Gladney Darroh is a veteran entrepreneur, business owner, and philanthropist based in Houston, Texas. With a career spanning more than four decades, he is best known as the founder of Piper-Morgan Associates, a top recruiting firm that served the technical and professional market for over 48 years. His path, however, was anything but easy. Born in 1950, Gladney came of age during times of family hardship, moving often and working several jobs simultaneously to help...
As the leaves turn golden, autumn 2025 brings with it not only cosy jumpers and pumpkin spice lattes, but also a return to soft, voluminous hair. Extensions are at the heart of this seasonal transformation, offering an effortless way to add body, length, and drama. We’ve tested and researched ten of the most popular clip-in hair extension brands available in the UK, comparing quality, price, delivery, and overall wearability. Here’s a full breakdown of the...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a futuristic concept. They’re on UK roads in greater numbers than ever before. One of the reasons is that government initiatives support EVs and there are Low-Emission Zones (LEZs) in the UK where LPG cars are fined or sometimes outright banned from entering. Along with these government initiatives, public demand for sustainable travel is also rising. Yet, while the appeal of cleaner, quieter driving is strong, one challenge continues...
Mitchell Geisler is a Canadian entrepreneur and CEO of LevelJump Healthcare. Based in Toronto, he has led the company since 2010, growing it from $850,000 to over $17 million in gross revenue. His journey into leadership has been anything but conventional. In his younger years, he ran a bar in downtown Toronto. That early hands-on experience taught him how to manage people, juggle challenges, and make decisions under pressure—skills he carried into the boardroom. Before...
The annual Jackson Hole gathering closed with what may prove to be Jerome Powell’s last major act before the Federal Reserve’s September meeting — and while the chair resisted committing to a rate cut, markets are convinced the groundwork has been laid. Powell struck a characteristically cautious note, stressing that the Fed still has jobs and inflation data to digest before mid-September. Yet the message was clear: the door to easing is open, and expectations...
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of betraying Britain’s farmers after a new report revealed Labour has failed to deliver on its manifesto promise to back locally grown food. Before the general election, Labour pledged that half of all food purchased by the public sector would be “locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards.” With the public sector spending an estimated £5 billion a year on food, the pledge was billed as a potential...
Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, is preparing to appeal a High Court ruling that ordered the closure of a migrant hotel in Essex, amid warnings the case could set a precedent for asylum housing across the UK. Dan Jarvis, the security minister, confirmed on Wednesday that the Home Office will seek to overturn the temporary injunction forcing the shutdown of the Bell Hotel in Epping. He said the government wanted to ensure hotel closures were...
JCB has warned it could lose “hundreds of millions of pounds” after the US government unexpectedly extended tariffs on steel and aluminium to cover finished goods, dealing a blow to one of Britain’s best-known engineering firms. The Trump administration confirmed on Monday that the 25 per cent tariffs already applied to components would now include all machines exported to the US containing steel or aluminium. The move is expected to hit every one of the...
The government has assumed control of Sanjeev Gupta’s biggest steelmaking operation in a dramatic intervention that leaves it overseeing more than half of Britain’s steel industry. On Thursday, the official receiver stepped in to take charge of the Rotherham steelworks in South Yorkshire after the High Court approved a winding-up petition from creditors. The ruling forced Gupta’s Speciality Steel UK (SSUK) into administration, raising the prospect of closure for a plant that employs 1,500 workers...
OnlyFans has paid a record dividend of $701m (£523m) to its Ukrainian-born owner Leonid Radvinsky, marking the latest in a series of bumper payouts as the adult-content platform prepares for a potential sale. The payout comes after a surge in user spending helped OnlyFans’ parent company, Fenix International, deliver another year of rapid growth. The site, best known for its role in the creator economy and for hosting millions of influencers and adult stars, reported...
