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Alternative finance is here to stay, find EY

Young, wealthy, urban people are at the forefront of the trend amongst consumers toward using alternative finance platforms such as peer-to-peer lend…

Remember, everyone has value waiting to be unlocked

This story could be of a future Christmas… If you’re a more-than-moderately successful independent art dealer and you want to buy your soulmate som…

Maybe Unbolted can create the future you want

There’s no getting away from it. Sometimes, people make the wrong career choices. This was certainly true of Theo, a 28-year-old accountant who progr…

From rivalry to symbiosis: Banks and p2p lenders

There’s little doubt that after the recession of 2008, peer-to-peer lender platforms were seen by the people whom newly risk-averse banks had closed …

Forget Gabriel’s oboe: it’s Gabriel’s E-Type that saved Christmas

What do you do if you’re a highly successful partner in a prestigious City law firm and you need £35,000 fast, despite a hefty mortgage and eye-water…

Unbolted’s Midas touch delivers an unforgettable Christmas

Chase and his partner Marie are talented young high-fliers working for the same bank. In their early thirties, their careers are progressing rapidly.…

How to Buy It

Expert Tips on Watches

All watch brands with a very few exceptions will depreciate immediately after purchase. There are a few such as the grand complication Patek Philippes which are in such short supply and high demand that they can immmediately be sold for a profit.

Reissued retro - the new cool!

On the 25th December 1969, the mechanical watch became obsolete when Seiko launched their first commercial quartz wrist watch. Nearly 50 years on and that obsolete technology is in remarkably rude health, and new watch launches are stepping back in time.

Cash, Cheque or Rolex..?

Urban legend is that British special forces members travel to remote parts of the world with steel Rolexes as emergency 'tradable community', but a more modern take on the "Rolex as currency" is the practise of buying a sought-after model to take abroad instead of carrying cash.