Ripples Upon Ripples An easy dessert that looks a million dollars. Well, I think that’s the Summer reluctantly on its way out. I write today’s piece for you as the clouds barrel down the Colne Valley, dumping wave after wave of nourishing, welcome rain over the garden. My lawn is starting to look lawn-coloured for the first time in months, and the flowers and leaves are nodding under the raindrops as if in silent thanks for the downpour. It’s still a nice temperature, and I’m sure we’ll have pleasant days ahead, but I for one am glad to see the end of those stifling, airless days of June and July. It’s been a hard time for gardeners recently, and though we may have escaped a hosepipe ban, it’s been difficult to keep our gardens looking good and, more importantly for us, producing good things to eat. As it is, diligent, tactical watering (I must admit mainly by Tracy) has resulted in a terrific haul of tomatoes, a cornucopia of colourful … [Read more...] about An easy dessert that looks a million dollars
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Watch: Brooks Koepka’s Portrush caddy Ricky Elliott could have a million dollar season
Watch: Brooks Koepka's Portrush caddy Ricky Elliott could have a million dollar season BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Portrush caddie Ricky Elliott could become one of Irish golf's highest earners this season and pocket more than $1m (£783k) after helping Brooks Koepka win three Majors in 14 months. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/pga-championship/watch-brooks-koepkas-portrush-caddy-ricky-elliott-could-have-a-million-dollar-season-37213451.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37213807.ece/4d783/AUTOCROP/h342/1015813338.jpg Email Portrush caddie Ricky Elliott could become one of Irish golf's highest earners this season and pocket more than $1m (£783k) after helping Brooks Koepka win three Majors in 14 months. If the former Boys and Youths international picked up the traditional caddie's 10% cut of Koepka's $1.98m US PGA and $2.16m US Open wins, plus smaller percentages of the American's $6.4m earnings this year, he's already more than $500k … [Read more...] about Watch: Brooks Koepka’s Portrush caddy Ricky Elliott could have a million dollar season
New Zealand’s most expensive homes revealed
Susan Edmunds 05:00, August 11 2018 Homes.co.nz Hamilton has some of NZ's most expensive real estate, outside Auckland. ☸Hamilton, Queenstown and Wellington are home to some of the country's most expensive non-Auckland real estate. Auckland has long had the highest number of million-dollars homes of anywhere in the country. But now real estate data website Homes.co.nz has compiled a list of the priciest residential properties throughout the rest of New Zealand. Two properties on Hamilton's Pembroke St, bordering Lake Rotoroa, top the list worth $17.2 million and $15.8m. A Queenstown lifestyle block comes in third and a Wellington apartment complex in fourth. READ MORE:Homeowners outside Auckland may get a $1 million surprise, REINZ saysTourists paid an extra 5pc for hotel rooms across NZ last yearStaggering divide between super-rich and rest of us in property marketsSaudi prince the mystery buyer of 'world's most expensive home' Homes.co.nz's chief … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s most expensive homes revealed
The million-dollar empires of Plymouth’s global business big-shots
Plymouth has many great businesses and entrepreneurs and, it turns out, being associated with the city can be a springboard to success. Here are 10 people who have gone on to national, or even international, career success. They cover sectors including finance, transport, digital marketing, retail, leisure and manufacturing. Some were born in Plymouth, some were educated here, some worked here, some are still in the city while some others now live abroad. But they all have one thing in common: Plymouth played a key part in their journey. So this is Plymouth Live’s business success top 10: Andy Byford – Plymouth airport campaigner now saving New York’s subway The chairman of the company fighting to reopen Plymouth’s airport now has one of the toughest jobs in transport – running New York’s dilapidated underground network. Andy Byford , who still owns a flat in Plymouth and is an Argyle season ticket holder, took over New York’s broken-down mass … [Read more...] about The million-dollar empires of Plymouth’s global business big-shots
Ghost-Home Tax Fills Vancouver Coffers But Rentals Remain Scarce
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson declared the Canadian city’s new tax on empty homes a success this week, thanking the absentee owners of 8,500 properties for paying up.He was less conclusive about whether the tax actually did what it set out to accomplish. “The ultimate goal here was to encourage people to rent their empty homes,” he said. “Hopefully that’s happening.”Hopes aside, there’s no sign yet that Vancouver’s near-zero supply of available rentals has eased since the levy took effect at the start of 2017.The outcome of the new tax is being watched closely as cities around the world struggle with the rise of so-called ghost homes: scarcely used residences in prime urban locations seen by investors as a safe way to park their cash. Vancouver and some London boroughs were among the earliest to impose taxes on empty homes with the aim of boosting the rental supply in tight markets -- a strategy that’s now spread to Australia, … [Read more...] about Ghost-Home Tax Fills Vancouver Coffers But Rentals Remain Scarce