Lloyds allowing small firms to open current accounts again

Lloyds allowing small start-up firms to open current accounts again after we revealed that nearly every big bank was blocking applications By Emma Dunkley And Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:42 GMT, 12 December 2020 Lloyds is allowing small start-up firms to open current accounts again … Read more

Delta Goodrem cements her status at Nine with A Current Affair interview

Here to stay! Delta Goodrem cements her status at Nine as she promotes her Christmas special on A Current Affair… after parting ways with The Voice By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:37 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 02:37 GMT, 11 December 2020 Former Voice judge Delta Goodrem confirmed this week she … Read more

TikTok is allowing videos up to three minute – triple the length of current clips – in early rollout

TikTok is allowing users to upload three minute videos – triple the length of its current clips – in early roll out, but critics fear it’s the first step towards monetizing the app like Facebook TikTok caps videos at 60 seconds, but the app could allow up to three minutes A Twitter user shared an … Read more

Best current accounts: Virgin Money offering wine reward

Virgin Money has made an ambitious play for a slice of Britain’s current account market, hoping a combination of discounts, freebies and in-credit interest will see it snap up hundreds of thousands of switchers. Those who make the move to Virgin Money’s digital current account, launched last December, can earn themselves 15 bottles of wine … Read more

Joe Biden to stop building Trump border wall, keep current barrier

Joe Biden will immediately halt construction of Donald Trump’s southern border wall as soon as he is sworn into office, but will leave whatever has already been built in place. So far, Trump’s administration has spent $15 billion on adding to and reinforcing areas with existing barriers and building brand new 30-foot-tall bollard fencing. While … Read more

Free banking UK: Will we soon be paying for current accounts?

‘It’s the end of free banking, as we know it,’ I sang to myself in the style of R.E.M earlier in the week. A perfect storm is brewing which could potentially see more and more customers charged a monthly fee for having a current account. This is a blend of coronavirus, a crackdown in overdraft … Read more

Wales will nationalise its 900-miles of railway after bailout talks with current operator collapse

The Welsh Government will nationalise its railways after last ditch talks with its current operator failed, it has been announced today. Welsh political leaders had been in talks with KeolisAmey about a possible bailout due to a fall in passenger numbers in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the negations have now fallen through. … Read more

Wales ‘will nationalise its 900-miles of railway’ after bailout talks with current operator collapse

The Welsh Government is today poised to nationalise its railways after last ditch talks with its current operator failed, according to reports. Welsh political leaders had been in talks with KeolisAmey about a possible bailout due to a fall in passenger numbers in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the negations have now reportedly … Read more