Nathan Bissitt, Author at Business Ideas UK

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Saga shares dive by 19% on profits warning

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

Shares in Saga, the over-50s travel and insurance specialist, have plummeted by nearly 19% after it warned on profits.The company said profits in the current financial year would grow more slowly than expected, and that 2018’s profits would be 5% lower than this

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Jockey Club extends £25m racecourse bond

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

The Jockey Club has extended its £25m racecourse bond, first issued in 2013 to help fund its major development at Cheltenham racecourse.Its decision to offer a rollover on the bond issue has seen 96% of original investors choose to retain more than £23.6m invested in

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Banks pressured on overdraft lending 'trap'

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

A charity which helps people manage their debts has taken aim at the banks, accusing them of trapping 2.1 million people in a cycle of persistent debt. StepChange said high charges and poor help meant they were forced to dip into their overdraft at least once a month.

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Two Singapore 'Airbnb hosts' charged for illegal home stays

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

Two men have been charged in Singapore for illegally renting out their homes for short-term stays via Airbnb, according to local media.It is the first known case of its kind since new laws against home sharing came into effect in June.Under the changes, it is illegal

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Banks should end unplanned overdraft charges, charity says

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

Banks should end all unauthorised overdraft charges because they are trapping people in persistent debt, the financial charity StepChange has said.The organisation also wants banks and regulators to do more to identify people caught up in a “vicious cycle of

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Look at me

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

A woman puts chicken in a bowl, another twists her hair and pouts, one more chews on noodles. Sometimes they nod off. Welcome to the world of mobile live streaming in Asia, where video feeds provide a window into a world you’re probably not very interested in.

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Parlez-vous?

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

Media playback is unsupported on your device Eleven years ago, one of Thomas Holl’s closest friends, Lorenz Heine, wanted to learn Spanish. Thomas confidently assured him that there must be several easily accessible online courses to assist him in this quest.

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How Narcos boosted a language app

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Language learning app Babbel got some great publicity when the makers of hit Spanish language TV show Narcos suggested a tie-up. Source: BBC News

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Unwrapping the past

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

Scientists at a leading laboratory in the United States are using a cutting-edge form of X-ray to scan inside an Egyptian mummy that has never been unwrapped since its excavation a century ago.This is the first time that such a high intensity synchrotron X-ray will

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Glaxo invests £40m in UK's life sciences sector

ByNathan BissittDecember 6, 2017

Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline will invest £40m in UK genetic research as part of the government’s life sciences sector deal.US drug maker Merck, and diagnostics company QIAGEN last month announced UK investments worth more than £1bn.Several dozen other companies