1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (719+ words) A doubling of world population over the past fifty years to 8 billion people has been underpinned by and driven energy demand to support growth, create wealth and improvements in quality of life to the point where the inconvenient reality is…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (454+ words) For generations, men have traditionally taken the lead on family wealth but, recently, I have noticed the picture changing. Women are increasingly driving decisions around household budgets, pensions, investments, gifting and succession. While not always the main earner, they are…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (409+ words) John Lewis Partnership has seen its half-year losses more than double amid tougher trading with consumers holding back on buying big-ticket items. The employee-owned group, which comprises the eponymous department store chain and Waitrose supermarkets, reported losses before tax and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (485+ words) Passengers whose flights are cancelled by the major air traffic control disruption have a right to be re-routed or a refund, consumer experts said on Wednesday. Rory Boland, Editor of Which? Travel, said: “The extent of the outage means many…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (356+ words) Passengers at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are facing long delays and multiple cancelled flights due to a technical fault in air traffic control systems Passengers have been advised to check the latest flight information with their airlines, while airports apologised…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (399+ words) More than half the flights at Scotland’s busiest airport have been delayed by an air traffic control problem in London on Tuesday afternoon Tracking service FlightRadar24, said 58 per cent of flights were disrupted delayed at Edinburgh Airport, with average delays of…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (357+ words) Being a best-selling author can be seriously beneficial to your bank account, as these titans of the literary world prove. They're the genius wordsmiths whose work millions of us devour before going to sleep, on holiday or on the daily…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (360+ words) The UK Government says its new strategy will invest millions in strengthening the country’s defences against threats from space. SaxaVord Spaceport, on the island of Unst, Shetland, is set to receive a further £30 million in support through the UK Space…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (350+ words) A 101-year-old care home resident, described as a Marks & Spencer ‘superfan’, has had her wish of a VIP trip to the store granted. Frances Blair, from Aberdeen, has always been a devoted Marks & Spencer shopper. She has been living in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (354+ words) It may well be true that the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields would cause the UK to bust its ‘carbon budget’, agreed as part of international efforts to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. However, it has not…...