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.
27 Raws in hotel nightmares
· 4 expert responses
Why are pubs and restaurants struggling while the economy grows?
Output from pubs, restaurants and cafés fell by 1.9% in the three months to September 2026, the fifth three-month fall in a row, according to the Office for National Statistics . The drop came as the wider UK economy…
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- independent business
- leisure
- tourism
- bad business practice
- human resources
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- innovation
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- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- financial health
- money saving tips
- money tips
- commercial finance
- money hacks
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- debt
- NMI
- purpose-led business
- NewspageMPC
- Retail economics
- debt issues
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- corporate events
- Fractional service provider
- healthy eating
- nutrition
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- invoice finance
- diet
- supply chains
- counterfeit
- logistics
- TEST
- weight loss
- beauty spots
- dieting tips
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Fractional consulting
- hotels
- ISAs
- management consulting
- poor diets
- walking
- catering
- child trust funds
- Ethical Leadership
- events gone wrong
- fast food
- independent pubs
- management training
- nightmare holidays
- pizzas
- pubs
- SIPPs
- time out
- hotel nightmares
- rambling
· 3 expert responses
Source: Harvey Dhillon, Zmartly
Fuel costs soar: could prepaid holidays bankrupt small travel agents?
Diesel has hit £2 a litre at more than one in four UK forecourts, and jet fuel has roughly doubled since January. For a small travel agent, that lands on holidays customers paid for months ago, at prices set before the…
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- tax
- travel
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- independent business
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- artisan
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- Networks
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- wealth management
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- SME finance
- financial health
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- business tips
- savings
- accounting
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- corporation tax
- wills
- Meme coins
- start-up
- commercial finance
- money hacks
- tax avoidance
- financial scams
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- IHT
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- debt
- FCA
- NMI
- pensioners
- bank issues
- mortgage network
- purpose-led business
- silver
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- NewspageMPC
- probate
- tax evasion
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- debt issues
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- metals
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- consumer scams
- corporate events
- derivatives
- Estate Planning
- Fractional service provider
- Risk management
- CFDs
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- hacked
- HMRC
- invoice finance
- airport queues
- fraud
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- supply chains
- Trusts
- counterfeit
- crowdfunding
- logistics
- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- rip-offs
- TEST
- welfare
- AML
- bad driving
- bad parking
- beauty spots
- benefits
- Cruises
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Fractional consulting
- holiday nightmares
- hotels
- ISAs
- management consulting
- nightmare flights
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- catering
- child trust funds
- events gone wrong
- nightmare holidays
- road rage
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
- terrifying landings
· 6 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Tourist tax, but not for tourism: England levy lacks safeguards used elsewhere
England's proposed Overnight Visitor Levy could allow local authorities to impose a percentage-based tax on overnight stays without a national cap or a requirement to reinvest the proceeds in tourism. That differs from…
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- Networks
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- commercial property
- wealth management
- development finance
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- SME finance
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- savings
- accounting
- rental market
- scrapstampduty
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- corporation tax
- wills
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- tax avoidance
- financial scams
- corporate governance
- IHT
- property porn
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- FCA
- pensioners
- business rates
- mortgage network
- purpose-led business
- silver
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- probate
- tax evasion
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- planning
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- commercial office space
- corporate events
- council fails
- derivatives
- Estate Planning
- Fractional service provider
- office working
- Risk management
- surveying
- CFDs
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- HMRC
- airport queues
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- Trusts
- office leasing
- office space
- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- welfare
- AML
- bad driving
- bad parking
- beauty spots
- benefits
- council workers
- Cruises
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Fractional consulting
- hotels
- management consulting
- nightmare flights
- office rentals
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- catering
- events gone wrong
- nightmare holidays
- Property118
- road rage
- hotel nightmares
- pot holes
- terrifying landings
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Mansion Tax Loophole? Could £2m+ Holiday Lets Escape the New Surcharge?
The Government’s proposed High Value Council Tax Surcharge (dubbed the Mansion Tax) will apply from April 2028 to owners of residential properties in England valued at £2 million or more. However, the current…
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- tax
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- local authorities
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- land management
- Networks
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- expat mortgages
- wealth management
- foreign national mortgages
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- SME finance
- financial health
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- business tips
- savings
- accounting
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- corporation tax
- wills
- Meme coins
- start-up
- commercial finance
- money hacks
- tax avoidance
- financial scams
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- IHT
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- debt
- FCA
- NMI
- pensioners
- business rates
- mortgage network
- purpose-led business
- silver
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- NewspageMPC
- probate
- tax evasion
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- debt issues
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- metals
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- corporate events
- council fails
- derivatives
- Estate Planning
- Fractional service provider
- Risk management
- CFDs
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- HMRC
- invoice finance
- airport queues
- cool homes
- Grants
- Options
- quirky homes
- risk
- supply chains
- Trusts
- counterfeit
- crowdfunding
- logistics
- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- remote homes
- welfare
- AML
- bad driving
- bad parking
- beauty spots
- benefits
- council workers
- Cruises
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Fractional consulting
- hotels
- management consulting
- nightmare flights
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- catering
- events gone wrong
- nightmare holidays
- road rage
- furniture
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
- pot holes
- terrifying landings
· 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
A Tax Rise You Never Asked For, And A Sticking Plaster You're Meant To Say Thank You For
Last July the Government set out its Small Business Plan , and this month it published the one-year update on how it is going. Read them side by side on tax and something jars. Both documents pat the Government on the…
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- retail
- hospitality
- independent business
- independent business
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- headhunting
- small business
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- small retailer
- small retailer
- start-up
- independent retailer
- independent retailer
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- UK politics
- purpose-led business
- Retail economics
- community interest company
- Geopolitics
- social enterprise
- boarded up high streets
- corporate events
- Fractional service provider
- big business bullying tactics
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- International politics
- crowdfunding
- Labour Party
- late payments
- Conservative Party
- European politics
- hotels
- politicians
- poor service
- Butcher
- catering
- confrontations
- events gone wrong
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- politicians spotted
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
One Year, Two Hundred Promises, And A Report Card The Government Wrote Itself
A year ago the Government published its Small Business Plan with close to 200 promises for the country's 5.7 million small firms. This month it handed itself the one-year report card , and the grade it wrote at the top…
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- entrepreneurship
- management
- hospitality
- independent business
- independent business
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
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- artisan
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- small business
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- small retailer
- start-up
- independent retailer
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- UK politics
- purpose-led business
- community interest company
- Geopolitics
- social enterprise
- corporate events
- Fractional service provider
- big business bullying tactics
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- International politics
- crowdfunding
- Labour Party
- late payments
- Conservative Party
- European politics
- hotels
- politicians
- catering
- confrontations
- events gone wrong
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- politicians spotted
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
· 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
One Year On, The Chancellor's Name Has Come Off Your Small Business Plan
Cast your mind back to last July. The Government's new Small Business Plan landed with a splash, nearly 200 promises to help the country's small firms, and it had the two big beasts of the Cabinet on the front:…
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- independent business
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- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- start-up
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- UK politics
- purpose-led business
- community interest company
- Geopolitics
- social enterprise
- corporate events
- Fractional service provider
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- International politics
- crowdfunding
- Labour Party
- Conservative Party
- European politics
- hotels
- politicians
- catering
- confrontations
- events gone wrong
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- politicians spotted
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
· 3 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Pay this worker £123.25 for one sick day. Pay this one £24.65. Both are correct.
Pubs, shops and hotels are carrying the biggest bill from the sick pay reforms, and the official guidance they're using to work it out doesn't apply to half their staff. Since 6 April 2026 Statutory Sick Pay is the…
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- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- management
- retail
- law
- hospitality
- independent business
- tourism
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- charity
- corporate guff
- headhunting
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- property law
- small retailer
- start-up
- Brand management
- independent retailer
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- Retail economics
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- boarded up high streets
- commercial law
- corporate events
- family law
- Fractional service provider
- divorce law
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- Parental leave
- Reputation management
- Fake reviews
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- fundraising
- patent law
- Paternity leave
- beauty spots
- CMA
- donations
- hotels
- human rights
- international law
- Maternity leave
- poor service
- third sector
- Butcher
- catering
- events gone wrong
- nightmare holidays
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
· 8 expert responses
More than two in five Brits have cancelled a summer trip this year because of cost
More than two in five Brits (44%) have cancelled, postponed, shortened or downgraded a summer trip this year because of cost, according to new research from Omnisend . Ahead of the school holidays, almost a quarter…
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- Networks
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- 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
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- money hacks
- financial scams
- Business insurance
- debt
- FCA
- pensioners
- mortgage network
- silver
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- debt issues
- Anti-money laundering
- metals
- Bad Banking
- corporate events
- derivatives
- Estate Planning
- Risk management
- CFDs
- HMRC
- airport queues
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- supply chains
- Trusts
- logistics
- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- welfare
- AML
- bad driving
- bad parking
- benefits
- Cruises
- hotels
- nightmare flights
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- catering
- events gone wrong
- road rage
- hotel nightmares
- terrifying landings
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Government's flagship plan to tame zero-hours contracts could "plunge exams into chaos"
HR's biggest professional body has warned that the Government's flagship plan to tame zero-hours contracts could backfire and push even more people into insecure work. On 2 June 2026 the Department for Business and…
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- management
- management
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- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
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- corporate guff
- headhunting
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- start-up
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- employment law
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- corporate events
- Fractional service provider
- big business bullying tactics
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- Parental leave
- crowdfunding
- late payments
- Paternity leave
- hotels
- Maternity leave
- catering
- events gone wrong
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
· 3 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Two Pubs A Day, Gone. And Sick Pay From Day One Isn't Helping
Britain lost almost two pubs a day in the first three months of 2026, with 161 sites pulling down the shutters across England, Scotland and Wales — up 26% on the same quarter last year, and taking around 2,400 jobs with…
- HR
- entrepreneurship
- management
- hospitality
- independent business
- human resources
- recruitment
- talent
- small business
- business tips
- jobs market
- start-up
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- employee rights
- employment law
- job hunting
- workplace stress
- employer rights
- underpaid jobs
- corporate events
- talented people
- bad job ads
- Parental leave
- working wage
- job ads
- WFH
- crowdfunding
- Paternity leave
- hotels
- Maternity leave
- unknown talent
- catering
- events gone wrong
- musical talent
- BGT
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
- sporting talent
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Starbucks Ditches AI Inventory Tool After Nine Months of Miscounting Milk
STARBUCKS ditched its AI stock-counting tool after nine months because it couldn't reliably tell one syrup bottle from another. Starbucks retired its NomadGo-built inventory AI this week across North America. The vendor…
- business
- management
- management
- technology
- retail
- hospitality
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- headhunting
- AI
- AI
- Business finance
- SME finance
- cyber security
- machine learning
- OpenAI
- small retailer
- independent retailer
- Banking technology
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- digital privacy
- software
- purpose-led business
- hacking
- Retail economics
- online privacy
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- Big Data
- boarded up high streets
- corporate events
- Fractional service provider
- IT support
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- IT
- Managed IT services
- Apple
- Microsoft
- open source
- hotels
- mobile phones
- poor service
- Butcher
- catering
- events gone wrong
- hardware
- hotel nightmares
· 6 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Holiday Tax Backlash Grows as New Poll Warns Britons Could Cut UK Breaks
A proposed UK holiday tax is coming under increasing political and public pressure following new polling suggesting it could reduce domestic tourism, cost jobs and damage coastal economies. The research, commissioned by…
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- independent business
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- corporate guff
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- Financial Advice
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- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- commercial property
- wealth management
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- SME finance
- financial health
- savings
- rental market
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- wills
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- money hacks
- financial scams
- corporate governance
- property porn
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- debt
- FCA
- pensioners
- business rates
- purpose-led business
- silver
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- debt issues
- planning
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- commercial office space
- corporate events
- council fails
- derivatives
- Fractional service provider
- office working
- Risk management
- surveying
- CFDs
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- HMRC
- airport queues
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- supply chains
- logistics
- office leasing
- office space
- Personal Independence Payments
- welfare
- AML
- bad driving
- bad parking
- beauty spots
- benefits
- council workers
- Cruises
- hotels
- nightmare flights
- office rentals
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- walking
- catering
- events gone wrong
- nightmare holidays
- road rage
- time out
- WDN
- hotel nightmares
- pot holes
- rambling
- terrifying landings
· 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Experts fear Iran war will hit UK holidays in “hidden crisis” as fuel prices rise: "
EXPERTS and small business owners fear the ongoing Iran war will hit UK holidays in a “hidden crisis” as fuel prices rise. Rising tensions in the Middle East and the knock-on impact on fuel prices are starting to ripple…
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- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- commercial property
- wealth management
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- SME finance
- financial health
- savings
- rental market
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- small retailer
- wills
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- independent retailer
- money hacks
- financial scams
- corporate governance
- property porn
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- debt
- FCA
- pensioners
- purpose-led business
- silver
- financial crime
- probate
- Retail economics
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- debt issues
- planning
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- boarded up high streets
- broken society
- corporate events
- culture
- derivatives
- Fractional service provider
- Risk management
- CFDs
- ESG
- HMRC
- airport queues
- cool homes
- Grants
- Options
- quirky homes
- risk
- spiritual
- Personal Independence Payments
- remote homes
- social norms
- welfare
- airport nightmares
- AML
- bad driving
- bad parking
- beauty spots
- benefits
- Cruises
- hotels
- nightmare flights
- pawnbroker
- poor service
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- walking
- acting
- Butcher
- catering
- culture wars
- events gone wrong
- festivals
- nightmare holidays
- road rage
- theatre
- time out
- traffic jams
- Zen
- car crashes
- furniture
- hotel nightmares
- late trains
- packed trains
- R&R
- rambling
- terrifying landings
· 4 expert responses
Iran, inflation and food prices
A journalist at the Daily Mail is looking for comments from retailers and other financial experts on how the events unfolding in the Middle East will impact food prices in the UK. Which items are at most of risk of…
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- retail
- insurance
- hospitality
- crypto
- food
- Networks
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- investments
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- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- wealth management
- life insurance
- wealth manager
- equities
- equities
- economics
- forex
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- financial health
- savings
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- gold
- small retailer
- small retailer
- wills
- Meme coins
- independent retailer
- independent retailer
- financial scams
- Business insurance
- FCA
- pensioners
- silver
- financial crime
- probate
- Retail economics
- Retail economics
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Anti-money laundering
- metals
- Bad Banking
- boarded up high streets
- corporate events
- derivatives
- healthy eating
- nutrition
- Risk management
- CFDs
- HMRC
- diet
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- Personal Independence Payments
- weight loss
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- dieting tips
- hotels
- pawnbroker
- poor diets
- poor service
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- Butcher
- catering
- events gone wrong
- fast food
- fast food
- hotel nightmares
· 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Demand finally turning a corner for second home mortgages as "January felt like a gear change"
DEMAND is finally turning a corner for second home mortgages as "January felt like a gear change", experts have revealed. Budget uncertainty, rate volatility and ongoing regulatory chatter cooled confidence in 2025,…
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- financial services
- property
- mortgages
- mortgages
- entrepreneurship
- management
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- travel
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- hospitality
- independent business
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- tourism
- bad business practice
- human resources
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- artisan
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- rental market
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- money coach
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- gold
- property management
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- start-up
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- benefits
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- nightmare flights
- pawnbroker
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- catering
- events gone wrong
- nightmare holidays
- road rage
- furniture
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
- terrifying landings
· 6 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Airbnb checks into hotels:" This doesn’t feel like innovation. It feels like inevitability"
AIRBNB has officially checked into hotels as it makes moves into the market with experts warning “this doesn’t feel like innovation, it feels like inevitability”. Airbnb has made two key moves to build out its hotel…
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- social enterprise
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- corporate events
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- Google Ads
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- TikTok
- airport queues
- local journalism
- spiritual
- Apple
- crowdfunding
- Microsoft
- open source
- TV
- airport nightmares
- bad driving
- bad parking
- beauty spots
- Cruises
- hotels
- mobile phones
- nightmare flights
- radio
- walking
- catering
- events gone wrong
- hardware
- nightmare holidays
- road rage
- time out
- traffic jams
- Zen
- car crashes
- hotel nightmares
- late trains
- packed trains
- payin30days
- R&R
- rambling
- terrifying landings
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
One pub a day shut in 2025. Is hospitality being taxed into extinction?
The Guardian reports that 366 pubs closed permanently across England and Wales in 2025, basically one a day. That’s not “a few struggling venues”, that’s whole communities losing their local. The analysis (from tax…
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- bad business practice
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- accountancy
- business tips
- accounting
- corporation tax
- start-up
- tax avoidance
- workplace culture
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- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
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- ESG
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- Alcoholic beverages
- crowdfunding
- Paternity leave
- hotels
- Maternity leave
- catering
- events gone wrong
- real ale
- vodka
- whisky
- gin
- hotel nightmares
- lager
- payin30days
· 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
The London Robotaxi Land Grab: When "Safer AI" Meets the Rush to Own the Road
Uber and Lyft will begin testing Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis in London from the first half of 2026, pending regulatory approval. Lyft CEO David Risher confirmed testing will start with dozens of vehicles, with plans to…
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- corporate guff
- classic cars
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- breakdowns
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- community interest company
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- social enterprise
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- Big Data
- commercial law
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- bad job ads
- divorce law
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- hacked
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- working wage
- fraud
- job ads
- Apple
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- Microsoft
- open source
- patent law
- rip-offs
- road safety
- holiday nightmares
- hotels
- human rights
- international law
- mobile phones
- catering
- events gone wrong
- hardware
- hotel nightmares
- payin30days
· 10 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Backing or Breaking SMEs? Labour’s Messaging Meets Reality
Labour has launched a full-blown social media blitz claiming “Labour is backing small businesses.” Rachel Reeves has echoed the line on LinkedIn, while Keir Starmer insists that “small businesses are the beating heart…
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- debt issues
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- community interest company
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- social enterprise
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- consumer scams
- corporate events
- council fails
- derivatives
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- ESG
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- TikTok
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- fraud
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- local journalism
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- pr fails
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- teaching
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- Labour Party
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- PR garbage
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- welfare
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- GPs
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- pawnbroker
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- Liberal Democrats
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- Marxism
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- politicians spotted
- real ale
- tip-off
- vodka
- WDN
- whisky
- A&E
- dental nightmares
- Ethereum
- gin
- glaring typos
- hotel nightmares
- lager
- payin30days
- pot holes
- semiconductors
- wait times
- waiting times