Some news stories which have recently caught my eye:
"I own my business but I've never met my staff" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/smallbusiness/article-2339476/Freelance-entrepreneur-I-business-Ive-met-staff.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Short feature on a guy who uses People per hour and Skype to manage a digital SME. Nice 4HWW case study.
"Is weight affecting your employment chances" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2385658/Is-weight-real-reason-youre-unemployed-How-body-size-plays-bigger-role-resume-job-interviews.html
The conclusion is that fat folk are 27% less likely to get a job offer than a fit person with the same qualifications. I think there is a bit of truth here. I am a rotund gentleman and I think I'm sometimes not taken seriously because of my belly.
"Named and shamed: Government reveals first-ever rogue's gallery of UK's benefit cheats" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2396289/Benefits-cheats-named-shamed-Government-reveals-rogues-gallery-UKs-10.html
This articles was in response to Iain Duncan Smith releasing details on the biggest benefit cheats in the UK. Look at this section here: "He was ordered to pay back £1,031,943 or face five years in prison after being found guilty of 12 charges of benefit fraud. He claimed the dole and housing benefit, despite owning nine properties and running a string of companies." I don't really understand how this works. Even if you claimed the dole and London-strength housing benefit for 10 years it would be hard to run up a £100,000 bill never mind a million one. I think there is more to this story than meets the eye.
"Bullied into buying something you didn't want? Now you have 90 days to get your money back" http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2385287/Bullied-buying-didnt-want-Now-90-days-money-new-crackdown-cowboy-traders.html
As well as the change in legislation mentioned in the headline, the article also mentioned that people now have 14 days to return an item that has been bought online. I wonder if this covers Ebay, and in particular the Motors section? If so, if you were an infrequent driver, you could "buy" a car on Ebay, do your journey, and then return the car within the legislated period. Any thoughts?
"Nurse rents out her breasts to gay parents who want their babies to be fed naturally" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385262/Woman-offers-breast-feed-gay-parents-want-babies-naturally-fed.html
How times have changed? Fair play to the nurse for thinking of this idea in the first place. The interesting thing is that the lady is only charging £17 per hour for the service. Surely she is underselling herself? For such a niche thing I think £50 an hour would be more reasonable.
"Plans to recycle silt taken from Scotland's canals" http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/plan-to-recycle-silt-taken-from-scotland-s-canals-1-3029552
The articles states that bodies believe the dredging of the Scottish canal network could be self-financing through sales of the silt as a garden material. I'd be interested to see if this ever comes to fruition.
"Rocker turned entrepreneur brews exotic soda range" http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/rocker-turned-entrepreneur-brews-exotic-soda-range-1-3008311
Fair play to this guy. Everything is going "Micro" nowadays and I personally think that's a good thing.
"A wearable gym? Discreet armband uses the power of magnets to provide the same workout as a 24kg dumbbell" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2385496/O2-Magnetic-Dumbbell-Armband-uses-MAGNETS-provide-workout-24kg-dumbbell.html
I'm dubious about these. I'd like to see some positive reviews before proceeding.
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