After months of working from home, hunched over laptops at small kitchen tables, Monday may well have been the hardest day for many. Temperatures reached as high as 35.2C at Heathrow and housebound workers took to social media to share their dissatisfaction. “WFH in...
A third of those surveyed said since the coronavirus outbreak giving financial gifts to their children or grandchildren had become more important to them. This is compared to 23% who said it was a priority before the pandemic. According to Hodge, this suggests the...
Bridging lender Funding 365 is expanded into development finance with the launch of its Light Development product featuring interest rates from 0.79% per month.The product is designed to enable borrowers to carry out property conversions and heavy refurbishments, or...
The government has warned more than 100 of the most complained-about UK travel companies that they must comply with consumer laws over refunds for cancelled holidays or face legal action. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has received 17,500 complaints from...
Rishi Sunak has been warned he will need to act far more decisively to prevent mass unemployment this autumn after unveiling a £30bn mini budget designed to tempt nervous consumers out their Covid-19 hibernation. The chancellor announced a short-term cut in VAT for...
The Covid-19 crisis has been good for Rishi Sunak’s reputation. While other cabinet members have floundered around, the chancellor has won plaudits for his handling of the economy during its pandemic-enforced lockdown. That’s not entirely surprising because Sunak’s...
On 27 March, even as the rest of the UK were trying to make sense of how to get through the coronavirus crisis, Boohoo seemed to have nailed it. It was a Friday, and usually the fast-fashion brand’s irrepressibly bouncy Twitter account would be pitching dresses and...
Thames Water: “We invested more than £1bn again in 2019-20, leading to a total of £15bn in the past 15 years, and we will continue to spend wisely on improving resilience, service and efficiency, as well as provide more support for customers in vulnerable...
The competition watchdog is to investigate suspected profiteering by four pharmacies and convenience stores for over-charging shoppers for hand sanitiser during the coronavirus pandemic. Stocks of hand sanitiser were among the first items the British public cleared...
The average easy-access savings rate has fallen to 0.3 per cent – the lowest in recorded history – new data has shown. The highest average savings rate can be found in longer-term fixed bonds or cash ISA accounts with terms of 550 days or more. The average rate for...
