Rail companies will add more than 2,500 daily services to timetables from next week

Rail companies will add more than 2,500 daily services to timetables from next week as lockdown restrictions ease Amendment will come into effect from Sunday ahead of lockdown easing  Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has said it is the largest increase in capacity this year It comes as restrictions ease on Monday, seeing indoor venues reopen, … Read more

How do you work out if companies are well run when stockpicking for your Isa?

A well-run company is likely to perform better and avoid errors and scandal, but judging management competence can be a tough task for individual investors. You can sift the evidence in financial statements and announcements, and glean what you can from whatever is in the public domain, and this will be useful research. But although … Read more

Skye Wheatley begs companies for ‘some cute outfits’ for her newborn son

Former Big Brother star Skye Wheatley has taken to Instagram to try to squeeze some free baby clothes out of potential sponsors. The reality TV personality, 27, who welcomed her second child, a son, with her boyfriend Lachlan Waugh just days ago, asked fans to ‘tag companies’ that make clothes for newborns. Wheatley needed clothes … Read more

Brain chips like Elon Musk’s Neuralink could lead to companies harvesting our thoughts, experts warn

Elon Musk’s Neuralink touts its brain chip as a way to help people suffering with mobility issues regain control of their lives, but has also proposed using the technology to merge humans with computer. The move would provide the average person with super-human intelligence that hooks their brain up to the cloud where memories can … Read more

The Bachelorette’s Angie Kent asks companies to ‘partner’ with her as she renovates her new home

Angie Kent is making the most of her celebrity status, asking companies for free help renovating her new house. A recent email sent by Angie’s management on behalf of the 31-year-old former Bachelorette stated that her home ‘needs significant updates inside and out’. Using the subject line ‘Opp [opportunity]’, the email used Angie’s high-profile status … Read more

How Isa investors can check up on niche investment companies with flashy gains

It might not surprise our regular readers that the top performing funds of the first quarter of this year were focused on the UK and small caps. And the topmost on the intersection of the two. Britain has organised a strong vaccine rollout, and despite some debate about the speed of reopening allowed to businesses … Read more

MPs call for tobacco companies to pick up the tab for cleaning butt-strewn streets

Tax cigarette giants to stub out littering: MPs call for tobacco companies to pick up the tab for cleaning butt-strewn streets New platic tax on cigarettes being considered to tackle scourge of littered butts It is made possible by a new power currently being legislated in Environment Bill  Scourge so widespread that estimated cost of … Read more

MPs call for tobacco companies to pick up the tab for cleaning butt-strewn streets

Tax cigarette giants to stub out littering: MPs call for tobacco companies to pick up the tab for cleaning butt-strewn streets New platic tax on cigarettes being considered to tackle scourge of littered butts It is made possible by a new power currently being legislated in Environment Bill  Scourge so widespread that estimated cost of … Read more

Ashley Cain says pharmaceutical companies WON’T release life-saving drugs for daughter’s leukemia

Ashley Cain has revealed pharmaceutical companies are not releasing the life-saving drugs needed to beat his daughter Azaylia’s leukemia battle. The Ex On The Beach star, 30, whose baby girl is currently undergoing her fourth round of chemotherapy, took to Instagram on Sunday to admit he’s in ‘heavy talks’ with consultants and doctors in an attempt to change the … Read more