Young family wins million-dollar Lotto jackpot after dad mistakenly thought he’d only scored a $1,000 windfall The family, from Braybrook, held one of the two division one winning entries They won $1million after the father mistakenly thought he’d scored just a $1,000 The man said his wife initially thought he was pranking her before showing … Read more
Land Securities hit by £1.4bn loss after lockdowns left properties empty and hammered rent income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 Most of Land Securities premises – including Trinity Leeds shopping centre (pictured) have closed or unoccupied for months One of … Read more
Five thousand shops shut due to coronavirus lockdowns and national vacancy rate is now 14 per cent, research reveals Almost 1 in 5 stores closed in the hardest hit shopping centres and parts of UK National vacancy rate is now 14 per cent the British Retail Consortium warned Expert warns situation could worsen as protections … Read more
The devastating impact of lockdowns on disadvantaged children is laid bare today in research showing they were twice as likely to struggle with home schooling. In the week of the anniversary of the first Covid school closures, the figures show one in five poorer pupils did not cope and many spent some days doing no work … Read more
Almost three-quarters of EU countries are experiencing spiralling Covid infection rates, forcing vast swathes of the continent back into lockdown. As a third wave sweeps across Europe, Britons were yesterday warned that foreign summer holidays are ‘extremely unlikely’. In France alone, 21 million people awoke yesterday to a fresh draconian lockdown. Millions more in Italy, Germany, … Read more
H&M bounces back as lockdowns ease: Sales rise as world’s second-biggest clothing retailer reopens hundreds more stores By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 SALES at H&M rose in the first half of March as coronavirus restrictions started to unwind across Europe. … Read more
How Britain’s ‘accidental savers’ have squirreled away £170bn after a year of lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 1 March 2021 Households squirreled away another £18.5billion in January – taking the war chest built up by ‘accidental savers’ to £170billion. Workers who have … Read more
Are you one of lockdown’s accidental savers? Here’s where to put your windfall By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 27 February 2021 Boost: The pandemic has created an army of six million ‘accidental savers’ The pandemic has created an army of six million ‘accidental … Read more
Prepare for ‘postcode lockdowns’: Minister Helen Whately hints there WILL be rules imposed on localised areas to stop spread of Covid variants when national curbs are eased – but care homes could be back open for visits in WEEKS thanks to vaccine drive Government considering using postcode lockdowns when national curbs eased Would see localised … Read more
Savers have put aside £1,000 since the start of Covid-19 lockdowns after being unable to splash out on holidays and nights out, survey shows More than 41 per cent made savings after cancelling plans such as holidays More than three-quarters said they had to cancel plans because of the pandemic The research found that exactly … Read more