PensionBee losses soar amid booming customer numbers and assets

PensionBee losses widen in debut stock market year but boss hails booming customer numbers as assets reach £2bn PensionBee pre-tax losses grow by 145% on the same time last year to £12.8m The firm did see revenues, customer numbers and assets grow significantly Boss Romi Savova expects PensionBee to reach breakeven by  the end of … Read more

Recording Academy bans Billboard chart numbers and sales figures in Grammy ads

The Recording Academy recently released their ‘rules and guidelines’ for the upcoming 64th Grammy Awards, making a big change in For Your Consideration ads. The new 64-page document was released by Academy earlier in July, with Billboard reporting that the FYC ads may no longer reveal Billboard chart numbers or sales figures in the ads.   This … Read more

Phone numbers of at least two senior members of the Government were online too

Thought Boris Johnson is the only senior government member whose mobile has been freely available on the web? Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ numbers were on the internet too Boris Johnson’s personal mobile number has been available online for years  Mr Johnson’s number was contained at end of a 2006 think-tank … Read more

Texas’ COVID numbers fall for the 17th consecutive day following reopening

Texas COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to see a downward trend more than two weeks after the state scrapped its mask mandate and allowed businesses to reopen at full capacity.  On Saturday, Texas’ seven-day COVID positivity rate reached an all-time low of 5.27 per cent, while hospitalizations fell to their lowest level since October, according … Read more

Record numbers of Britons are buying motorhomes for staycations, leading to a shortage 

We’re running out of motorhomes: Record numbers of Britons are buying the vehicles for staycations, leading to a shortage One dealer had 20 enquiries a week before the pandemic – now it’s 500 a day  Caravan and Motorhome Club said record number joined last month  The National Caravan Council says there are 225,000 motorhomes in … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Abortion numbers surged by up to 30% in the first half of 2020

The number of abortions in England and Wales spiked by almost 30 per cent at the peak of the first wave, official figures revealed today. Charities said more pregnant women were seeking terminations because of anxiety over providing for existing children and the financial strain of the pandemic. The surge in numbers saw 20,546 terminations … Read more

Rising numbers of women start to profit from investing

Until the pandemic struck, Margot de Broglie associated investing with the macho culture of The Wolf Of Wall Street – living fast and taking wild risks. She had heard her male friends discussing volatile investments such as cryptocurrency, while her female friends kept their savings in safer bank accounts. Yet Margot, 23, is now one … Read more

Grammy Awards ratings expected to hit record LOW as early viewership numbers roll in

Grammy Awards ratings expected to hit record LOW as early viewership numbers roll in … following sharp audience decline for Golden Globes By Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com Published: 20:13 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 20:13 GMT, 15 March 2021 Pandemic-era awards shows simply aren’t drawing audiences. Ratings are rolling in for the 2021 Grammy … Read more

Teenagers ‘being recruited to terror groups in worrying numbers during lockdown’

Teenagers are being recruited to Islamist terror groups in ‘worrying’ numbers during lockdown, warns Dominic Raab Dominic Raab has updated the House of Commons on the threat posed by Daesh Foreign Secretary warned of number of teenagers recruited during lockdown Said the terror group’s brand had been ‘weakened’ but still remained potent  By James Tapsfield … Read more