By Bill Konos

In view of the recent furore over the acquisition of Cadbury’s by the American food giant Kraft there is renewed focus on foreign ownership of once proud British household names. The acquisition of British companies...

By Ken Walton

Once again St Patrick’s Day is upon us. Once again we see the annual publicity campaign for Guinness, pub promotions across the land and look forward to general booze driven revelry that is now synonymous with the day...

By Bill Konos

The experience the vast majority of people encounter of industrial action or striking workers tends to be when major disruption occurs to the transport network. Whether it be airline cabin crew, train drivers or London Underground staff. The days of mass industrial action...

By Bill Konos

Tax burden shifts onto income tax payers as corporations pay less. Figures show that under New Labour corporation tax has fallen 40% as a percentage of Inland Revenue tax receipts. There are two things that are said to be certain in life, death and taxes. Death is for the most part out of our control... 

By Bill Konos

Figures show large numbers of new build properties suffer from high levels of structural defects. It is well documented that the last ten years have seen an unprecedented boom in the housing sector of the UK...