Life can be difficult if you’re a man. You fall in love and decide to get married. The challenge is that you have to ask the love of your life to get married and what happens if she says no? It’s a leap year this year and today is the 29th February. This means that [...]

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony (the Oscars) took place last night in Los Angeles. Pwc have looked after the balloting process of the Oscars for 78 years and since they have been involved they have counted in excess of 450,000 ballots and filled over 2,600 envelopes with the winning names. According to pwc there has [...]

Passing professional exams is a tough exercise. You’ll only pass them if you work hard and put in the hours of studying that are required. Occasionally people will no doubt try to cheat and maybe try to grab a quick glance over at the person next to them to see what they are writing. The [...]

Tonga is a beautiful island in the South Pacific. They have great beaches and lovely weather but what they don’t have are a lot of are icy mountains with toboggan runs. That hasn’t stopped Tongan Bruno Banani from becoming a pretty successful luger and he recently entered the luge World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. The [...]

A few years ago if a company wanted to advertise their products they mainly used the traditional media methods of TV, radio and print. Nowadays the world is awash with viral marketing and social media promotion. Although the main delivery methods used in advertising have no doubt faced rapid change I would argue that the [...]

So, it’s good and bad news for the fast food giant McDonalds. They recently released their latest annual results and things are looking good for them. Global comparable sales increased 5.6% and consolidated operating income increased by 14%. The split in individual geographic regions showed the US up 6%, Europe up 15% and APMEA (Asia [...]

What have tall buildings and financial crashes got in common? Well according to a report by Barclays Capital, there is an “unhealthy” link between the building of skyscrapers and impending financial collapse Their Skyscraper Index shows an unhealthy correlation between construction of the next world’s tallest building and an impending financial crisis. They pointed out [...]

Forget about the rivalry on the pitch between Manchester United and Liverpool. Forget about Luis Suarez refusing to shake hands with Patrice Evra at the game on Saturday. No, the key question is who has got the biggest kit sponsorship deal in the world. Manchester United’s kit is sponsored by Nike and until recently it [...]

So what do Vodafone do? Are they one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies or do they undertake studies about team building which highlight examples of activities such as bikini-clad bed-baths and lingerie parties? The answer is both. As well as running one of the top mobile phone networks, their UK operations have just [...]

They say that “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” but it seems as though it should be “Diamonds are a great investment in times of recession”. The world’s largest diamond group has just released their latest results and they certainly sparkle. Whilst a lot of companies around the world have struggled over recent years due [...]