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.
5 Raws in real ale
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Last Orders: A Green MP Asked About The Booze. Westminster Laughed In Her Face.
Stand up in your own workplace and ask why the senior team are drinking between big decisions, and you'd expect, at the very least, a polite answer. Hannah Spencer tried it in hers. They laughed at her. The Green MP…
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- crypto
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- recruitment
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- local authorities
- Alcohol
- headhunting
- maritime
- Networks
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- wealth management
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- SME finance
- jobs market
- savings
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property law
- wills
- Meme coins
- Brand management
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- corporate governance
- Business insurance
- business wellbeing
- FCA
- pensioners
- UK politics
- business rates
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- silver
- employment law
- Ethical Investing
- financial crime
- probate
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- Consumer Duty
- job hunting
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- Geopolitics
- metals
- social enterprise
- underpaid jobs
- Bad Banking
- commercial law
- council fails
- derivatives
- Estate Planning
- family law
- Fractional service provider
- Risk management
- bad job ads
- CFDs
- climate change
- divorce law
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- HMRC
- Parental leave
- Reputation management
- working wage
- Alcoholic beverages
- decarbonisation
- Fake reviews
- Grants
- International politics
- job ads
- Options
- risk
- Trusts
- WFH
- criminal law
- Labour Party
- patent law
- Paternity leave
- Personal Independence Payments
- Power of Attorney
- welfare
- yachts
- AML
- benefits
- boats
- CMA
- Conservative Party
- council workers
- European politics
- fishing
- human rights
- international law
- Maternity leave
- pawnbroker
- politicians
- recycling
- sailing
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- confrontations
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- politicians spotted
- powerboats
- real ale
- sewage
- upcycling
- vodka
- whisky
- gin
- jet skis
- lager
- pot holes
· 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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- small business
- small business
- Business finance
- personal tax
- SME finance
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- business tips
- accounting
- corporation tax
- start-up
- tax avoidance
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- IHT
- business wellbeing
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- tax evasion
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- social enterprise
- corporate events
- ESG
- Parental leave
- Alcoholic beverages
- crowdfunding
- Paternity leave
- hotels
- Maternity leave
- catering
- events gone wrong
- real ale
- vodka
- whisky
- gin
- hotel nightmares
- lager
- 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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- independent business
- independent business
- crypto
- crypto
- health and fitness
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- recruitment
- education
- innovation
- innovation
- artisan
- consumer rights
- charity
- corporate guff
- corporate guff
- Communities
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- local authorities
- crime
- industries
- Academia
- Alcohol
- headhunting
- breakdowns
- land management
- farming
- NHS
- cattle farming
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
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- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- commercial property
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- wealth management
- AI
- foreign national mortgages
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- digital marketing
- economics
- forex
- Social media
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- SME finance
- financial health
- business tips
- jobs market
- savings
- rental market
- SEO
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- property law
- wills
- advertising
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- start-up
- media
- money hacks
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- business bullshit
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- property porn
- business wellbeing
- debt
- FCA
- pensioners
- sales
- UK politics
- bank issues
- business rates
- employee rights
- online
- purpose-led business
- silver
- construction
- employment law
- financial crime
- manufacturing
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Copywriting
- debt issues
- job hunting
- news
- planning
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- Geopolitics
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- underpaid jobs
- agritech
- Bad Banking
- bad schools
- commercial law
- consumer scams
- corporate events
- council fails
- derivatives
- family law
- Google Ads
- PPC
- Risk management
- bad job ads
- CFDs
- customer service
- divorce law
- engineering
- ESG
- hacked
- HMRC
- services
- TikTok
- working wage
- Alcoholic beverages
- fraud
- Grants
- International politics
- job ads
- local journalism
- Options
- pr fails
- risk
- teaching
- telecoms
- aeroponics
- bad teaching
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- fundraising
- Labour Party
- operations
- patent law
- Personal Independence Payments
- PR garbage
- rip-offs
- TV
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- Conservative Party
- council workers
- donations
- European politics
- factually incorrect
- GPs
- holiday nightmares
- hotels
- human rights
- international law
- mobile
- pawnbroker
- politicians
- radio
- Spreadbetting
- third sector
- universal credit
- verticulture
- catering
- confrontations
- dentists
- events gone wrong
- Liberal Democrats
- life sciences
- Marxism
- pharmaceuticals
- 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
· 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Got a Christmas party fail? Spill it.
If you run a small business, chances are you planned the party, ordered the food, poured the fizz and probably ended up cleaning it all up too. Ever had one go a bit off the rails? Someone said something they really…
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- independent business
- independent business
- crypto
- tourism
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Alcohol
- headhunting
- comedy
- religion
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- commercial property
- wealth management
- AI
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- digital marketing
- economics
- forex
- Social media
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- SME finance
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- business tips
- savings
- accounting
- rental market
- SEO
- cyber security
- Bitcoin
- machine learning
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- corporation tax
- OpenAI
- property law
- wills
- advertising
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- start-up
- tax avoidance
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- Banking technology
- business bullshit
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- IHT
- property porn
- business wellbeing
- digital privacy
- FCA
- pensioners
- sales
- software
- UK politics
- employee rights
- online
- purpose-led business
- silver
- employment law
- financial crime
- hacking
- probate
- tax evasion
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Copywriting
- online privacy
- planning
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- Geopolitics
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- Big Data
- commercial law
- corporate events
- derivatives
- family law
- Google Ads
- PPC
- Risk management
- CFDs
- divorce law
- ESG
- HMRC
- IT
- TikTok
- Alcoholic beverages
- Grants
- International politics
- local journalism
- Options
- risk
- Apple
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- Labour Party
- Microsoft
- open source
- patent law
- Personal Independence Payments
- TV
- welfare
- AML
- beauty spots
- benefits
- christianity
- Conservative Party
- European politics
- hotels
- human rights
- international law
- mobile phones
- pawnbroker
- politicians
- radio
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- atheism
- catering
- confrontations
- events gone wrong
- hardware
- islam
- karma
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- mysticism
- nightmare holidays
- paganism
- politicians spotted
- real ale
- vodka
- whisky
- black comedy
- buddhism
- catholocism
- comedian
- deism
- gin
- hotel nightmares
- judaism
- lager
- payin30days
- polytheism
- stand-up
· 7 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
NO BOOZE? NO PROBLEM. Wine’s easy. But not everyone’s drinking. What do you give instead?
More people are going alcohol-free these days. Health. Religion. Just don’t want to. All valid. But wine’s still the go-to gift because it’s cheap and simple. If you’ve stopped giving booze or found something better,…
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- pets
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- independent business
- independent business
- leisure
- crypto
- health and fitness
- tourism
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- recruitment
- education
- innovation
- art
- artisan
- artisan
- charity
- corporate guff
- corporate guff
- agriculture
- fine art
- industries
- publishing
- Academia
- mind
- Alcohol
- headhunting
- digital art
- land management
- farming
- maritime
- Gardening
- cattle farming
- dadaism
- oil painting
- street art
- drawing
- oil pastels
- graffitti
- surrealism
- watercolour
- cubism
- sheep farming
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- wealth management
- AI
- foreign national mortgages
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- digital marketing
- economics
- forex
- Social media
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- SME finance
- financial health
- mental health
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- business tips
- jobs market
- savings
- accounting
- rental market
- SEO
- cyber security
- money saving tips
- psychology
- Bitcoin
- machine learning
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- corporation tax
- mental wellbeing
- OpenAI
- property law
- small retailer
- wills
- advertising
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- start-up
- independent retailer
- money hacks
- tax avoidance
- workplace culture
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- Banking technology
- business bullshit
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- IHT
- property porn
- business wellbeing
- debt
- digital privacy
- FCA
- pensioners
- sales
- software
- employee rights
- online
- purpose-led business
- silver
- construction
- employment law
- financial crime
- hacking
- healthy living
- manufacturing
- probate
- Retail economics
- tax evasion
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Copywriting
- debt issues
- job hunting
- online privacy
- planning
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- stress
- underpaid jobs
- Bad Banking
- bad schools
- Big Data
- boarded up high streets
- commercial law
- corporate events
- derivatives
- family law
- Google Ads
- jewellery
- neuroscience
- PPC
- Risk management
- bad job ads
- CFDs
- divorce law
- engineering
- ESG
- HMRC
- IT
- psychoanalysis
- services
- TikTok
- working wage
- Alcoholic beverages
- Grants
- hypnotherapy
- job ads
- local journalism
- Options
- risk
- teaching
- telecoms
- Apple
- bad teaching
- burnout
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- dogs
- fundraising
- Microsoft
- open source
- patent law
- Personal Independence Payments
- TV
- upcoming authors
- welfare
- yachts
- AML
- beauty spots
- benefits
- boats
- donations
- fishing
- hotels
- human rights
- insomnia
- international law
- mobile
- mobile phones
- pawnbroker
- poetry
- poor service
- radio
- sailing
- Spreadbetting
- third sector
- universal credit
- walking
- Butcher
- catering
- cats
- events gone wrong
- fish
- hardware
- life sciences
- meditation
- modern literature
- nightmare holidays
- pharmaceuticals
- philosophy
- political sociology
- powerboats
- real ale
- sociology
- time out
- vodka
- whisky
- gin
- hamsters
- hotel nightmares
- jet skis
- lager
- literature
- novels
- payin30days
- rabbits
- rambling
- semiconductors