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The age old cliché that we get grumpier as we age is a myth according to a new study which suggests that we finally get life sussed at the age of 58 - that’s when we are the most likely to achieve a winning work/life balance and feel the most content with our lives. The research, which was commissioned to mark the launch of new handset the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, assessed the lifestyles of 2,000 British respondents to discover the age at which we are happiest, as well as when we are the most stressed. The results reveal the Top 10 key factors that affect our happiness, as well as our top...

In the run up to WWF’s Earth Hour - taking place on Saturday 28 March 2015 - WWF and People’s Postcode Lottery have today launched a nationwide search to find inspirational people who are making a real difference for our planet. The Earth Hour ‘Hidden Heroes’ competition www.wwf.org.uk/hiddenheroes invites people within their local community to nominate themselves or others who have gone the extra mile to help create a greener, more sustainable future. There are three categories for the competition; young superstars (under 25s), workplace wonders, and community champions - with high...

7th October 2014: The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is under unprecedented pressure to bail out dependent children at the expense of parents’ own retirement plans, wealth manager Brewin Dolphin can reveal.

An exclusive survey, carried out by YouGov on behalf of Brewin Dolphin, shows that the parents of today’s under 18s in the South of England are planning to delay retirement, compromise their lifestyle and dip into their hard earned pension pots and home equity to help out their children and grandchildren. 38% of all parents in the South of England believe that in their lifetime they...

There’s a lot to celebrate this week – both at the Holcim Awards in Moscow and at HLM’s 50th. Elsewhere, though, the industry is in the dock and a hideous building gets planning approval in Brum.

Taking shots

It’s not every day my hacks get to knock back vodka shots in a grand neo-classical Moscow building built in the time of Catherine the Great while overlooking the Kremlin, but that’s exactly the situation one of them found themselves enjoying last week. The journalist in question was a guest of Aggregate Industries, UK arm of Swiss building products giant Holcim, on...