It’s the financial world’s Holy Grail: an investment that generates good long-term returns while posting gains when traditional investments are suffering – the quest for which has taken on a greater urgency since the economic crisis of 2007. As such, investors are increasingly turning their attention to so-called alternative investments. The term ‘alternative investments’ is relatively loose, and includes tangible assets such as precious metals, art, wine, antiques, coins and stamps, plus some financial assets such as property, venture capital, funds and trusts. Investing in these assets is not always as straightforward as traditional investments, such as stocks and bonds,…
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Online Bed Retailer Revamps its Website and Launches Innovative New Customising Tools UK bed and mattress e-commerce store, Happy Beds, has unveiled its new website with bespoke ‘Build Your Own Bed’ tool which allows users to design their dream bed. On 23rd June, Manchester-based bed retailer Happy Beds launched its new website as part of its latest campaign to accelerate its growth to ‘the next level’ and advance its journey toward becoming one of the UK’s leading bed brands. The site has launched with several new ‘innovative eCommerce features’ including its bespoke ‘Build Your Own Bed’ tool which allows users…
Of all the movies planned for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther is one of the biggest. The movie will be the MCU’s first to star a person of colour in the title role, and the big question has been whether or not it will be able to live up to the hype. Fans have finally gotten their first peek at the forthcoming film, and things look like they’re shaping up nicely. Those watching the 2017 NBA Finals might have noticed the first trailer for the movie during Game 4. It finally revealed the first real look…
As an employer, you can spend all the time and money you want pursuing the demands of a full recruitment life cycle to ensure you hire the best employees. But, unless you are just as devoted to retaining those top candidates, the odds of keeping them onboard are slim-to-none. With today’s economics and the unemployment rate, recruiting and hiring the right employee is essential- especially if you don’t want to find yourself right back at square one due to high turnovers. Every business owner hopes to hire the top talent in their field and keep those employees onboardfor thelong-haul. The…
The use of e-cigarettes has increased in the past few years and vaping industry has flourished as a consequence. According to a report of Daily Mail, 9 million children are using electronic cigarettes in the UK and the US. As the FDA is regulating the use of e-cigarettes and vaping industry, there are rumors that President Donald Trump could be an answer to all the problems of the very industry. The vaping industry had a very tough time in 2016 when the federal government and the state government approved new rules and regulations. The laws not only impacted the vaping…
We have become more familiar with the concept of shopping/spending addiction, as phrases like shopaholic have become common parlance, and the concept of retail therapy is generally accepted as legitimate. In its more literal manifestation spending addiction can be considered an impulsive/compulsive pathology characterised by excessive, impulsive/compulsive, uncontrollable consumption. It can be classed as part of the broader family of addiction and process addictions and other disorders like gambling, alcoholism and disordered eating. Shopping Addicts There is recent evidence that spending addiction does give the addicts highs and lows, and a similar and increasing sense of powerlessness over their own behaviour…
Research shows that Pallinghurst Resources Ltd, the private equity firm started up by the former boss of BHP Billiton Brain Gilbertson, has palmed off Fabergé by selling it for $142 million in shares to its own London AIM listed gemstone miner Gemfields plc (LON: GEM). This when Faberge had already clocked a $58 million loss over 4 years from 2009 to 2012, thus severely hurting minority public shareholder interests. Palinghurst, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is the investment vehicle set up and run by Brian Gilbertson, the savvy South African who master-minded the creation of the world’s largest mining…
The death of a loved one is a traumatic and devastating experience for anyone, but it seems like the cost of planning and arranging funeral is becoming just as stressful. According to new research by OneFamily, the average price of a cremation in 2017 is £3,894; a 33% increase from £2,896 just five years ago in 2012. The cost of a burial has also increased by 26% to £5,446. To give a comparison, the price of inflation within the same period was just 11%. The research found that the heftiest costs come in the form of funeral director fees, professional…
Considering the majority of us are concerned about the security verification steps that our finances have, a shocking amount of Brits are still stashing their cash in a place where they’re the sole security controller… Their home. According to a new survey conducted by Portafina, 77% of people in the UK still proactively store an average amount of £110 in their home, with almost one in 10 stashing more than £200. Perhaps due to an increase in online banking hacking and/or fraud cases, the research also found that the average person is now carrying just £28 on their person. Men…
Even though us Brits love nothing more than getting glammed-up for the wedding of our friends and family, we’re spending over the odds to attend them. According to new research, the average Brit spends £256 to attend somebody else’s wedding. Included in the sum is the average price of a gift (£89), a new outfit (£64), a hotel for the night (£58) and travel to and from the wedding venue (£48). The amount we spent was found to increase with age as those aged 55 or over spending an average of £369 per wedding compared to £180 from those aged…
