Newspage Raws
Questions we’ve put to Newspage’s experts, with their answers. Search by keyword or topic and by date, newest or most answered first.
8 Raws in pub closures
· 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
The 999 Service That Runs On Goodwill Is Running Out Of Volunteers
July 2026 was the busiest month on record for wildfires, with fire crews across England and Wales tackling 393 in a single month and more than 716 so far this year, per the National Fire Chiefs Council . Outdoor fires…
- business
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Communities
- community
- local authorities
- society
- headhunting
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- start-up
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- business rates
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- broken society
- council fails
- culture
- Fractional service provider
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- Parental leave
- councils
- crowdfunding
- local heroes
- Paternity leave
- social norms
- council workers
- events
- Maternity leave
- pub closures
- culture wars
- independent pubs
- pubs
- WDN
- bars
- locakl authorities
- payin30days
- pot holes
· 3 expert responses
Source: Rohit Parmar-Mistry, Pattrn Data
Indie Game Awards penalise 'Clair Obscur' for AI placeholders: Performative purity vs Indie survival?
The decision by the Indie Game Awards to strip Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of its accolades for using Generative AI is a dangerous precedent that confuses process with product. The developers, Sandfall Interactive, were…
- business
- management
- technology
- independent business
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Communities
- community
- gaming
- headhunting
- small business
- AI
- AI
- Business finance
- SME finance
- cyber security
- machine learning
- OpenAI
- bad business
- Banking technology
- business bullshit
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- digital privacy
- software
- business blunders
- purpose-led business
- hacking
- online privacy
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- Big Data
- ESG
- IT
- Apple
- councils
- local heroes
- Microsoft
- open source
- events
- mobile phones
- pub closures
- game play
- GOATs
- hardware
- WDN
- call of duty
- killcams
- locakl authorities
· 5 expert responses
Business owners respond to survey that says majority of UK public are satisfied with BBC News: "The BBC's crown is visibly dented"
BUSINESS owners have responded to a new survey that says the majority of the UK public are satisfied with BBC News as they say "the BBC's crown is visibly dented". The Culture Secretary has launched a once-in-a-decade…
- business
- financial services
- property
- HR
- mortgages
- mortgages
- management
- insurance
- independent business
- independent business
- crypto
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- education
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- community
- agriculture
- Academia
- headhunting
- land management
- farming
- cattle farming
- sheep farming
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- Financial Advice
- investments
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- wealth management
- foreign national mortgages
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- forex
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- impact investing
- SME finance
- financial health
- savings
- rental market
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- wills
- holiday lets
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- bad business
- corporate governance
- property porn
- business wellbeing
- FCA
- pensioners
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- silver
- employment law
- financial crime
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- planning
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- bad schools
- derivatives
- Risk management
- CFDs
- ESG
- HMRC
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- teaching
- bad teaching
- councils
- local heroes
- Personal Independence Payments
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- events
- pawnbroker
- pub closures
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- locakl authorities
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
OpenAI Plans "Adult Mode" for ChatGPT While Research Links Chatbot Attachment to Psychological Distress
The Verge reports OpenAI confirmed plans to launch "adult mode" for ChatGPT in Q1 2026 , allowing age-verified users access to previously restricted content including "erotica" and more customised chatbot personalities.…
- business
- marketing & media
- management
- wellbeing
- women
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- community
- entertainment
- mind
- headhunting
- AI
- Business finance
- digital marketing
- Social media
- SME finance
- mental health
- SEO
- psychology
- psychology
- mental wellbeing
- OpenAI
- advertising
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- sales
- online
- purpose-led business
- healthy living
- Copywriting
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- stress
- Google Ads
- neuroscience
- PPC
- ESG
- psychoanalysis
- psychoanalysis
- TikTok
- hypnotherapy
- local journalism
- burnout
- councils
- local heroes
- TV
- events
- insomnia
- pub closures
- radio
- acting
- everydaysexism
- festivals
- meditation
- philosophy
- political sociology
- sexism
- sociology
- theatre
- locakl authorities
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
North Wales Set For Jobs Boost as Government Confirms Major Tech Growth Zones But Will It Work?
New IT zones uniquely positioned to leverage the UK’s first small modular reactor in Wylfa, North Wales. The UK government has announced that AI Growth Zones will create thousands of jobs across the country, with North…
- business
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- technology
- environment
- independent business
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- recruitment
- innovation
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Communities
- community
- industries
- society
- headhunting
- talent
- Utilities
- small business
- AI
- AI
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- jobs market
- cyber security
- machine learning
- OpenAI
- start-up
- workplace culture
- Banking technology
- business bullshit
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- digital privacy
- software
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- construction
- employment law
- hacking
- manufacturing
- job hunting
- online privacy
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- underpaid jobs
- Big Data
- broken society
- culture
- talented people
- bad job ads
- climate change
- engineering
- ESG
- IT
- services
- working wage
- decarbonisation
- job ads
- telecoms
- Apple
- councils
- crowdfunding
- local heroes
- Microsoft
- open source
- social norms
- broadband
- broadband speed
- electricity
- events
- mobile
- mobile phones
- pub closures
- recycling
- unknown talent
- culture wars
- gas
- hardware
- life sciences
- musical talent
- pharmaceuticals
- sewage
- upcycling
- WDN
- BGT
- locakl authorities
- payin30days
- semiconductors
- sporting talent
· 5 expert responses
Source: Scott Gallacher, Rowley Turton
The Death of Captain Mainwaring Banking – Who’s Left to Help?
First, savers were short-changed. Now, they’ve been abandoned. High street banks continue to pay rock-bottom interest rates, profiting to the tune of hundreds or even thousands of pounds a year from loyal and often…
- financial services
- mortgages
- insurance
- money
- crypto
- charity
- Communities
- community
- religion
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- wealth management
- life insurance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- financial health
- savings
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- wills
- Meme coins
- money hacks
- financial scams
- debt
- FCA
- pensioners
- silver
- financial crime
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- debt issues
- Anti-money laundering
- metals
- Bad Banking
- Bad Banking
- derivatives
- Risk management
- CFDs
- customer service
- HMRC
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- councils
- fundraising
- local heroes
- Personal Independence Payments
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- christianity
- donations
- events
- pawnbroker
- pub closures
- Spreadbetting
- third sector
- universal credit
- atheism
- islam
- karma
- mysticism
- paganism
- WDN
- buddhism
- catholocism
- deism
- judaism
- locakl authorities
- polytheism
· 6 expert responses
Source: Scott Gallacher, Rowley Turton
High Street Banks: Branch Closures Expose the Savings Rip-Off
For years, Britain’s big-name high street banks have quietly relied on customer loyalty, brand recognition, and the convenience of their branch networks to get away with offering rock-bottom savings rates. While…
- financial services
- mortgages
- insurance
- money
- crypto
- community
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- wealth management
- life insurance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- financial health
- savings
- money saving tips
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- wills
- Meme coins
- money hacks
- financial scams
- debt
- FCA
- pensioners
- silver
- financial crime
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- debt issues
- Anti-money laundering
- metals
- Bad Banking
- derivatives
- Risk management
- CFDs
- customer service
- HMRC
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- councils
- local heroes
- Personal Independence Payments
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- events
- pawnbroker
- pub closures
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- locakl authorities
· 4 expert responses
Work programme expansion is "a broken oar to the disabled who deserve a proper life raft"
EXPERTS have criticised a government announcement expanding a work programme for disabled as a “token gesture”. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a £338million expansion of the Connect to Work…
- business
- HR
- management
- wellbeing
- independent business
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- recruitment
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Communities
- community
- headhunting
- AI
- Business finance
- SME finance
- mental health
- jobs market
- jobs market
- psychology
- workplace culture
- corporate governance
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- job hunting
- job hunting
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- underpaid jobs
- underpaid jobs
- bad job ads
- ESG
- psychoanalysis
- working wage
- job ads
- job ads
- councils
- local heroes
- benefits
- events
- pub closures
- universal credit
- WDN
- locakl authorities