Mark Fairlie. The daughter of the founder of one of the world’s biggest firms, Huawei, has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in providing US-origin goods to countries sanctioned [...]
Should We Worry about China Spying on Us?
By Mark Richards. Should we worry about the Chinese state spying on us? Plenty of countries around the world are so concerned that they are now refusing to buy Chinese [...]
Brexit deal “would leave the UK £100 billion-a-year poorer” by 2030
By Lauren Howells. The government’s proposed Brexit deal would leave the UK £100 billion-a-year poorer by 2030 compared to staying in the EU, a new study by the National Institute [...]
90s Students Offered Loan Settlement Deal, But There Is A Catch
By Trevor Clawson. Student loans are in play again. In January of this year, the Prime Minister announced a review of student finance and the Higher Education Commission appointed to [...]
Brittany Ferries sees drop in bookings due to Brexit uncertainty
By Lauren Howells. Brittany Ferries has told the BBC’s Wake Up to Money that it is seeing a drop in bookings for next summer, as customers are concerned about what [...]
Business leaders to become British Ambassadors
By Mark Fairlie. For the first time ever, business leaders from across the UK have been invited to become British ambassadors. The Foreign Secretary’s diplomatic shake-up will go to create [...]
Technology
Will Driverless Cars lead to Carmageddon?
By Mark Richards. The car industry is changing rapidly as both the big manufacturers and the internal combustion engine come [...]
Majority of UK’s best-selling cars “susceptible to keyless theft”
By Lauren Howells. Hundreds of popular cars – including 4 out of the UK’s 5 best-selling models – are “susceptible [...]
Declining Smartphone Sales lead to Race into Space
By Mark Richards. Mobile phone sales are in decline: we are no longer upgrading like we once did. In a [...]
From the VCR to the Talking Toilet – Welcome to CES
By Mark Richards. This week it is CES2019 – the Consumer Electronics Show. We look at the products that are [...]