With competition for graduate jobs ever increasing, what skills are employers really looking for in their graduates? Julia Constable talks to business representatives at the LUBS Night of Exchange and reviews the night as a […]
Peugeot Gearing up for Acquisition of GM European Unit
On Tuesday (February 14th) it was revealed that Peugeot (formally PSA Group) is in advanced talks to buy GM’s European Unit. For most of us that is Opel/Vauxhall. To give some context to the deal; […]
Return of the Brick
As much as I hate to admit it, it appears that your Grandma’s ugly brick mobile phone you’ve been begging her to get rid of for years, may soon be more ‘in’ than your fresh […]
The Death of Michael Kors ?
The future of Michael Kors looks uncertain. According to Reuters, shares’ have plummeted by around 15%! Other analysts reviews show slightly different data, but all of them agree on the fact that profits are falling […]
Launch of the ‘Women in Leadership Society’
On Monday a new Society was born; the “Women in Leadership Society”. Launched is more appropriate as the society members explained that this had been in the making for quite a lot longer than just […]
Care to Share?
Uber, Deliveroo and Airbnb are all names we hear of, see, and perhaps even use, daily. On average, each day 40,000 people rent accommodation using Airbnb and 5.5 million people catch an Uber. But imagining […]
Loans For Sale
On Monday the Government announced plans to sell student loans to private investors. The deal will involve around 4 billion pounds’ worth of loans from almost half a million students whose repayments began between 2002 […]
Farms of the Future
The UN predicts that the world population will be 9.7 billion by 2050! The answer to feeding this dramatic number of mouths may be robotic farming — set to improve production efficiency, while reducing resources […]
Putting the Chips down: Gambling in the Student Body
Reading the Statistics for Student budgeting is grizzly. Average spending is £745 a month, while receiving only £480 in maintenance loans. Although a fair proportion earn extra money through subsidisation from parents (71%), this still […]
The real cost of London Living
According to Numbeo you need around £4,481.67 in London to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with £2,700.00 in Leeds (assuming that you rent). Being from the North myself the alien […]
Build bridges not walls
Since Trump came into power it seems like it’s been one breaking news story after another! But this week has seen a huge surge in media attention and controversy after Trump set a 120-day travel […]
Is this the beginning of an easyCoffee revolution?
Many of you will have experienced the joys of the no-frills, low-cost airline, easyJet. Established in 1995, the publicly listed company traded its way successfully to the FTSE 100 Index and still operates globally today […]