Former Prime Minister David Cameron red-faced as Greenshill goes under

Cameron red-faced as Greenshill goes under: Former Prime Minister was a long-standing adviser to collapsed finance firm By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:14 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 8 March 2021 Right up until its implosion, Greensill still counted former prime minister David Cameron (pictured) as an adviser Greensill’s … Read more

Confidence among UK services sector firms at highest level in 15 years

Confidence among UK services sector firms at highest level in 15 years as bosses eye end of lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:11 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 22:11 GMT, 3 March 2021 Confidence among firms in Britain’s services sector has risen to its highest level for nearly 15 years … Read more

Eurozone headed for double-dip recession amid slow vaccine rollout

Eurozone headed for a double-dip recession as the slow vaccine rollout prolongs the economic misery By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:12 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 3 March 2021 The eurozone is heading for a double-dip recession as the slow rollout of Covid-19 vaccines prolongs economic misery across the … Read more

How the Budget transforms the fortunes of the North

Budget for the North: A Treasury outpost in Darlington, freeports in Liverpool, Teesside and Humber and an infrastructure bank in Leeds By Ruth Sunderland Business Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:13 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 3 March 2021 A raft of measures was announced in yesterday’s Budget to transform the … Read more

Budget 2021 Live: Analysis, reaction and verdicts on the statement

BUDGET 2021 LIVE: Follow our build-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech with analysis, reaction and verdicts as it happens Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver speech at 12.30pm  Green bonds, stamp duty extension, income tax freeze – what could be in it?  Follow the build-up, the speech and aftermath with our live blog By Lee Boyce … Read more

Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more

Budget 2021: We give you the odds on Rishi’s juggling act

Rishi Sunak faces a delicate balancing act when he delivers his second budget as Chancellor today.  He risks a backlash if he hikes taxes too quickly, but is also under pressure to indicate how he plans to plug the vast hole in the nation’s finances. It is expected that many Covid support measures, such as … Read more

Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more

Rishi’s juggling act: We give you the odds on today’s budget

Rishi Sunak faces a delicate balancing act when he delivers his second budget as Chancellor today.  He risks a backlash if he hikes taxes too quickly, but is also under pressure to indicate how he plans to plug the vast hole in the nation’s finances. It is expected that many Covid support measures, such as … Read more

The most sought after job perks of 2021 revealed

Nap pods and ping pong tables were once considered a top work perk, but these have now been replaced by ones like free virtual exercise classes, paw-ternity leave and work from home allowances thanks to the pandemic. Many of these perks were introduced as a well-being initiative to help with workers’ mental health and to … Read more