Ireland sees strongest growth in online shopping of any EU country while reports of cross-border problems fall, writes Valerie Flynn
Web retail surge to deliver for An Post
Ikea driven to offer home shopping site to ease traffic
Fans of Billy bookcases who dread the thought of trudging through Ikea’s north Dublin superstore can breathe a sigh of relief: the Swedish home furnishing giant is promising to provide online shopping in Ireland in the coming weeks.
Making money and doing good need not be mission impossible
Since launching her fashion brand in 2014, Molly Gunn has given more than half a million pounds to charity. “Sometimes you do your accounts for the month and think, ‘Woah, that’s a lot of money; there’s 30,000 that I’ve given to someone else.’
Rent out your breadmaker to earn extra dough
The sharing economy has grown so much that you can now rent out your belongings. Fat Lama, a website described as “the Airbnb for stuff”, launched last year in London and has recently expanded to cover the UK.
Lofty ambition for more cash? Try letting out your attic space
We’ve all heard of the BBC’s Cash in the Attic programme, but how about using your attic to earn some cash? One website is helping homeowners turn unused space in their property into income by bringing them together with people looking for an alternative to dedicated storage services.
For optical health, lifestyle is at the heart of the matter
The middle-aged smoker, pint in one hand, iPhone in the other, peering over his beer gut to check his Twitter feed: he probably doesn’t need to be told that his lifestyle is putting his heart at risk. But what about his eyesight?
Budget 2017: Start-ups offered help in unlocking £20bn investment
Start-up companies starved of funding have been promised government support to unlock more than £20 billion of investment over ten years.
Millions struggling with debt could be given six weeks’ grace
People in severe debt will be given a six-week “breathing space” to get their finances in order, under government plans.
Dangers lurk under UK’s growing debt pile
Higher interest rates and rising inflation pose a serious threat to the public finances because the national debt is unusually exposed to price fluctuations, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned. Of the £1.7 trillion of national debt, £386 billion is in index-linked gilts that move automatically with inflation. Another […]
Take the drama out of your debt crisis
Help is at hand for those suffering from the misery of mortgage arrears or facing bankruptcy because of mounting money problems